Hello and welcome to my new EtherBlog called Aler Sans Jour!

As you may have gleaned from my brief introduction in the "about me" box, I am a California licensed attorney in private practice.  I represent clients in the greater Sacramento area including Placer, El Dorado, Solano and Yolo Counties.  My primary areas of practice are family law, bankruptcy, intellectual property (copyright & trademark) and small business matters.  My main website is here, and I also have another blog on Xanga here.

If you were wondering what "Aler Sans Jour" means, it's a old legal expression from France that translates to "to go without day."  It was used when a case was dismissed from court. The expression refers to the fact that no further (court) days would be scheduled for appearances in the matter.

In the processing of picking a name, I discovered a few good legal dictionaries on the web for historical legal terms.  At LawGuru you can find entries from the 1856 edition of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary in an easy to browse format.  On Google, I found "A Law Dictionary & Glossary by Alexander Mansfield.  This reference was originally published in 1867 but republished in 1987.  This is one of those books that Google has scanned in it's entirely and placed on the web (with permission of course). 

-- Michael

Michael W. Crosson, Attorney at Law
Family Law, Bankruptcy, Small Business Matters & Intellectual Property
Representing clients in the greater Sacramento area, including Placer, Yolo & El Dorado Counties

"We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code."