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apices litigandi (ay-pi-seez lit-i-gan-dI). [Law Latin] Extremely fine points (or subtleties) of litigation. Cf. APEX JURIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

APHIS.abbr. ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

APH.abbr.AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND. [Blacks Law 8th]

apex rule.Mining law. The principle that a vein of ore may be mined if it extends beyond the vertical  boundaries  of  the  surface  claim  on  which  the  vein  apexes.  —  Also  termed  extralateral right. Cf. INTRALIMINAL RIGHT. [Cases: Mines and Minerals    30. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals § 69.] [Blacks Law 8th]

apex  juris  (ay-peks  joor-is).  [Latin  “summit  of  law”]  An  extreme  point  or  subtlety  of  law, such  as  a  merely  technical  objection  in  pleading  or  an  extreme  interpretation  of  a  doctrine.  Cf. APICES LITIGANDI. [Blacks Law 8th]

apex deposition.See DEPOSITION. [Blacks Law 8th]

apertura   testamenti   (ap-<<schwa>>r-t[y]oor-<<schwa>>   tes-t<<schwa>>-men-tI).   [Latin “opening of the tes-tament”] Roman law. A procedure for proving a will by which the witnesses acknowledged their signatures and seal before a magistrate and the will was opened and publicly read. [Blacks Law 8th]

apertum factum (<<schwa>>-p<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>m fak-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin “open deed”] An overt act. [Blacks Law 8th]

apertum breve.See BREVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

apartheid  (<<schwa>>-pahrt-hayt  or  <<schwa>>-pahr-tIt).  Racial  segregation;  specif.,  a comprehensive go-vernmental policy of racial discrimination and segregation, as it was practiced in South Africa. [Blacks Law 8th]