Legal Definition and Related Resources of Alter
Meaning of Alter
Make changes in; vary in some degree; amend ; rectify .
Synonyms of Alter
verb
- commutare
- commute
- convert
- deviate
- immutare
- innovate
- invert
- make innovations
- metamorphose
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- mutare
- qualify
- rearrange
- recast
- reconstruct
- reorganize
- temper
- transform
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn
- variegate
- vary
- Associated Concepts: alter a document
- alter a will
- forgery
- fraud
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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Abrogate, Alter Ego, Arrest, Change.
What does Alter mean in American Law?
The definition of Alter in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
See alteration.
Concept of “Alter”
Traditional meaning of alter in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Another; to make different from what it was; see 1 Wend. 236.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Alter”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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