Autre
Autre in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French. Another. Also spelled auter.
Note: This legal definition of Autre in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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Concept of “Auter, Autre”
Traditional meaning of auter, autre in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) Another; other. Auter action pendant (another action pending): a plea in abatement stating that a prior suit has been begun for the same cause. En autre droit: in right of another; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 177. Pur auter vie: for the life of another. Auterment: otherwise. Autrefois: at another time; formerly; heretofore. Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted): a plea of a criminal in bar to an indictment, that he has once before been acquitted of the same offence; see Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; § 602; 4th Book (“Of Public Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 335; PLEA. So also Autrefois convict, that he has been once before convicted; and Autrefois attaint, once before attainted; see 4th Book (“Of Public Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 357; ATTAINDER.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Auter, Autre”, 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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