Leidgreve
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Saxon law. An ofl Scer who had jurisdiction over a lathe.
Cowell.
LEIPA (Law Lat.) In old English law. A fugitive or runaway.
LL.
Hen. I. c.
43. Spelman.
Possibly the root of "elope."