Lie

To subsist; to exist; to be sustainable; to be proper or available. Thus .the phrase "an action will not lie" means that an action cannot be sustained, or that there is no ground upon which to found the action.

— Lie in franchise. Property is said to "lie in franchise" when it is of such a nature that the persons entitled thereto may seize it without the aid of a court; e. g., wrecks, waifs, estrays.

— Lie in grant. Incorporeal hereditaments are said to "lie in grant;" that is, they pass by force of the grant (deed or charter) without livery.

— Lie in livery. A term applied to corporeal hereditaments, freeholds, etc., signifying that they pass by livery, not by the mere force of the grant.

— Lie in wait. See Lying in Wait.