Lead
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
To conduct or direct; to conduct in the way of duty. Lead a use: to specify or direct the use to which a conveyance is to operate. Lead a witness: to suggest by the mode of interrogation the answer desired. Lead in a cause: to have the management of the trial upon one sida upon and followed as a guide for subsequent decisiona Leading counsel: v. Lead. Leading question: v. Lead.