Law Dictionary Definitions

alias summons.See SUMMONS. [Blacks Law 8th]

alias subpoena.See SUBPOENA. [Blacks Law 8th]

alias process.See PROCESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

alias execution.See EXECUTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

alias dictus (ay-lee-<<schwa>>s dik-t<<schwa>>s), adv.[Latin] Otherwise called; ALIAS(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

alias  (ay-lee-<<schwa>>s),  adj.  Issued  after  the  first  instrument  has  not  been  effective  or resulted in action. alias,  adv.1.  Otherwise  called  or  named;  also  known  as  <William  Grimsby,  alias  the  Grim Reaper>.2. At another time. alias,n.1.  An  assumed  or  additional  name  that  a  person  has  used  or  is  known  by.  —  Also termed  assumed  name;  fictitious …

aliamenta  (al-ee-<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>).  [Latin]  A  liberty  of  passage  or  open  way, such as a path through another’s hedge or drainage for a waterway. [Blacks Law 8th]

alia enormia (ay-lee-<<schwa>> i-nor-mee-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin “other serious wrongs”] Hist. A general allegation of injuries made at the conclusion of the declaration by a plaintiff in a trespass action. [Cases: Trespass    40(5). C.J.S. Trespass § 85.] [Blacks Law 8th]

ALI.abbr.AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE. [Blacks Law 8th]

algorithm exception.Patents. The general rule that an abstract mathematical function, such as an algorithm, cannot be patented. • The exception was first articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 93 S.Ct. 253 (1972). The rule was undermined by State St. A Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Fin. Group,…