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a  lui  et  a  ses  heritiers  pour  toujours  (a  lwee  ay  a  sayz  e-ree-tyay  poor  too-zhoor).  [Law French] To him and his heirs forever. See and his heirs under HEIR. [Blacks Law 8th]

altum  mare  (al-t<<schwa>>m  mair-ee  ormahr-ee),  n.[Law  Latin]  Hist.  The  high  seas;  the deep seas. [Blacks Law 8th]

alto et basso.See DE ALTO ET BASSO. [Blacks Law 8th]

altius tollendi (al-shee-<<schwa>>s t<<schwa>>-len-dI). [Latin “of raising  higher”] Roman & civil law. A ser-vitude that allows a landowner to build a house as high as desired. [Blacks Law 8th]

altius  non  tollendi  (al-shee-<<schwa>>s  non  t<<schwa>>-len-dI).  [Latin  “of  not  raising higher”] Roman & civil law. A servitude prohibiting a landowner from building a house above a certain height. [Blacks Law 8th]

alteruter (al-t<<schwa>>r-yoo-t<<schwa>>r or awl-). [Law Latin] One of two; either. [Blacks Law 8th]

alterum  non  laedere  (al-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m  [or  awl-]  non  lee-d<<schwa>>-ree). [Latin “not to injure another”] Roman & civil law. To hurt no one by word or deed. • This was one of  the  three  general  precepts  in  which  Justinian  expressed  the  requirements  of  the  law  (Digest 1.1.10.1; Institutes 1.1.3). Cf. HONESTE VIVERE; SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUERE. [Blacks Law 8th]

alternis vicibus (al-t<<schwa>>r-nis vis-i-b<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. Eccles. law. By turn; alternately. • The patrons of two united churches could exercise their right of presentation to a benefice alternis vicibus. [Blacks Law 8th]

alternative writ.See WRIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

alternative remainder.See REMAINDER. [Blacks Law 8th]