A Law Dictionary and Glossary

In English law. A slip of paper or writing, for an appended seal; a

In the broadest sense, any kind physicial; in a narrower sense, the monly used in statutes, physical In old English law. Labor a jury: deavor to influence them in thoir

A person who gains a living

lachesse, lasches, I fr. and something which by law one is asserting a right

In Scots law. A conveyance to an heir of a part of his inheritance without valuable consideration, upon which he becomes liable for all debts contracted by the grantor prior theret

?. I. In Saxon law. A purgation, purged himself of an accusation; a for draining marshy grounds. In old English law. A court of justice

bill of. v. Bill

I Suits for breach in the ecclesiastical courts. They were of Clarendon.

hlafordswice, sax. In against a lord; the betrayal of a

lagemannns, I. l, law-man; a lawful man.

sax. In old English law. Goods a distance from the shore, under ful where they were intended to come with Ligan, q. v.

In old English law. A found floating in the sea at circumstances rendering it doubtto land. Not to be confounded or lawyer. laxlite, laslit, sax. or daru In or transgression of law

sax. In Saxon law. A law-man,

lahslite, lagslit, laghslit, Saxon or Anglo-Danish law. A breach ishment for breaking the law.

laicnm, 1.1. In, old English ecclesiastical; a layman.- Laicnm tenementnm: a lay tenement

layrwit,(leirwyte, legerwit, law. A fine for committing adultery

I. fr. To transfer; to leave.

I. fr. To prevent; to omit or or parchment affixed to a deed copy of a writ in the exchequer. of exertion, whether mental or sense in which the word is comexertion only. v. Hard la

I. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one's title or authority. In feudal law. To determine or pass upon judicially.

I. In the civil law. A praising or commending; a speaking in one's favor; testimony in favor of the character of an accused person.

sax. In Saxon law. A charter or deed by which lands or tenements were given or held.

In old English law. A customary fine, paid at every alienation of land within certain manors or within the liberty of certain boroughs.

sax. In old English law. A kind of customary tenant or inferior tenant of a manor.

landiminm, I. In the civil lato. A sum paid by a new emphyteuta who acquires the emphyteusis, not as heir, but as a singular successor.

landgavel, sax. In old English law. A tax or rent issuing out of land; a quit rent

In old English law. A limit or boundary of land.

A place on the bank by navigable water for the lading and unlading of vessels, and the receiving and discharging of passengers on the same.

1. 1. In Saxon lavx Services and duties laid on all who held laud.

A person of whom lands or tenements are held, subject to the payment of rent Landlord's warrant: written authority from a landlord to levy on property of the tenant and to make sal

A terre-tenant

In English law. A person whose business it is to overlook certain parts of an estate.

In English law. A tax on land, which has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property.

A person who actually possesses land; a terre-tenant

I. I. In old Scots law. Sentence or judgment; dome or doom.

I. I. In old English law. Lords of manors.

I. Sick in prison; a sheriff's return to a capias.

I. I. In old English law. Sickness; a confirmed and lingering sickness.

I. Praise be to God; an old heading to bills of exchanga Lan^hlesnian, I. In old English law. An outlaw.

In English ecclesiastical law. A slip or omission; a species of forfeiture, whereby the right of presentation to a church accrues to the ordinary by neglect of the patron to presen

To fall, slip or sink; to fail of its object; to become void. Lapsed: become ineffectual; failed of its destination. Lapsed devise: a devise which fails, or takes no effect, in con

I. fr., Largus, I. Large; broad; comprehensive.

laroun, laran, I. fr. A thief.

hi English law. A burden; a weight or measure of various commodities; a court held in the marshes of East Kent, in which ordei's were made and taxes were levied for the preservatio

Latest; most recent Last will: a term, according to Lord Coke, more pioperly used where lands and tenements are devised. In English law. Last heir: he to whom lands come by escheat

In old English law. A custom exacted in certain fairs and mai'kets to carry things where one will; the burthen or ballast of a ship; a kind of tax or tribute; a Gustom paid for war

lestus, I. I In old English law. A last; a weight or measure of hides, wool and other articles.

1. Gross fault or neglect; extreme negligence or carelessness; — dolo aiqulparatnr: gross negligence is equivalent to fraud; — plane dolo comparabitur: gross negligence may clearly

I, Latent. Hidden; not on the surface. Latens ambiguitas: an ambiguity not evident, not on the surface.

I. I. In old English law. To lie sideways; literally, to side.

leth. In English law. A larger division of a county, intermediate between the shire and hundred, containing several hundreds.

lathreve, leidgreve, sax. In Saxon law. An ofi Bcer who had authority over a latha

I. In Eoman law. An estate of large extent, made up of an aggregation of small estates.

The language not only of the civil and the canon law, but of the early European codes, of much of the old common law of England and Scotland, and of a large portion of the public,

I. In the civil law. An inferior kind of freedmen, who did not have the full privilege of Roman citizens, but only what was called the lesser liberty.

I. In old English law. To keep out of the way, to avoid being served with process; not to appear when summoned. Latitat: he lurks or lies hid; a writ which issued in personal actio

I. I In the civil and old English lam. A lurking, or concealment of the pei-son; a lying hid.

I. To the bearer of these presente.

I. In the civil and old English law. A robber; a thief.

I. In old English law. Larceny or theft; a thing stolen; the liberty of infangenthef.

In the most general sense, a rule of action prescribed by a superior; a rule of human action; a system of such rules. In a stricter sense, a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by th

Authorized by law; conformable to law; in accordance with law. Lawful man: a man free and capable of bearing oath. Lawful money of the United States: lawful money of any state or t

To allege or state in pleading. Lay damages: to state at the conclusion of a declaration the sum claimed in the action. Lay the venue: to state the county as that in which the plai

I. fr. and eng. Not clerical or ecclesiastical. Lay corporation: a corporation composed of laymen, or established for temporal purposes. Lay days: days allowed in charter-parties f

lays gens, lais gens, I. fr. In old English law. Lay people; the common people or laity; a jury; jurors. Le, I. fr. In old English law. The. Used anciently in the composition of na

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 interro

I. Jr. In old English law. Lawful; loyal; liege; a liege. Leal matrimoine: lawful marriage.

leanment, I fr. Lawfully.

/. /r. Legality; the condition of a legalis homo, or lawful man.

t fr. Sufficiency in law; legality.

sc. < In old Scots law. Lawful

A conveyance of an estate in lands or tenements (usually in consideration of rent or other annual recompense), less than that of the grantor, for life, for years or at will. Lease

An estate in land for a term of years.

In old Scots law. An of Eense consisting in slanderous speeches, in contempt of the king, his council and proceedings, etc

To die owning, as seised of; to dispose of by wilL

Z. I. In old English law. A lathe-reeve, or chief officer of a latha

In English law. A court of criminal jurisdiction, formerly of much importance, but latterly fallen into disuse.

I. In old English law. That which may be bequeathed.

A bequest of goods and chattels; a gift of personalty by wilL Contingent legacy: a legacy in which no immediate interest passes to the legatee, but the title to which depends on th

sufficient to answer the requirements of the law, as a legal condition, consideration, contract, notice, or obligation; authorized or permitted by law, as legal discretion, interes

I. The king's council at law; the king's council in matters of law.

Z. Z. In' old English law. A lawful man; a person to whom no objection could be made in a court of justice.

I L The quality, character or condition of a legalis homo; behavior according to law; good behavior.

I. In the eiml and old English law. To bequeath; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation of death.

1. In the civil law. One to whom a thing is bequeathed; a legatee, or legatary.

The peraon to whom a legacy is given. '

In English law. Ecclesiastical laws enacted in national synods held under the cardinals Otho and Othobon, in the reign of Henry III., about 1320 and 1268.

I. A legate; an ambassador, envoy or nuncio. Legates violare contra jus gentium est: to offer violence to ambassadors is against the law of nations.

I. In old English law. A legacy; a gift by will., In the civil law. A legacy; a gift by will; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir.

I. In old English law. Law. Legem amittere: to lose the law, or privilege of being admitted to oath. Legem facere: to make law or oath. Legem habere: to have law; to be capable of

L Laws. Leges Angliic: the laws of England, as distinguished from the civil law and other foreign sysftems. Leges flgendi et reflgendi consnetudo est perlculosissima: the practice

L In the Roman law. Released from the laws; not bound by the laws. Applied to the emperor.

/. I. A person skilled or learned in the law; a lawyer or advocate.

In Scots law. The children's claim out of the free movable estate of their father.

Lawful birth; the condition of being born in wedlock.

I. Lawful power.

Lawfully born; born in lawful wedlock.

To confer legitimacy; to place a child born out of wedlock on the footing of those born in wedlock.

I. In English law. Illegitimacy; lawful birth.

The act of making legitimate; the act of conferring legitimacy on a child born out of wedlock.

I. Lawfully; with authority of law. Legitime imperanti parere necesse est: one who commands lawfully must be obeyed.