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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

LEU, LIU, or LYU (Law Fr.; from Lat, locus). A place, Britt. c.

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LIEU CONUS (Law Fr.) In old pleading. A known place; a place well knov?n and generally taken notice of by those who dwell about it, as a castle, a manor, etc. Whishaw; 1 Ld. Raym. 259. "A liberty is in the nature of a lieu conus."

North, C. J., 2 Mod. 48; Wishaw, 1 Ld, Raym. 259.