Allonge

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allonge \Al*longe"\, n. [F. allonge, earlier alonge, a
     lengthening. See {Allonge}, v., and cf. {Lunge}.]
     1. (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
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     2. A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for


        receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself
        is already full; a rider. [A French usage] --Abbott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allonge \Al*longe"\, v. i. [F. allonger; [`a] (L. ad) + long (L.
     longus) long.]
     To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ALLONGE, French law. When a bill of exchange, or other paper, is too small
  to receive the endorsements which are to be made on it, another piece of
  paper is added to it, and bears the name of allonge. Pard. n. 343; Story on
  P. N. Sec. 121, 151; Story on Bills, 204. See Rider.