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

[U]nless the employer who refuses to reinstate strikers can show that his action was due to 'legitimate and substantial business justifications,' he is guilty of an unfair labor pr

Children bom in lawful wedlock and their descendants, not including collateral heirs or issue in indefinite succession. Lytle v. Beveridge, 58 N. Y. 605; Prindle v. Beveridge, 7 La

In this clause, the term “legitimate business” means a real, active, and operating commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking that the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole discretion,

all" uses of drugs unrelated to "addiction and recreational abuse." "Ante," at 274.

the full effect of §6 [of the Clayton Act] is that a group of farmers acting together as a single entity in an association cannot be restrained 'from lawfully carrying out the legi

I. In English law. Illegitimacy; lawful birth.

The act of givhig the character of legitimate children to those who were not so born. This was formerly effected (1) By subsequent marriage of the parents, Hunter, Introd. Rom. Law

The legitimation of a bastard by the subsequent marriage of his parents. Bell.

Legitimation by subsequent marriage (of the parents of the bastard).

In civil law. That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal oause. The Civil Code of Louisiana declares that donations inter vivos or

It is necessary to obey une who lawfully commands.

Lat In Roman law. Legitimate heirs; the agnate relations of the estate-leaver; so called because the inheritance was given to them by a law of the Twelve Tables.

I. I. In old English law. Legitimacy; the condition of being lawfully born.

To make lawful; to legitimate.

Lawful; legitimate. Legitimus haeres et filius est quern nuptiae demonstrant, a lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bracton, fol. 63. LEGO (Lat.) I

A lawful son and heir is one whom the marriage shows to be such.

A lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bract fol. 63.

He reads as a clerk. The answer made by the ordinary to the question legit vel non, importing that the prisoner could read, and was entitled to benefit of clergy. Dyer, 205. LEGIT

Does he read or notf i. e., Is he entitled to benefit of clergy?

Fr. A ■ church " warden, (q. V.) Cowell. GUARDIAN (or GARDEYNE) OF

I. A person skilled in law.,

I bequeath.

A fine for criminal conversation with a woman. Whart. Lex. LEGES (Lat). in Civil Law. Laws proposed by a magistrate of the senate and adopted by the whole people in comitia centuri

The title of a French work on marine insurance, by an unknown author, dating back, probably, to the sixteenth century, and said to have bcen prepared for the merchants of Rouen. It

One learned in the law.

The term “legume” means forage legumes (such as alfalfa or clover) or any legume grown for use as a forage or green manure, but not including any bean crop from which the seeds are

The German feudal law. 1 Poll. & Maltl. 214.

See Lathbeeve.

In Saxon law. An ofl Scer who had jurisdiction over a lathe. Cowell. LEIPA (Law Lat.) In old English law. A fugitive or runaway. LL. Hen. I. c. 43. Spelman. Possibly the root of "e

A fugitive from justice.

The law of God and the law of the land are all one; and both preserve and favor the common and public good of the land. Keilw. 191.

The law of God and the law of the land are all one, and both the one and the other preserve and favor the common and public good of the land.

1 J. H. 6, 63. The law Is the highest inheritance that the king possesses, for by the law bath he and ali his subjects are ruled; and, if there were no law, there would be neither

The law is the highest inheritance which the king has, for by the law he himself and all his subjects are ruled, and if there were no law, there would be neither king nor inheritan

He from whom a thing is borrowed. The bailor of an article loaned. See Bailment; Loan.

“Lend” includes a purchase coupled with an agreement by the vendor to repurchase; “borrow” includes a sale coupled with a similar agreement.

the term “lender” means a person or government agency making a real property loan or any assignee or transferee, in whole or in part, of such a person or agency; / Lender.—The term

the term “lender paid mortgage insurance” means private mortgage insurance that is required in connection with a residential mortgage transaction, payments for which are made by a

The term “lending and finance business” means a trade or business of— (I) making loans, (II) purchasing or discounting accounts receivable, notes, or installment obligations, (III)

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for purposes of subsection (c)(6), the term "lending or finance business" means a business of— (i) making loans, (ii) purchasing o

Tosummon tenants to serve at the lord’s courts, to bring corn to be ground at his mill.

The term “length” means— (A) for any high seas fishing vessel built after July 18, 1982, 96 percent of the total length on a waterline at 85 percent of the least molded depth measu

It is certainly true, that length of time is no bar to a trust clearly established; and in a case where fraud is imputed and proved, length of time ought not, upon principles of et

When Congress leaves to the Judiciary the task of imputing to Congress an undeclared will, the ambiguity should be resolved in favor of lenity. It may fairly be said to be a presup

The annual forty days of penitence and fast from Ash Wednesday until Easter. Easter is a movable feast; its date, in each year, fixes the period of Lent. It was first commanded to

The people; the country.

A vassal; a liege man.

A tax for lighting the church. LEONINA SOCIETAS (Lat.) An attempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share in the profits, This was a void pa

I. The lion's partnei'sbip, — a partnership in which one party has all the benefit

A lion’s partnership, wherein one partner shares the profits but not the losses.

Lat. An at tempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no shiare in the profits. This was a void partnership in Rotnan law; and, apparently, it wou

A custom in the manor of Writtle in Essex, that every cart, except that of a nobleman, which went over Greenbury within that district should pay 4d. to the lord. Blount.

A greyhound. Cowell.

A place where hares are kept Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 1035.

See De leproso amovendo .

L. Lat. A leper. —Leproso amovendo. An ancient writ that lay to remove a leper or lazar, who thrust himself into the company of his neighbors in any parish, either in the church or

An ancient writ that lay to remove a leper or lazar who thrust himself into the company of his neigh-

A legacy given' to the diurch or an accustomed mortuary. CowelL

More remote Seirs. The kinsmen other than children or descendants.

The king assents. This is the formula used in England, and formerly in France, when the king approved of a bill passed by the legislature. 1 Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 52.

The old law-French words for "the king." —Le roi vent en deliberer. The king will deliberate on it. This is the formula which the king of the French used when he intended to veto a

The king will consider of it. This phrase is used by the English monarch when he gives his dissent to an act passed by the lords and commons. The same formula was used by the late

The king will deliberate on it. This is the formula which the king of the French used when he intended to veto an act of the legislative assembly. 1 Toullier, no. 42.

The king wijl deliberate on it. This is the formula which the late French king used when he intended to veto an act of the legislative assembly. 1 Tou Uier, Dr. Civ. note 42. LE RO

or ROY. The old law-French words for “the king.”

The king (or the queen) wills it. The form of the royal assent to public bilis in parliament. —Le roy (or la reine) remercie ses loyal sujets, accepte leur henevoleuce, et ainsi le

The king (or queen) will advise upon it. The form of words used to express the refusal of the royal assent to public bills in parliament 1 Bl. Comm. 184. This is supposed to corres

The king thanks his loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence and thus wishes it to be.

The (plural).

The welfare of the people is the highest law.

Trees fallen by chanco or wind-falls. Brooke, Abr. 341.

Laese Majesty. (Law Pr. leze majest.) The old English and Scotch translation of liesa majestas, or high treason. 2 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 6. See "Leze Majesty."

High treason.

et non la loi des fictions. Fictions arise from the law, and not law from fictions. LES LOIS NE SE CHARGENT DE PUNIR que les actions exteriures. Laws do not undertake to punish oth

Fictions arise from law and not law from fictions.

In civil law. A term used to signify the injury suffered, in consequence of inequality of situation, by one who does not receive a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutativ

The laws do not assume to punish other than overt acts.

A subordinate forest officer.

A legacy.

of protecting the State's interest: greater reliance on the summary disenrollment procedures of § 332 of the State's election law and loyalty oaths, restrictive party affiliation r

even though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, that purpose cannot be pursued by means that broadly stifle fundamental personal liberties when the end can be m

The term “lessee” means a natural person who leases or is offered a consumer lease. / the term “lessee” means the holder of an 1890 lease which either expires in 1991 or is one of

That a lessee will not be allowed to deny the title of his lessor, is admitted; but it is not admitted that a contract executed for the purpose of conveying and acquiring an estate

The terms “grantees” and “lessees” include (without limiting the generality thereof) all political subdivisions, municipalities, public and private corporations, and other persons

In this subsection, the term “lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country” means— (A) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country that had a per capita gross national pr

Lesser Included Offense Defined.—In this section (article), the term "lesser included offense" means— (1) an offense that is necessarily included in the offense charged;

the lesser offense must be included within but not, on the facts of the case, be completely encompassed by the greater. A lesser-included offense instruction is only proper where t

does not, by itself, render the search unreasonable.

The term “lessor” means a person who is regularly engaged in leasing, offering to lease, or arranging to lease under a consumer lease. / the terms “rail carrier” and “lessor” inclu

The one who really sues in ejectment.

The law as to leases is not a matter of logic in vacuo; it is a matter of history that has not forgotten Lord Coke. Massachusetts has followed the English tradition and we believe

the lessor, after entry, has not the absolute discretion to relet or not to relet the premises, but ... it is his duty to 'prevent unnecessary loss or diminution of rent in consequ

The right which the lessor has over the products of the estate, and on the movables which are found on the place leased, for his rent, is of a higher nature than mere privilege. Th

Fr. In French maritime law. Ballast. Ord. Mar. liv. 4, tit 4, art. 1.

or LASTAGE (Saxon last, burden). A custom for carrying things in fairs and markets. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47; Termes de la Ley. LESWES- Lesues. Pastures. Domesday. Co. Litt. 4b. A term

Lestage free or exempt from the duty of paying ballast money CowelL

A cnstom for carrying things in fairs and markets. Fleta. 1. 1, c. 47; Termes de la Ley.

Lastage or lestage; a duty laid on the cargo of a ship. Cowell

These phrases are employed in the old law of conveyancing to point out the mode in which releases of land operate. A release might be a conveyance of a right to a person in possess