Lie

1, «. (1) To exist; subsist: as, to " lie in grant:" said of an incorporeal right; a corporeal right is said to " lie jn deed." See Grant, 1. (2) To be maintainable, sustainable: as, an " action lies."

Compare Lay, 2. (3) To be concealed, or in ambush: as, to lie in wait. See Lying. ■City of Burlington v. Bumgardner, 42 Iowa, 673 (1876). * Wiggins Ferry Co. v. East St. Louis, 107 U. S. 373 (1832); State v. Hipp, 38 Ohio St. 225 (1882). s Calder v. Kurby, 5 Gray, 693 (1850), Bigelow, J. See also Yan Hook v. City of Selma, 70 Ala. 363 (1881), cases; Prohibitory Amendment Cases, 24 Kan. 724 (1881), cases; La Croix v. County Commissioners, 60 Conn! 329 (1882), cases; Chilvers v. People, 11 Mich. 40 (1862);, State i). Holmes, 38 N. H. 227 (1859). * Commonwealth v. Kinsley, 133 Mass. 579 (1882), cases. »L. lic Uatio: liceor, to offer a price. * 14 La. An. 179 (1859): Pothier. 2, 11.

A willful untruth; a falsehood.

See Deceit; Decoy; Estoppel; Falsehood; Fraud; Represen'tation, 1; Slander.