Law Dictionary

The term “licensed State” means any State, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islan

A term applied, in England, to all persons selling any kind of Intoxicating liquor under a license from the justices of the peace. Wharton.

If the contract stipulates for possession by the vendee, or the vendor puts him in possession, he holds as a licensee. The relation of landlord and tenant does not subsist between

The general rule is that the licensee under a patent license agreement may not challenge the validity of the licensed patent in a suit for royalties due under the contract.

The fee was held to be 'not a revenue tax, but one to meet the expense incident to the administration of the act and to the maintenance of public order in the matter licensed'.

we construe the phrase 'license, fee, or excise required by the State * * *' as equivalent to 'license, fee, or excise of the State. * * *' Thus read, the phrase merely indicates C

The price paid to governmental or municipal authority for a license to engage in and pursue a particular calling or occupation. See Home Ins. Co. v. Augusta, 50 Ga. 537 ; Levi v. L

Coastwise endorsement.—The terms “license”, “enrollment and license”, “license for the coastwise (or coasting) trade”, and “enrollment and license for the coastwise (or coasting) t

the term "license holder" means the holder of an application approved under subsection (c) or (j) of section 355 of this title or the holder of a license under subsection

A license authorizing a conveyance of property which, without it, would be invalid under the statutes of mortmain.

subsection (2)(b) refers only to those taxes which are essential to the functioning of the host State's licensing and registration laws in their application to the motor vehicles o

The tax imposed is not merely an exercise of the police power regulating a business, but is a tax assessed as a condition upon which the license issues. Though it fulfils the doubl

- ing that "no person is a trespasser by merely entering therein" unless the property owner has given "due notice" that such a person is banned.

A license to prosecute the coasting trade, is a warrant to traverse the waters washing or bounding the coasts of the United States. Such a license conveys no privilege to use, free

agency process respecting the * * * denial * * * of a license.' § 2(e).

This expression is applied by Hallam (Const. Hist c. 13) to acts of parliament for the restraint of printing, except by license. It may also be applied to any act of parliament pas

The term “Licensing Area” means all waters under the jurisdiction of a Pacific Island Party, except for internal waters, territorial seas, archipelagic waters, and any Closed Area.

The term "licensing authority" means any State board, commission, department, or agency that— (A) is established in the State for the primary purpose of regulating the en

The term “licensing period” means the period of validity of licenses issued in accordance with the Treaty.

Analytically, the power given to the Farm Credit Administration by § 781 Fourth (b) is a licensing power, not a rulemaking, an adjudicating, or an investigating power. The regulati

The grantor of a license.

Lat. [from licere, to be lawful.] License; liberty; permission. LICENTIA CONCORDANDl (Lat. leave to agree). One of the formal steps in the levying a fine. When an action is brought

Leave to agree. See Finis est , etc.

Imparlance.

In old English practice. License to arise; permission given by the court to a tenant in a real action, who had cast an essoin de malo lecti, to arise out of his bad, which he could

In old English law. Liberty of rising; a liberty or space of time given by the court to a tenant, who is essoined, de malo lecti, in a real action, to arise out of his bed. Also, t

One who has license to practice any art or faculty.

A writ or warrant directed to keeper of port of Dover, or other seaport, commanding him to let the person who has this license of the king pass over sea. Reg. Orig. 93,

The doing what one pleases, without regard to the rights of others. It differs from liberty in this, that the latter is restrained by natural or positive law, and consists in doing

The indulgence of the arbitrary will of the individual, without regard to ethics or law, or respect for the rights of others. In this it differs from “liberty;” for the latter term

or LICERI (Lat.) In Roman law. To offer a price for a thing; to bid for it. LICET (Lat.) It is lawful; not forbidden by law. Id omne licitum est, quod non est legibus prohibitum, q

Lat. In Roman law. To offer a price for a thing; to bid for it

Although.

I Although. Licet dispositio de interesse futnro sit inutilis, tanien potest fieri declaratio prsecedens quae sortiatur eflfectnm, intervenieiite novo actu: although a grant of a f

Although he took, he did not carry away.

Although the grant of a future interest be inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made, which may take effect provided a new act intervene. Bac. Max. pp. 60, 61, reg. 14;

Although the disposition of a future interest is ineffectual, yet a declaration precedent can be made which will take effect upon the intervention of a new act.

Although often demanded.

Although (more) ofter demanded.

(Although often requested.) In pleading. A phrase used in the old Latin forms of declarations, and literally translated in the modern precedents. Yel. 66; 2 Chit. PI. 90; 1 Chit. P

FORMULA nisi Juris obstet. Lawful acts may well be fused into one, unless some form of law forbid; e. g., two having a right to convey, each a moiety, may unite and convey the whol

Lawful acts [done by several authorities] are well mingled, [i. e., become united or consolidated into one good act,] unless some form of law forbid. Ban. Max. p. 94, reg. 24.

Things which are allowed may well be mingled, unless a form of law forbid.

In Spanish law. The sale made at public auction by coproprietors, or coheirs, of their joint property which is not susceptible of being advantageously divided in kind. LICITARE (La

To bid; to outbid at an auction.

In civil law. An offering for sale to the highest bidder, or to him who will give most for a thing. An act by which coheirs or other coproprietors of a thing in common and undivide

In Roman law. A bidder at a sale.

State v. Miller, 60 Vt. 90, 12 Atl. 526. —Illicit connection. Unlawful sexual intercourse. State v. King, 9 S. D. 628, 70 N. W. 1046. —Illicit cohabitation. The living together as

Lawful; permitted by law. Licita bene miscentur, formula nisi juris obstet: lawful acts [done by several authorities] are well mingled [i. e. become united or consolidated into one

An ancient formality by which bargains were completed.

In English law. A deputy-governor, acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. Webster. In American law. An officer of a slate, sometimes

The term "LiDAR" means light detection and ranging.

See "Lynch Law." LIEGE (from liga, a bond, or litis, a man wholly at command of his lord). In feudal law. Bound by a feudal tenure; bound in allegiance to the lord paramount, who o

To be appropriate as a remedy. See Le action bien gist .

Inold English law. A free and j Jawfulman. A term applied to a juror, from the earliest period.

The term “lie detector” includes a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress evaluator, or any other similar device (whether mechanical or electrical) th

An old form of "lieutenant," and still retained as the vulgar pronunciation of the word.

The state of being bound in fealty.

Homage based on allegiance, as opposed to that which implied merely an acknowledgment of tenure. The former was due to the sovereign alone, while the latter was rendered to any sup

A sovereign; a superior lord. LIEGE POUSTIE (legitima potestas). In Scotch law. That state of health which gives a person full power to dispose of, mortis causa, or otherwise, his

He that oweth allegience. Cowell.

In Scotch law. That state of health which gives a person full power to dispose of, mortis causd or otherwise, his heritable property. Bell. A deed executed at the time of such a st

The condition of health prerequisite to freedom of alienation of one’s property.

or LEGER. A resident ambassador.

A resident ambassador.

or LIEGE PEOPLE. Subjects.

Subjects.

Of property which one may take without action, e. g., wreck, estrays.

Of property which passes only by deed, e. g., an incorporeal hereditament.

Of property which passes only with livery of seisin, e. g., a freehold.

See Lying in Wait.

At common law there can be no lien without possession. It is there defined, a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, till certain demands

Lien creditor.—The term “lien creditor” means a creditor having a lien on a motor vehicle and includes an assignee for benefit of creditors from the date of assignment, a trustee i

The lien of the carrier by water for his freight, under the ordinary bill of lading, although it is maritime, yet it stands upon the same ground with the carrier by land, and arise

Such liens differ in their character and are not equally favored—the lien for necessaries, which is a secret one, being stricti juris.

the jurisdiction of the admiralty, in such cases, where the repairs are upon a domestic vessel, depends upno the local law of the state. Where the repairs have been made, or necess

It is the obvious intent of this law, that the thing or property shall be held liable for the tax assessed upon it, and that the tax is a lien in rem, which may be sold to satisfy

The commencement of a covenant stating the names of the covenantors and covenantees, and the character of the covenant, whether joint or several,

Where a factor makes advances, or incurs liabilities, on a consignment of goods, if there be no special agreement, he may sell the property, in the exercise of a sound discretion,

A judgment is in effect what it is defined to be in theory, 'the sentence of the law given in a court of law.' The lien of a judgment is a quality added to it,—a quality not in any

Under the maritime law of the United States the vessel is bound to the cargo, and the cargo to the vessel, for the performance of a contract of affreightment; but the law creates n

Although a lien on land constitutes no property or right in the land itself, still it confers a right to levy on the same to the exclusion of other adverse interests acquired subse

One who holds or owns a lien.

To adjoin. A cottage must have had four acres of land laid to it. See 2 Show. 279.

LEU, LIU, or LYU (Law Fr.; from Lat, locus). A place, Britt. c. 27. LIEU CONUS (Law Fr.) In old pleading. A known place; a place well knov?n and generally taken notice of by those

A well-known place.

Same as Indemnity lands. See 7 Mont. 330, 16 Pac. 931.

COMMISSION OF. See COMMISSION OF ARRAY.

This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had. Its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place or post) and tenant (holder). Among civil office

An officer of the army whose rank is above that of a major and below that of a colonel.

A commissioned officer of the United States navy, whose rquk is above that of lieutenant and below that of commander. —.Lieutenant general. An officer in the army, whose rank is ab

An of: ficer in the army, whose rank is above that of major general and below that of “general of the army.” In the United States, this rank is not permanent, being usually created

In English law. <A deputy-governor, acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies undera governor general. Webster. In American law. An officer of a state, sometimes

The terms “life” and “lifetime” mean length of operating time of a statistically large group of lamps between first use and failure of 50 percent of the group in accordance with te

An anneal income to be paid during the continuation of a particular life. See "Annuity."

An insurance of a time. On the death of the person whose life has been insured during the time for which it is insured, the insurer is bound to pay to the beneficiary the money agr

The term “life-cycle assessment” means a comprehensive system approach for measuring the environmental performance of a product or service over the life of the product or service,

The term “life-cycle cost” means all costs for development, procurement, construction, and operations and support for a particular capability or asset, without regard to funding so

In this subsection, the term “life-cycle cost analysis” means a process for evaluating the total economic worth of a usable project segment by analyzing initial costs and discounte

The term &quot;life cycle costs&quot; means all direct and indirect costs to acquire, implement, operate, and maintain information technology, including with respect to costs of an