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at-risk  rules,n.  pl.  Statutory  limitations  of  a  taxpayer’s  deductible  losses  to  the  amount  the taxpayer  could  actually  lose,  to  prevent  the  taxpayer  from  sheltering  income.  [Cases:  Internal Revenue    3389.][Blacks Law 8th]

atpatruus     (at-pa-troo-<<schwa>>s),      n.[Latin]      Civil     law.      A     brother      of      a great-great-grandfather.[Blacks Law 8th]

at par,adj. (Of a stock or bond) issued or selling at face value.[Blacks Law 8th]

a tort ou a droit (a tor oo a drwah). [Law French] Right or wrong.[Blacks Law 8th]

a tort et a travers (a tor tay a tra-vair). [Law French] Without consideration or discernment.[Blacks Law 8th]

atort (a-tor), adv.[Law French] Hist. Wrongfully.[Blacks Law 8th]

at maturity.See date of maturity under DATE.[Blacks Law 8th]

atmatertera    (at-may-t<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>),    n.[Latin]    Civil    law.    A great-great-great-grandmother’s       sister.       —       Also       termed       abmatertera        magna (ab-may-t<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>> mag-n<<schwa>>).[Blacks Law 8th]

at law.According to law; by, for, or in law.[Blacks Law 8th]

at-large election.See election at large under ELECTION.[Blacks Law 8th]