Lady's Friend

The name of a functionary in the British house of commons. When the husband sues for a divorce, or asks the passage of an act to divorce him from his wife, he is required to make a provision for her before the passage of the act. It is the duty of the lady's friend to see that such a provision is made. Macq. Husb. & Wife, 213. LAESA MAJE8TAS (Lat.) Lese majesty, or injured majesty; high treason. It is a phrase taken from the civil law, and anciently meant any offense against the king's person or dignity, defined by 25 Edw. III. c. 6. Glanv. lib. 5, c. 2; 4 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 75; Bracton, 118. See "Crimen." LAESIO ULTRA DIMIDIUM VEL ENORmis.

In Koman law. The Injury sustained by one of the parties to an onerous contract when he had been overreached by the other to the extent of more than one-half of the value of the subject matter; e. g., when a vendor had not received half the value of property sold, or the purchaser had paid more than double value. Colq. Civ. Law, § 2094.

Previous to the act of 1857, abolishing parliamentary divorces,. a functionary in the British house of commons. When the husband sued for a divorce, or asked the passage of an act to divorce him from his wife, he was required to make a provision for her before the passage of the act; it was the duty of the ladj’’s friend to see that such a provision was made. Macq. H. & W. 213. L/EN (Anglo-Saxon). A loan. See Bene-

The style of an officer of the English house of commons, whose duty was to secure a suitable provision for the wife, when her husband sought a divorce by special act of parliament. The act of 1857 abolished parliamentary divorces, and this office with them.

Defined under Lady in Black's Law Dictionary.

The style of an officer of the English house of commons, whose duty was to secure a suitable provision for the wife, when her husband soughta divorce by special act of parliament. The act of 1857 abolished parliamentary divorees, and this oflice with them.