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  • ALLOCUTUS
    In criminal procedure, when a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court Is bound to demand of him what he has to say as to why the court should not proceed to judgment against him; this demand is called the "allocutus," or "allocution," and is More...
  • ALLODARII
    Owners of allodial lands. Owners of estates as large as a subject may have. Co. Litt. 1; Bac. Abr. "Tenure," A.
  • ALLODIAL
    Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal. Barker v. Dayton, 28 Wis. 384; Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 499.
  • ALLODIUM
    Land held absolutely in one's own right, and not of any lord or superior; land not subject to feudal duties or burdens. An estate held by absolute ownership, without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is due on account thereof. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 1(5. McCartee v. Orphan Asylum, More...
  • ALLOGRAPH
    A document not written by any of the parties thereto; opposed to autograph.
  • ALLONGE
    When the indorsements on a bill or note have filled all the blank space. It is customary to annex a strip of paper, called an "allonge" to receive the further indorsements. Fountain v. Bookstaver, 141 111. 401, 31 N. E. 17; Haug v. RUey, 101 Ga. 372, 29 S. E. More...
  • ALLOT
    To apportion, distribute; to divide property previously held in common among those entitled, assigning to each his ratable portion, to be held in severalty; to set apart specific property, a share of a fund, etc., to a distinct party. Glenn v. Glenn, 41 Ala. 582; Fort v. Allen, 110 N. More...
  • ALLOTMENT
    Partition, apportionment, division; the distribution of land under an inclosure act, or shares in a public undertaking or corporation. —Allotment note. In English law. A writing by a seaman, whereby he makes an assignment of part of his wages in favor of his wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, More...
  • ALLOTTEE
    One to whom an allotment is made, who receives a ratable share under an allotment; a person to whom land under an inclosure act or shares in a public undertaking are allotted.
  • ALLOW
    To grant, approve, or permit; as to allow an appeal or a marriage; to allow an account. Also to give a fit portion out of a larger property or fund. Thurman v. Adams. 82 Miss. 204, 33 South. 914: Chamberlain v. Putnam, 10 S. D. 360, 73 N. W. 201; More...
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