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all and singular.Collectively and individually. [Blacks Law 8th]

ALJ.abbr.ADMINISTRATIVE-LAW JUDGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

aliunde  rule.Evidence.  The  doctrine  that  a  verdict  may  not  be  impeached  by  a  juror’s testimony unless a foun-dation for the testimony is first made by competent evidence from another source. [Blacks Law 8th]

aliunde   (ay-lee-y<<schwa>>n-dee),   adj.[Latin]   From   another   source;   from   elsewhere <evidence  aliunde>.  See  extrinsic  evidence  under  EVIDENCE.  [Cases:  Criminal  Law    957; Federal  Civil  Procedure    2371;  Trial    344.  C.J.S.  Criminal  Law  §§  1415–1418;  Trial  §§ 921–926.] [Blacks Law 8th]

alienate (ay-lee-<<schwa>>-nayt orayl-y<<schwa>>-), vb. To transfer or convey (property or a property right) to another. —Also termed alien. — alienator,n. [Blacks Law 8th]    

aliud  simulatum,  aliud  actum  (ay-lee-<<schwa>>d  sim-y<<schwa>>-lay-t<<schwa>>m, ay-lee-<<schwa>>d ak-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. One thing pretended, another thing done. [Blacks Law 8th]

aliud examen (ay-lee-<<schwa>>d ig-zay-m<<schwa>>n). [Latin “another investigation” or “another trial”] A different or foreign mode of trial. [Blacks Law 8th]

aliud (ay-lee-<<schwa>>d). [Latin] Something else; another thing. [Blacks Law 8th]

ALI test.See SUBSTANTIAL-CAPACITY TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

aliquot-part  rule.The  principle  that  a  person  must  intend  to  acquire  a  fractional  part  of  the ownership  of  property  before a  court  can  declare  a  resulting  trust  in  the  person’s  favor.  [Cases: Trusts    62–90. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion §§ 10–11, 128–142, 144–173.] ALITER aliter (al-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r). [Latin] Otherwise; it would be otherwise. “If I trespass on another’s…