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alpha  testing.Intellectual  property.  The  first  phase  of  operational  experimenting  with  a software  program  before  the  program’s  production  release,  usu.  at  the  developer’s  site.  •  Often, alpha testing involves only modular or component testing and not system testing. Alpha testing is usu. followed by beta testing, in which the entire system is tested at a customer’s…

alpha subclass.Patents. In U.S. patent law, a patent classification that has an alphabetic suffix. [Blacks Law 8th]

a lour foy (ah loor fwah). [Law French “in their faith”] In their allegiance. [Blacks Law 8th]

alodium. See ALLODIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

alode. See ALLODIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

alod. See ALLODIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

alnager  (al-n<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>r).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  A  royal  official  responsible  for collecting taxes (the alnage) on woolen cloth. • The tax was abolished in 1699. [Blacks Law 8th]

alms land.Hist. Land held in frankalmoin. See FRANKALMOIN. [Blacks Law 8th]

almshouse.Archaic.  A  dwelling  for  the  publicly  or  privately  supported  poor  of  a  city  or county. [Blacks Law 8th]

alms fee.Hist. A fee held by frankalmoin. See FRANKALMOIN. [Blacks Law 8th]