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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Lunacy, commission of. An authority in writing authorizing an inquiry into the mental condition of some person alleged to be of unsound mind.

Lupl Qum caput gerere

To bear a wolf's head. An ancient phrase, signifying outlawry; in allusion to a reward offered for bringing in an outlaw's head, like a wolf's.