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ambiguitas    latens    et    ambiguitas    patens    (am-bi-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tas    lay-tenz    et am-bi-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tas  pay-tenz).  [Latin]  Hist.  Latent  and  patent  ambiguity.  See  latent ambiguity and patent ambiguity under AMBI-GUITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambiguitas   latens   (am-bi-gyoo-<<schwa>>-tas   lay-tenz).   See   latent   ambiguity   under AMBIGUITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambidexter. 1. A judge or embracer who takes bribes from both sides in a dispute. 2. A lawyer who abandons the party that he or she initially represented in a dispute to represent the opposing party in the same suit. 3. A person who engages in double-dealing. “Ambidexter is he that, when a  matter is…

A.M.  Best  Company.An  investment-analysis  and  -advisory  service.  •  A.M.  Best  rates  the financial strength of businesses from A++ (strongest) to A+, A, A–, B++, and so on to C– and D. grade of E means that the company is under state supervision, and an F indicates that the company is in liquidation. [Blacks Law 8th]

Amber  Alert.A  system  by  which  the  police  can  rapidly  broadcast  to  the  general  public  a report of a  missing  or endangered  child by  means of radio and  television announcements. • The alert is named for Amber Hagerman of Texas, a nine-year-old who was abducted and murdered in 1996 by an unknown person. The system has…

ambassador. 1. A diplomatic officer of the highest rank, usu. designated by a government as its resident repre-sentative in a foreign state. • Ambassadors represent the sovereign as well as the nation  and  enjoy  many  privileges  while  abroad  in  their  official  capacity,  including  immunity. Ambassadors  are  distinguished  from  ministers  and  envoys,  who  represent  only  the …

ambasciator  (am-bash-ee-ay-t<<schwa>>r).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  A  person  sent  about  in  the service of another; an ambassador. [Blacks Law 8th]

ambactus (am-bak-t<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. 1. A messenger. 2. A servant whose services are hired out by the master. [Blacks Law 8th]

a  manu  servus  (ay  man-yoo  s<<schwa>>r-v<<schwa>>s).  [Latin]  A  handservant;  scribe; secretary. [Blacks Law 8th]

amanuensis (<<schwa>>-man-yoo-en-sis), n.[fr. Latin ab- “from” + manus “hand”] One who takes dictation; a scribe or secretary. [Blacks Law 8th]