Black's Law Dictionary

The place in which. The place in which the cause of action arose, cr where anything is alleged, in pleadings, to have been done. The phrase is most frequently used in actions of tr

Room or place for re-pentence or reconsideration ; an opportunity to withdraw from a negotiation before finally concluding the contract or agreement. Also, in criminal law, an oppo

In the civil law. A public place. Dig. 43, 8, 1; Id. 43, 8, 2, 3.

In private international law. The rule that, when a legal transaction complies with the formalities required by the law' of the country where it is done, it is also valid in the co

The place where a thing is sifuated. In proceedings in rem, or the real actions of the civil law, the proper forum is the locus rei sitæ. The Jerusalem, 2 Gall. 191, 107, Fed. Cas.

The place of the seal; the place occupied by the seal of written instruments. Usually abbreviated to "L. S."

A place of standing; standing in court. A right of appearance in a court of justice, or before a legislative body, on a given question. Locus pro solutione reditus aut pecuniae sec

This term, as used in the legislation of congress, is applicable to any zone or belt of mineralized rock lying within boundaries clearly separating it from the neighboring rock. It

The hire of a pilot for conducting a vessel from one place to another. Cowell.

The pllot conducts the ship up the river or into port; but the loadsman is he that undertakes to bring a ship through the haven, after being brought thither by the pilot, to the qu

One who occupies hired apartments in another's house; a tenant of part of another's house. A tenant, with the right of exclusive possession of a part of a house, the landlord, by h

Habitation in another's house; apartments in another's house, furnished or uhfurnished, occupited for habitation; the occupier being termed a "lodger."

In old French and Canadian law. A fine payable by a roturier on every change of ownership of his land; a mutation or alienation fine. Steph. Leet 351.

An uniawful game mentioned in St 33 Hen. VIII. c. 9.

A ship's Journal. It contains a minute account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relatin

A small house, lodge or cottage. Mon. Angl. tom. 1, p. 400.

The science of reasoning or of the operations of the understanding which are subservient to the estimation of evidence. The term includes both the process itself of proceeding from

In old records. A lodge, hovel or outhouse.

BY. In French marine law. A local pilot whose business was to assist the pilot of the vessel in guiding her course into a harbor or through a river or channel. Martin v. Farnsworth

In Roman law. A public clerk, register or book-keeper; on who wrote or kept books of accounts. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 10, 69.

A mischievous legislative practice, of embracing in one bili several distinct matters, none of which, perhaps, could singly obtain the assent of the legislature, and then procuring

Stems or trunks of trees cut into convenient lengths for the purpose of being afterwards manufactured into lumber of various kinds; not including manufactured lumber of any sort, n

A body of primitive Wes-leyans, who assumed importance about the time of John Wycliffe, (1360,) and were very successful in disseminating evangelical truth; but, being implicated (

A name given to the merchants of Italy, numbers of whom, during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, were established as merchants and bankers in the principui cities of Europe.

In Fr. Loudon. Yearb. P. 1 Edw. II. p. 4.

In various compound legal terms (see infra) this word carries a meaning not essentially different from its signification in the vernacular. In the language of the stock exchange, a

An account involving numerous separate items or Charges, on one side or both, or the statement of various complex transactions, such as a court of equity will refer to a master or

Co. Litt. 115a. Long time and long use, exceeding the memory of men, suffices for right

Long possession la the law of peace. Branch, Prine,; Co. Litt 6.

Long possession begets right. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15, § 6.

Long possession produces the right of possession, and takes away from the true owner hla action. Co. Litt. 110b.

The name usually given to the parliament which met in November, 1640, under Charles I., and was dissolved by Cromwell on the 10th of April, 1653. The name "Long Parliament" is, how

An expression used to denote part second of the year-book which gives reports of cases in 5 Edw. IV.

A metaphorical expression designating the practice or profession of the law : as, in the phrase "gentlemen of the long robe."

A measure of weight equivalent to 20 hundred-weight of 112 pounds each, or 2,240 pounds, as distingished from the "short" ton of 2,000 pounds. See Rev. St. U. S. § 2951 (U. S. Co.m

The recess of the English courts from August 10th to October 24th.

A proper lookout on a vessel is some one in a favorable position to sce, stationed near enough to the helmsman to communicate with him, and to receive communications from him, and

A right in the inhabitants of a parish within a manor, in England, to lop for fuel, at certain periods of the year, the branches of trees growing upon the waste lands of the manor.

Lat. A colloquy; talk. In old English law, this term denoted the oral altercations of the parties to a suit, which led to the issue, now called the "pleadings." It also designated

We must speak as the common pcople; we must think as the learned. 7 Coke, llb. This maxim expresses the rule that, when words are used in a technical sense, they must be understood

In English law. A title of honor or nobllity belonging properly to the degree of baron, but applied also to the whole peerage, as in the expression "the house of lords." 1 Bl. Comm

The chief public prosecutor of Scotland. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 84.

In the feudal system, the grantor, who retained the dominion or ultimate property, was calied the "lord," and the grantee, who had only the use or possession, was calied the "vassa

English statutes, for amending the practice in prosecutions for libel, 9 & 10 Viet. c. 93; also 6 & 7 Viet. c. 96, providing for compensation to relatives in the case of a person h

The chief judge of the English court of exchequer, prior to the judicature acts.

See Justice.

An English statute, for the amendment of the law of evidence, (6 & 7 Viet. c. 85,) which provides that no person offered as a witness shall thereafter be excluded by reason of inca

See Chancellor.

In England, when a person is impeached, or when a peer is tried on indictment for treason or felony bsfore the house of lords, one of the lords is appointed lord high steward, and

An officer formerly existing in England, who had the charge of the royal revenues and customs duties, and of leasing the crown lands. His functions are now vested in the lords comm

In feudal law. He who is lord, not by reason of any manor, but as the king in respect of his crown, etc. "Very lord" is he who is immediate lord to his tenant; and "very tenant," h

The second judicial officer in Scotland. —Lord keeper, or keeper of the great seal, was originally another name for the lord chancellor. After Henry II.'s reign they were sometimes

In English law. The viceroy of the crown in Ireland. The principal military officer of a county, originally appointed for the purpose of mustering the inhabitants for the defense o

This statute (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders marriages within the prohibited degrees absolutely null and void. Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely.

The chief officer of the corporation of the city of London is so calied. The origin of the appellation of "lord," which the mayor of London enjoys, is attributed to the fourth char

In English law. This is a court of record, of law and equity, and is the chief court of justice within the corporation of London. Theoretically the lord mayor and aldermen are supp

the judge of the court of session in Scotland, who officiates for the time being as the judge of first instance. Dari. Pr. Ct. Sess. Defined under Lord in Black's Law Dictionary.

A term applied to the King of England as the chief feudal proprietor, the theory of the feudal system being that all lands in the realm were held mediately or immediately from him.

VIII., was generally an ecclesiastic. The office has since been usually conferred on temporal peers above the degree of barons. He is appointed by letters patent. The lord privy se

Five peers who for a time superseded Richard II. in his government, and whom, after a brief control of the government, he in turn superseded in 1307, and put the survivors of them

In English law. When a high public office in the state, formerly executed by an individual, is put into commission, the persons charged with the commission are called "lords commis

A name sometimes given to Sunday. Co. Litt. 135.

In English law. Dominion, manor, seigniory, domain; also a title of honor used to a nobleman not being a duke. It Is also the customary titulary appellation of the Judges and some

In English law. The title of the ordinary judges of the court of appeal, by Jud. Act 1877, § 4. Prior to the judicature acts, there were two "lords justices of appeal in chancery,"

Those noblemen who lived on the marches of Wales or Scotland, who in times past had their laws and power of life and death, like petty kings. Abolished by 27 Hen. VIII. c. 26, and

Those members of the house of lords of whom at least three must be present for the hearing and determination of appeals. They are the lord chancellor, the lords of appeal in ordina

These are appointed, with a salary of £6,000 a year, to aid the house of lords in the hearing of appeals. They rank as barons for life, but sit and vote in the house of lords durin

On the Reformation in Scotland, the king, as proprietor of benefices formerly held by abbots and priors, gave them out in temporal lordships to favorites, who were termed "lords of

Those who have seats in the house of lords. During bankruptcy, peers are disqualified from sitting or voting in the house of lords. 34 & 35 Viet. c. 50.

In Scotch law. Persons to whom rights of civil and criminni jurisdiction were given by the crown.

Lords appointed in 1312, in the reign of Edward II., for the control of the sovereign and the court party, and for the general reform and better government of the country. Brown.

The archbishops and blan-ops who have seats in the house of lord.

Those lay peers who have seals in the house of lords.

See Cinque Ports.

In insurance. The injury or damage sustained by the insured in consequence of the happening of one or more of the accidents or misfortunes against which the insurer, in considerati

See Consortium.

An article is "lost" when the owner has lost the possession or custody of it, involuntarily and by any means, but more particularly by accident or his own negligence or forgetfulne

A phrase sometimes inserted in policies of marine insurance to signify that the contract is meant to relate back to the beginning of a voyage now in progress, or to some other ante

Papers which have been so mislaid that they cannot be found after diligent search.

Property which the owner has involuntarily parted with and does not know where to find or recover it, not including property which he has intentionally concealed or deposited in a

The arbitrament of chance; hazard. That which fortuitously determines what course shall be taken or what disposition be made of property or righto. A share; one of several parcels

In English law. Certain duties which must be paid by those who claim to exercise the elective franchise within certain cities and boroughs, before they are entitled to vote. It is

In old English law. A liberty or privilege to take amends for lying with a bondwoman without license.

A small tract or parcel of land in a village, town or city, suitable for building or for a garden or other similar uses. See Pilz v. Killings worth, 20 Or. 432, 26 Pac. 305 ; Wilso

A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of property by chance among persons who have paid, or promised or agreed to pay, any valuable consideration for the chance

Fr. This is the contract of hiring and letting in French law, and may be either of things or of labor. The varieties of each are the following: 1. Letting of things,—bail A loyer b

2 Rolle, 17. Where the law gives a right, it gives a remedy to recover.

A ram or bell-wether. Cowell.

In old English law. The day on which any dispute was amicably settled between neighbors; or a day on which one neighbor helps another without hire. Wharton.

A recompense for the death of a man killed in a tumult. Cowell.

The same as slight diligence.

Fr. In French maritime law. Wages. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 14, art. 16.

In old European law, jurisdiction of petty offenses, as distinguished from "high justice," (q. v.)

The furthest receding point of ebb-tide. Howard v. Ingersoll, 13 How. 417, 14 In Ed. 189.

see water-mark.

Legal; authorized by or conforming to law. Also faithful in one's political relations; giving faithful support to one's prince or sovereign or to the existing government.

Adherence to law. Faithfulness to one's prince or sovereign or to the existing government.

An abbreviation for "Law Reports."

An abbreviation for "Locus sigilli," the place of the seal, i. e., the place where a seal is to be affixed or a scroll which stands instead of a seal See Smith v. Butler, 25 N. H.

Lat Leze-majes-ty or injured majesty; high treason. It is a phrase taken from the civil law, and anciently meant any offense against the king's person or dignity.