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Alio intuitu

Alio intuitu, with a collateral motive, a motive other than the professed one: e.g., when a man brings an action by way of advertising his goods....


res inter alios acta

res inter alios acta [Late Latin, literally, thing done among others] : something transacted between other parties NOTE: This term is used in reference to matters not involving the same parties as those in litigation. Evidence of such matters is generally inadmissible. ...


Cepit in alio loco

Cepit in alio loco, a plea in replevin, when the defendant took the goods in another place than that mentioned in the declaration....


In alio loco

In alio loco [Lat.] (in another place)....


Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet

Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet [Lat.], An oath made by others ought neither to hurt nor profit....


Minor minorem custodire non debet; alios enim prasumitur male regere qui sepisum regere nescit

Minor minorem custodire non debet; alios enim prasumitur male regere qui sepisum regere nescit [Lat.], a minor cannot be guardian to a minor, for he is presumed to direct others badly who knows not how to direct himself....


Qui cum alio contrahit, vel est, vel debet esse, non ignarus conditionis ejus

Qui cum alio contrahit, vel est, vel debet esse, non ignarus conditionis ejus (D. 50, 17, 19), he who contracts with another, either is, or ought to be, acquainted with the condition of that person....


Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet

Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet (a trans-action between strangers ought not to injure another party), e.g., the sworn evidence of a witness in one cause cannot be made available in another cause between other parties. consult Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, ch. 5, where it is pointed out that the maxim, in many varying forms, was well known both in the Civil and Canon Law; and see also Broom's Legal Maxims, citing the Duchess of Kingston's case, (1771) 20 How St Tr 335; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in illustration of the rule, and Higham v. Ridgway, (1808) 10 East, 109; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in which entries of a deceased stranger declarant against his interest, or in the course of his business, have been held admissible, in illustration of the exceptions....


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