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alternat  (awl-t<<schwa>>r-nit  or  al-ter-nah).  [French]  The  rotation  in  precedence  among states, diplomats, etc., esp. in the signing of treaties. • This practice gives each diplomat a copy of the treaty with the diplomat’s signature appearing first. [Blacks Law 8th]

altering  or  amending  a  judgment.A  trial  court’s  act of  correcting  a  substantive  mistake  in  a judgment, as by correcting a  manifest error of law or fact. Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure    2641–2662.] [Blacks Law 8th]

alter-ego rule. 1.Corporations.The doctrine that shareholders will be treated as the owners of a  corporation’s  property,  or  as  the  real  parties  in  interest,  whenever  it  is  necessary  to  do  so  to prevent fraud or to do justice. [Cases: Corporations    1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.] 2.Criminal law. The principle that one who defends another against attack…

alter  ego.A  corporation  used  by  an  individual  in  conducting  personal  business,  the  result being that a court may impose liability on the individual by piercing the corporate veil when fraud has   been   perpetrated   on   someone   dealing   with   the   corporation.   See   PIERCING   THE CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations    1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.] [Blacks Law 8th]

altercation. A vehement dispute; a noisy argument. “altercation.  The  traditional  view  is that  this  word  refers to ‘a  noisy  brawl  or  dispute,’  not rising  to  the  seriousness  of  physical  violence…. But in  AmE,  the  word  now  often  denotes some type  of  scuffling  or  fighting,  especially  in  police  jargon.”  Bryan  A.  Garner,  A  Dictionary  of Modern…

alteration.  1.Property.  A  substantial  change  to  real  estate,  esp.  to  a  structure,  usu.  not involving  an  addition  to  or  removal  of  the  exterior  dimensions of  a  building’s  structural parts. • Although  any  addition  to  or  improvement  of  real  estate  is  by  its  very  nature  an  alteration, real-estate lawyers habitually use alteration in reference to a…

alta via (al-t<<schwa>> vI-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] A highway. [Blacks Law 8th]

altarage (awl-t<<schwa>>r-ij).Eccles. law. 1. The offerings made upon an altar or to a church. 2. An endowment or honorarium received by a priest for services performed at the altar. [Blacks Law 8th]

alta proditio (al-t<<schwa>> proh-dish-ee-oh). [Law Latin] See TREASON. [Blacks Law 8th]

ALTA.abbr.American Land Title Association.[Blacks Law 8th]