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Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Used in reference to ways, it describes all conditions of a way, such as a way voted to be built, a way being built, or a way built. The context usually determines the meaning of the expression. Mansur v. County Com’rs, 83 Me. 514, 22 Atl. 358. LAIRWITE (from the Sax. legan, to lie together, and wite, a fine, etc.). A fine for the offence of adultery and fornication which the lords of some manors had the privilege of imix)sing on their tenants. Co. 4 Inst. 206; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47. LAIS GENTS (O. Bh:.). Secular people; laymen; a Jury.