alieni juris

[ ey-lahy-ee-nahy -joor-is, ey-lee- ]

/ ˌeɪ laɪˈi naɪ ˈdʒʊər ɪs, ˌeɪ li- /

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under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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<Latin: literally, of another's law

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She read aloud, "Alieni the infamous and all his house die here to-night the death of traitors."
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Against it the mere justifying provocation in any story Allegra Alieni may tell could make no appeal.
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