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a multo fortiori (ay m<<schwa>>l-toh for-shee-or-I). [Latin] By far the stronger reason. Cf. A FORTIORI. [Blacks Law 8th]

Amtrak. See NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

AMT.abbr.See alternative minimum tax under TAX. [Blacks Law 8th]

AMS.abbr. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

amplius (am-plee-<<schwa>>s), adj. & adv. [Latin] Hist. More; further. [Blacks Law 8th]

ampliation  (am-plee-ay-sh<<schwa>>n).Civil  law.  An  extending;  a  postponement  of  the decision in a case. [Blacks Law 8th]

ampliatio  (am-plee-ay-shee-oh),  n.  [Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  The  act of  deferring  or  reserving judgment. 2. In a criminal trial before a comitia, the repeating of evidence at the jury’s request. Pl. ampliationes (am-plee-ay-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks Law 8th]

amoveas manus (ay-moh-vee-<<schwa>>s man-<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin “that you remove your  hands”]  Hist.  1.A  judgment  ordering  the  Crown  to  relinquish  possession  of  land  to  the complainant.  •  The  judgment  is  so  called  from  the  emphatic  words  quod  manus  domini  regis amoveantur (“that the hands of the king be removed”).2. The writ issued on the judgment. [Blacks Law…

amove,vb. To remove (a person) from an office or position. [Blacks Law 8th]

amount realized.Tax. The amount received by a taxpayer for the sale or exchange of an asset, such  as  cash,  property,  services received,  or  debts assumed  by  a  buyer.  Cf.  GAIN(3);  LOSS(2). [Cases:  Internal  Revenue    3194;  Taxation    996.  C.J.S.  Internal  Revenue  §  113;  Taxation  §§ 1732–1733.] [Blacks Law 8th]