Law Dictionary Definitions

antenuptial will.See prenuptial will under WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

antenuptial gift.See prenuptial gift under GIFT. [Blacks Law 8th]

antenuptial contract.See PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.  [Blacks Law 8th]

antenuptial (an-ti-n<<schwa>>p-sh<<schwa>>l), adj. See PRENUPTIAL. ANTENUPTIAL AGREEMENT

antenatus  (an-tee-nay-t<<schwa>>s).  [Law  Latin]  A  person  born  before  a  certain  political event  that  affected  the  person’s  political  rights;  esp.,  a  person  born  before  the  signing  of  the Declaration of Independence. Cf. POST-NATUS. Pl. antenati. [Blacks Law 8th]

ante mortem statement.See dying declaration under DECLARATION(6). [Blacks Law 8th]

ANTE MORTEM STATEMENT [Blacks Law 8th]

ante mortem. [Latin] Before death. [Blacks Law 8th]

ante  meridiem  (an-tee  m<<schwa>>-rid-ee-<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  Before  noon.  —  Abbr. a.m.; A.M. [Blacks Law 8th]

ante  litem  motam  (an-tee  lI-tem  moh-t<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin  “before  the  lawsuit  was started”] Hist. Before an action has been raised; before a legal dispute arose — i.e., at a time when the declarant had no motive to lie. • This phrase was generally used in reference to the evidentiary requirement  that  the  acts  upon  which …