Lay

1, adj. (1) Pertaining to the laity; not of the legal profession.

Layman.

A person not admitted to practice law; one not learned in the law.' (3) Not ecclesiastical; organized for secular purposes: as, a lay corporation, q. v. 3, V. To state, name, allege, charge: as, to lay an offense, damages, venue.* Compare Lie, 1 (3).

Lay days

Days allowed for loading and unloading the cargo of a vessel.5

See Working-days.

Lay out

In highway laws, embraces, ordinarily, all the acts necessary to the complete establishment of a highway." May include every order of municipal authorities by which private property is taken for public use.' To locate and establish a new highway.' May mean to take and maintain a road." " Lay out and complete a street: " to determine the time at which it shall be graded, finished, and fitted for travel; to make a de facto street.'" " Lay out " and " lay off " a road: to lay down the whole ground covered, specifying the width."