Legal Definitions - per alium stetit

Per alium stetit is a Latin legal phrase used to indicate that a particular situation, outcome, or state of affairs came about because of the actions or involvement of another party. It signifies that the responsibility or cause for something rests with someone else's conduct, rather than one's own.

Here are some examples to illustrate this concept:

• Business Contract Delay: Imagine a software development company, "Tech Solutions," is contracted to deliver a new application by a specific date. They miss the deadline because a third-party vendor, "Data Integrators," failed to provide a crucial database component on time, despite Tech Solutions having placed the order well in advance and followed up diligently. In this scenario, the delay in delivering the application per alium stetit – it was owing to the actions (or inaction) of Data Integrators, not Tech Solutions.

• Property Damage: Consider a homeowner whose newly painted exterior wall is damaged by overspray from a commercial painting crew working on an adjacent property. The homeowner had taken all necessary precautions on their own property. The damage to the homeowner's wall per alium stetit – it was owing to the actions of the commercial painting crew, not any fault of the homeowner.

• Legal Proceedings Postponement: A court case is scheduled for trial, but it is unexpectedly postponed. The reason for the postponement is that one of the parties involved failed to disclose critical evidence to the other side within the court-mandated discovery period, necessitating a delay for the opposing counsel to review the new information. The postponement of the trial per alium stetit – it was owing to the actions of the party who withheld the evidence, not the court or the other litigant.