Leudis

Leodis. (Law Lat.) In old European law. A vassal; a liege man or feudal dependant; a retainer; a feudal tenant; a crown vassal or baron; alasmian; a common or illiterate person, Spelman. LEVANDAE NAVIS CAUSA (Lat.) In civil law. For the sake of lightening the ship. Goods thrown overboard with this purpose are subjects of a general average. LEVANT ET COUCHANT (Law Fr.) Rising up and lying down. A term applied to trespassing cattle which have remained long enough upon land to have laid down to rest and risen up to feed, which, in general, is held to be a night and a day.

3 Bl. Comm. 9.