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all-or-none offering.See OFFERING. [Blacks Law 8th]

allonge  (a-lawnzh).  A  slip  of  paper  sometimes  attached  to  a  negotiable  instrument  for  the purpose  of receiving further indorsements when the  original  paper is filled with indorsements. • Former UCC § 3-202 required that indorsements be made on the instrument unless there was no space — and only then could an allonge be used. Current…

allograph (al-<<schwa>>-graf). An agent’s writing or signature for the principal. • This is the antonym of auto-graph. [Cases: Principal and Agent    132(1).] [Blacks Law 8th]

allogatur. See ALLOCATUR. [Blacks Law 8th]

allodium  (<<schwa>>-loh-dee-<<schwa>>m),  n.  An  estate  held  in  fee  simple  absolute.  — Also spelled alodium. — Also termed alod; alode. [Cases: Estates in Property    5. C.J.S. Estates §§ 11–12.] “In this country, one who has full ownership of land is said to own it allodially — that is, free of feudal services and incidents.” Thomas F.…

allodial (<<schwa>>-loh-dee-<<schwa>>l), adj. Held in absolute ownership; pertaining to an allodium. Cf. FEUDAL. — Also spelled alodial. — allodially,adv. “The term ‘alodial’ originally had no necessary reference to the mode in which the ownership of land had been conferred; it simply  meant land held in absolute ownership, not in  dependence upon  any  other  body  or …

allod (al-<<schwa>>d), n. Hist. The domain of a household.[Blacks Law 8th]

allocutus. See ARREST OF JUDGMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

allocutory   (<<schwa>>-lok-y<<schwa>>-tor-ee),   adj.   Of   or   relating   to   an   allocution <allocutory pleas for mercy>. [Blacks Law 8th]

allocution  (al-<<schwa>>-kyoo-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  Criminal  procedure.  1.  A  trial  judge’s formal address to a convicted defendant, asking him or her to speak in mitigation of the sentence to  be  imposed.  •  This  address  is  required  under  Fed.  R.  Crim.  P.  32(c)(3)(C).  2.  An  unsworn statement from a convicted defendant to the sentencing judge or jury in…