ALIMONY

In Law. The allowance for which a married woman is entitled to sue on separation from her husband. (See Marriage.) ALIQUOT PART of a number. A number which divides the given number without leaving a remainder. Thus 2, 3, 4, and 6, are aliquot parts of 12. To find the aliquot parts of any number, divide the given number by its least divisor; divide the quotient also by its least divisor, and so on, always dividing the last quotient by its least divisor till the quotient is 1. The divisors thus used are the prime aliquot parts of the given number; and the products of every two, every three, every four, . of the prime aliquot parts, give the compound aliquot parts of the given lumber. Suppose the given number 30; divide 30 by its least divisor, which is 2, and the quotient is 15; divide 15 oy its least divisor 3, and the quotient is 5; divide 5 by itself (it has no smaller divisor) and the quotient is 1. Therefore, 2, 3, and 5, are the prime aliquot parts of 30. The compound aliquot parts are, 2X3=6,2X5=10, 3X5= 15. ALISMACEiE. (Alisma, from alis, water, in Celtic.) A small natural order of endogenous plants, marked by the presence of numerous distinct carpels in a tripetaloideous flower. They form a near approach to ranunculaceos among exogens. Alisma and sair it tar i a are common genera. ALITRUNCK, [s. 46]