Posts by admin

ambulatory disposition.See DISPOSITION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

ambulatory automatism.See AUTOMATISM. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambulatory (am-by<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>-tor-ee), adj.1. Able to walk <the accident victim is  still  ambula-tory>.2.  Capable  of  being  altered  or  revised;  not  yet  legally  fixed  <a  will  is ambulatory because it is revocable until the testator’s death>. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambulance-chasing.  A blatant form  of solicitation in which the  lawyer (either  personally  or through an agent) urges injured people to employ the lawyer to represent them. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambulance chaser. 1. A lawyer who approaches victims of accidents in hopes of persuading them   to   sue   for   damages.   2.   A   lawyer’s   agent   who   engages   in   this   activity.   — ambulance-chasing,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambitus   (am-bi-t<<schwa>>s),   n.[Latin   ambitus   “deviousness,   corruption”]   Hist.   The procuring of a public office by money or gifts; the unlawful buying and selling of a public office. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambit (am-bit).1.  A boundary line  or limit; esp., the scope  of a statute  or regulation,  or the sphere  of  influence  and  authority  of  an  agency,  committee,  department,  or  the  like.  2.  A  space surrounding a house or town. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambiguity doctrine.See CONTRA PROFERENTEM. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambiguity  (am-bi-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tee),  n.  An  uncertainty  of  meaning  or  intention,  as  in a contractual term or statutory provision. Cf. MEANING. [Cases: Contracts    143(2); Statutes    190. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 303–305; Statutes § 321.] — ambiguous (am-big-yoo-<<schwa>>s), adj. “In the context of statutory interpretation the word most frequently used to indicate the doubt which a judge must entertain…

ambiguitas  patens  (am-bi-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tas   pay-tenz).  See   patent  ambiguity   under AMBIGUITY. [Blacks Law 8th]