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The name given in Delaware to the governing body of a county, corresponding to county commissioners, freeholders, etc., in other states. The name was probably given because it made
- levying wardefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Bouvier (1839)
Inlisting, or procuring any person to be enlisted, in the service of the enemy, is clearly an act of treason.
The purchaser takes the same interest in the property which the judgment debtor would have upon a final adjustment of all the accounts of the partnership. It is not only an undivid
they must be relieved from every species of levy, sale, and forfeiture—from a levy and sale for taxes, as well as the ordinary judicial levy and sale
To raise; execute; exact; collect; gather; take up; seise. Thus, to levy (ralse or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a flne; to levy (inau
The term “lewd act” means— (A) any sexual contact with a child; (B) intentionally exposing one’s genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple to a child by any means, incl
Llcentiousnees; an offense against the public economy, when of an open and notorious character; as, by frequenting houses of 111 fame, which is an indictable offense, or by some gr
Law.
The Aelian Sentian law, respecting wills, proposed by the consuls Aelius and Sentius, and passed A. U. 756, restraining a master from manumitting his slaves in certain cases. Calv.
Law delights In equity. Jenk. Cent p. 36, ease 69.
Law finds pleasure in equity; it grasps at perfection; it is the rule of right.
See Agrarian Law. LEX ANASTA8IANA. (A. D. 503.) The law admitting as agnati the children of emancipated brothers and sisters. Inst. 3. 6.
In Roman law. The agrarian law. A law proposed by Tiberius Gracchus, A. U. 620, that no one should possess more than five hundred acres of land, and that three commissioners should
The law of the Alemanni; first reduced to writing from the customs of the country, by Theodoric, king of the Franks, A. D. 512. Amended and re-enucted by Clotaire II. Spelman. Lex
The law of the Alemanni ; first reduced to writing from the customs of the country, by Theodoric, king of the Franks, A. D. 512. Amended and re-enacted by Clotaire II. Spelman —Lex
In Roman law. The lian Sentian law, respecting wills, proposed by the consuls Ailius and Sentius, and passed A. U. C. 756, restraining a master from manumitting his slaves in certa
The law occasionally follows equity.
One who is an infamous, perjured, or outlawed person. Bracton, lib. 4, c. 19.
A law which provided that a third person who purchased a claim or debt for less than its true or nominal value should not be permitted to recover from the debtor more than the pric
The law of England; the common law; or, the curtesy of England. LEX ANGLIAE EST LEX MISERICORdiae. The law of England is a law of mercy. 2 Inst. 315. LEX ANGLIAE NON PATITUR ABSURd
The law of England is the law of mercy.
The law of England does not suffer an absurdity.
- Lex Angliae nunquam matris sed semper patris conditionem imitari partum judicatdefined inBallentine's (1916)
The law of England never adjudges that their issue shall partake of the condition of the mother, but always of that of the father.
The law of England never can be changed without parliament.
9 Coke, 22a. The law of England does not suffer an absurdity.
- Lex Angliæ nunquam matris sed semper patris conditionem imitari partum jndicatdefined inBlack's (1910)
Co. Litt. 123. The law of England roles that the offspring shall always follow the condition of the father, never that of the mother.
2 Inst. 218. The law of England cannot be changed but by parliament.
A law giving to one of several joint sureties or guarantors, who had paid more than his proportion of the debt secured, a right of action for reimbursement against his co-sureties
A thing contrary to law. Jacob.
In old English and Norman law. Apparent or manifest law, A term used to denote the trial by battel or duel, and the trial by ordeal, "lex" having the sense of process of law (proce
(B. C. 100.) A law establishing a kind of partnership between the different aponsorea or fide promiasora, and allowing any one of them who had paid the whole debt to recover from t
In the Roman law. The Aquilian law; a celebrated law passed on the proposition of the tribune C. Aquilius Callus, A. U. 672, regulating the compensation to be made for that kind of
The law authorizing the appointment of guardians at Rome.
In the Roman law. The Atilian law; a law passed on the proposition of the tribune L. Atilius Regulus, A. U. 443, authorizing the praetor, with a majority of the tribunes, to appoin
In the Roman law. The Atinian law; a law declaring that the property in things stolen should not be acquired by prescription (usucapione). Inst. 2. 6. 2; Adam, Rom. Ant. 207. LEX B
2 Inst. 315. The law of England is a law of mercy.
The barbarian law. A term applied to the laws of those nations that were not in subjection to the Roman empire, such as the Burgundian and Salian law, the law of the Lombards, etc.
2 Inst. 689. A beneficial law affords a remedy for a similar case.
A beneficial law furnishes a remedy in a similar matter.
Brehon law, which see.
The law of the Ancient Britons or Marches of Wales. Cowell.
The law of the Burgundians, a barbarous nation of Europe, first compiled and published by Gundebald, one of the last of their kings, about A. D. 500. Spelman.
The law of the Bergundians, a barbarous nation of Europe, first compiled and published by Gundebald, one of the last of their kings, about A. D. 500. Spelman; Butler, Hor. Jur. 84.
A statute which introduced and authorized new and more simple methods of instituting actions at law.
(B. C..about 234.) The law which extended the scope of the action allowed by the lex Silia, q. v., to all obligations for any certain definite thing.
(A. D. 434.) The law which conferred upon the plebeians the connuhium, or the right of intermarriage with Roman citizens. Morey, Rom. L. 48.
(B. C. 204.) The law which prohibited certain kinds of gifts and all gifts exceeding a certain amount.
The law will more readily tolerate a private loss than a public evil. Co. Litt. 152.
The law would rather tolerate a private loss than a public evil.
(A. D. 47.) The law abolishing agnatic guardianship over women of free birth. LEX C0MMI880RIA. The law which provided that the debtor and creditor might agree that if the debtor di
A law providing a penalty for injury to one’s person.
The law of the county, or that administered in the county court before the earl or his deputy. Spelman.
In Roman law. A law by which a debtor and creditor might agree, where a thing had been pledged to the latter to secure the debt, that, if the debtor did not pay at the day, the ple
The common law. See Jus Commune.
The common law. See "Jus Commune."
The law of the contract.
probationem non recipit. The law admits no proof against that which it presumes. Lofft, 573. LEX CORNELIA DE FALSO (or FALSis). In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting forgery o
The law receives no proof contrary to that which it presumes.
The law admits no proof against that which it presumes. Lofft, 573
The Cornelian law ; a law passed by the dictator L. Co.rnelius Sylla, providing remedies for certain injuries, as for battery, forcible entry of another's house, etc. Calvin.
A law punishing the forgery of one dying in captivity.
The Co.melian law respecting forgery or counterfeiting. Passed by the dictator Sylla. Dig. 48, 10; Calvin. —-Lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis. The Cornelian law respecting ass
In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting injuries; a law passed by the dictator L. Cornelius Sylla, providing remedies for certain injuries, as for battery, forcible entry of ano
A law for the punishment of assassins and poisoners.
The law of the Danes; Dane-law or Dane-lage. Spelman. LEX DE FUTURO; JUDEX DE PRAETErito. The law provides for the future; the judge for the past. LEX DEFICERE NON POTEST IN JU8tit
The law of the Danes; Dane-law or Dane-iage. Spelman.
The proof of a thing which one denies to be done by him, where another affirms it; defeating the assertion of his adversary, and showing it be against reason or probability. This w
Co. Litt. 107. The law cannot be defective in dispensing justice.
The law cannot be deficient in granting justice.
The law looks out for the future; the judge regards the past.
The law provides for the future, the judge for the past.
The proof of a thing which one denies to be done by him, where another aifirms it; defeating the assertion of his adversary, and showing it to be against reason or probability. Thi
The law always abhors delays.
The law of the domicile.
The law is from eyerlasting. Branch, Princ.
Law is from everlasting. A strong expression to denote the remote antiquity of the law. Jenk. Cent. p. 34, case 66.
Law is the dictate of reason. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 117.
Law is the dictate of reason.
Law la a rule of right.
- Lex est ratio snmma, quæ jubet quae sunt ntilia et necessaria, et contraria probibetdefined inBlack's (1910)
Law is the perfection of reason, which commands what is usefni and necessary, and forbids the contrary. Co. Litt. 319b; Id. 97b.
QUAE JUBET quae sunt utilia et necessaria, et contraria prohibet. Law is the perfection of reason, which commands what is useful and necessary, and forbids the contrary. Co. Litt.
- Lex est ratio summa quae jubet quae sunt utilia et necessaria, et contraria prohibetdefined inBallentine's (1916)
Law is the highest reason which orders those things which are useful and necessary, and prohibits the contrary.
JUBENS honesta, et prohibens contraria. Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right, and prohibiting the contrary. 2 Inst. 587. LEX EST TUTISSIMA CASSIS; SUB clypeo legis ne
Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right, and prohibiting the contrary. 2 Inst 587.
Law is a sacred sanction, ordering right things and prohibiting the contrary.
Law is the safest heimet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived. 2 Inst. 56.
Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived.
The law and custom (or usage) of parliament. The houses of parliament constitute a court not only of legislation. but also of justice, and have their own rules, by which the court
The law and custom of parliament The houses of parliament constitute a court not only of legislation, but also of justice, and have their own rules, by which the court itself and t
The law and custom of the realm; one of the names of the common law.,
The common law.
The law and custom of the realin. One of the names of the common law. Hale, Com. Law, 52.
- Lex Falcidiadefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Bouvier (1839)
See "Falcidian Law."
The law providing for the Infliction of capital punishment in certain cases. Inst. 4. 18, 10.
The law favors dower.
The law favors dower. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 105. LEX FINGIT UBI SUBSISTIT AEQUITas. Law feigns where equity subsists. 11 Coke, 90; Branch, Princ. LEX FORI (Lat. the law of the forum). T
The law of the fee.
The law fabricates where equity exists.
11 Coke, 90. The law makes use of a fiction where equity subsists.
Proceedings in courts of justice are usually determined by the lex fori of the place where the suit is pending, including the statutes of limitations, which are those of the countr