Alternative in United States
Alternative Definition
Allowing a choice between two or more things or acts to be done. In contracts, a party has often the choice which of several things to perform. A writ is in the alternative which commands the defendant to do the thing required, or show the reason wherefore he has not done it. Finch, 257; 3 Bl. Comm. 273. The first mandamus is an alternative writ. 3 Bl. Comm. 111. See “Nisi.”
Alternative in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Alternative | Alternative in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Alternative | Alternative in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Alternative | Alternative in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
Allowing a choice between two or more things or acts to be done. In contracts, a party has often the choice which of several things to perform. A writ is in the alternative which commands the defendant to do the thing required, or show the reason wherefore he has not done it. Finch, 257; 3 Bl. Comm. 273. The first mandamus is an alternative writ. 3 Bl. Comm. 111. See “Nisi.”
Notice
This definition of Alternative is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.