Law Dictionary Definitions

alteration.  1.Property.  A  substantial  change  to  real  estate,  esp.  to  a  structure,  usu.  not involving  an  addition  to  or  removal  of  the  exterior  dimensions of  a  building’s  structural parts. • Although  any  addition  to  or  improvement  of  real  estate  is  by  its  very  nature  an  alteration, real-estate lawyers habitually use alteration in reference to a…

alta via (al-t<<schwa>> vI-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] A highway. [Blacks Law 8th]

altarage (awl-t<<schwa>>r-ij).Eccles. law. 1. The offerings made upon an altar or to a church. 2. An endowment or honorarium received by a priest for services performed at the altar. [Blacks Law 8th]

alta proditio (al-t<<schwa>> proh-dish-ee-oh). [Law Latin] See TREASON. [Blacks Law 8th]

ALTA.abbr.American Land Title Association.[Blacks Law 8th]

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]