Law Dictionary Definitions

after-acquired-title clause.Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease extending the lease’s coverage to include any interest in the property that the lessor may obtain after the lease is signed. • A common formulation is “This lease covers all the interest now owned by or hereafter vested in the lessor ….” [Blacks Law 8th]

after-acquired title.See TITLE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

after-acquired-property clause.A mortgage provision that makes any later-acquired real estate subject to the mortgage. [Cases: Mortgages    131.C.J.S. Mortgages § 174.] [Blacks Law 8th]

after-acquired  property.  1.Secured  transactions.  A  debtor’s  property  that  is  acquired  after  a security  transaction  and  becomes  additional  security  for  payment  of  the  debt. UCC §  9-204.  — Also  termed  future-acquired  property.  [Cases:  Secured  Transactions    13,  116.  C.J.S.  Secured Transactions  §§  12,  85.]  2.Bankruptcy.  Property  that  the  bankruptcy  estate  acquires  after A commencement of the bankruptcy…

after-acquired-evidence doctrine.Employment law. The rule that if an employer discharges an employee  for  an  unlawful  reason  and  later  discovers  misconduct  sufficient  to  justify  a  lawful discharge, the employee cannot win reinstatement. • The doctrine either shields the employer from liability or limits the available relief when, after an employee has been terminated, the employer learns…

after-acquired domicile.See DOMICILE.[Blacks Law 8th]

African  Development  Foundation.A  nonprofit federal foundation  that  supports  the  self-help efforts  of  poor  people  in  African  countries  by  making  grants  and  by  making  and  guaranteeing loans to  any  African  entity  engaged  in  peaceful activities that  enable African  people  to  develop more fully. • ADF was created by the African Development Foundation Act and began operating…

a  fortiori  (ay  for-shee-or-Ior  ah  for-shee-or-ee),  adv.[Latin]  By  even  greater  force  of  logic; even more so <if a 14-year-old child cannot sign a binding contract, then, a fortiori, a 13-year-old cannot>. Cf. A MULTO FOR-TIORI . [Blacks Law 8th]

aforethought  (<<schwa>>-for-thawt),  adj.  Thought  of  in  advance;  deliberate;  premeditated <malice afore-thought>. See MALICE AFORETHOUGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]

aforesaid (<<schwa>>-for-sed), adj. Mentioned above; referred to previously. — Also termed aforementioned; above-mentioned; above-stated; said. [Blacks Law 8th]