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1 Arthur Allen Leff, The Leff Dictionary of Law: A Fragment 1855 (1985)

handle is hein.lbr/leffdlw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Leff Dictionary of Law: A Fragment Arthur Allen Lefft A A. The first letter of the English alphabet. The English indefinite article (an before an h or a vowel), distin- guished from the definite article the. While usually singular, a is not necessarily so; it may be used in the same sense as any and be applied to more than one object, e.g., A wild animal is there for the taking. The usual form of the Latin preposition meaning (depending upon con- text) from, away from, of, out of, by, because of-and more. Before words beginning with a vowel or an h, ab was ordinarily used, and before a c or a t, abs. In French and Law French, a preposition meaning, depending on the context, at, for, in, of, on, to, with,-and more. A be- comes au when it immediately precedes and is thus combined with the masculine singular definite article le, and it becomes aux when it does the same with the masculine plural les. In the tax-law-slang phrase 'A' reorganization or 'A' reorg., A refers to a type of tax-free corporate transaction. See corporate reorganization. In legal hypotheticals a, usually capitalized, is ordinarily one of the important parties, with a composite personality more aggressive than that of any other letter, e.g., A hits B, A offers to B, and so on. Cf b, c, .. . Z. A.A. Abbreviation of administrative assistant, Alcoholics Anonymous, and many other things. AAA. Abbreviation of Agricultural Adjustment Administration, American Arbitration Association, American Automobile Association, and doubtless much else. AALS. Abbreviation for Association of American Law Schools. a and b. Police shorthand for assault and battery. A and H. Insurance industry abbreviation for accident and health insurance. a aver et tener ( ). Law French for to have and to hold. ab ( ). A Latin preposition. See a. ABA. Abbreviation for American Bar Association, American Banking Associa- tion-and others. t Late Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale University 1855