Law Dictionary Definitions

atort (a-tor), adv.[Law French] Hist. Wrongfully.[Blacks Law 8th]

at maturity.See date of maturity under DATE.[Blacks Law 8th]

atmatertera    (at-may-t<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>),    n.[Latin]    Civil    law.    A great-great-great-grandmother’s       sister.       —       Also       termed       abmatertera        magna (ab-may-t<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>> mag-n<<schwa>>).[Blacks Law 8th]

at law.According to law; by, for, or in law.[Blacks Law 8th]

at-large election.See election at large under ELECTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

at large. 1. Free; unrestrained; not under control <the suspect is still at large>.2. Not limited to any particular place, person, matter, or question < at-large election>.3. Chosen by the voters of an entire political entity, such as a state, county, or city, rather than from separate districts within the  entity  <councilmember  at  large>.4.  Not …

Atlantic  Reporter.A  set  of  regional  lawbooks,  part  of  the  West  Group’s  National  Reporter System,  containing  every  published  appellate  decision  from  Connecticut,  Delaware,  Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as the decisions of the District of Columbia Municipal Court of Appeals, from 1885 to date. • The first series…

at-issue  waiver.An  exemption  from  the  attorney–client  privilege,  whereby  a  litigant  is considered to have waived the privilege by taking a position that cannot be effectively challenged without  analyzing  privileged  information.  Cf.  OFFENSIVE-USE  WAIVER.  [Cases:  Witnesses 219(3).][Blacks Law 8th]

at  issue.Taking  opposite  sides; under  dispute; in  question  <the  federal appeals  courts  are at issue over a question of law>.[Blacks Law 8th]

Atinian law.See LEX ATINIA.[Blacks Law 8th]