Legal Term: DISJUNCTIVE TERM

Definition: One which is placed between two contraries, by the affirming of one of which, the other is taken away: it is usually expressed by the word or. Vide 3 Ves. 450, 7 Ves. 454, 2 Rop. Leg. 290., 1 P. Wms. 433, 2 Cox, Rep. 213, 2 P. Wms. 283 2 Atk. 643, 6 Ves. 341, 2 Ves. sr. 67, 2 Str. 1175, Cro. Eliz. 525, Pollexf. 645, 1 Bing. 500, 3 T. R. 470, 1 Ves. sr. 409, 3 Atk. 83, 85, Ayl. Pand. 56, 2 Miles, Rep. 49. 2. In the civil law, when a legacy is given to Caius or Titius, the word or is considered and, and both Caius and Titius are entitled to the legacy in equal parts. 6 Toull. n. 704. See Copulative term, Construction, subdivision, And, Or.. Also, Bac. Ab. Conditions, P 5.

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