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In old practice. A certain time prescribed by statute, within which a man was required to allege himself or his ancestor to have been seised of lands sued for by a writ of assize.

It was in the power of the carrier under the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended, to limit liability even in case of negligence by affording the shipper an opportunity to pay a hi

The restriction or circumscription of an estate, in the conveyance by which it is granted, in respect to the interest of the grantee or its duration; the specific curtailment or co

The limitation of an estate either by a conditional limitation with a limitation over or by a condition without one. See Limitation ; Conditional limitation; Estate upon condition.

Statutory provisions (46 USCA §§ 182–188) for limitation of liability should be construed liberally in order to effectuate their beneficent purposes.

The proceeding partakes in a way of the features of a bill to enjoin the multiplicity of suits, a bill in the nature of an interpleader, and a creditor's bill. It looks to a comple

There are no words in the will which restrain the dying without issue to the time of the death of the legatee. The remainder over is to take effect whenever either of the immediate

Of Actions. The statutory restriction of the time within which action may be brought. Of Criminal Prosecutions. The statutory restriction of the time within which indictment may be

for example, the principle of "fair use" (§ 107), permission for limited library archival reproduction (§ 108), and the doctrine at issue here, the "first sale" doctrine (§ 109).

But to the power of pardoning there are limitations. The king cannot, by any previous license, make an offence dispunishable which is malum in se, i. e. unlawful in itself, as bein

Restricted; bounded; prescrib-

The term “limited access privilege”— (A) means a Federal permit, issued as part of a limited access system under section 1853a of this title to harvest a quantity of fish expressed

The term “limited access system” means a system that limits participation in a fishery to those satisfying certain eligibility criteria or requirements contained in a fishery manag

Special administration. See "Administration."

The term “limited buydown” means, subject to the conditions described in section 603(b)(4)(C), a buydown of the interest rate by the obligor if the interest rate has increased betw

A company in which the liability of the members for its debts is limited.

A divorce a meMSttet thoro. See "Divorce."

The term “limited download” means a digital transmission of a sound recording of a musical work in the form of a download, where such sound recording is accessible for listening on

“limited emergency appointee” means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment, not to exceed 18 months, to a Senior Executive Service position established to meet a

The term “limited English proficient” has the meaning given the term “English learner” in section 7801 of this title . / The term “limited English proficient” has the meaning given

For purposes of this subsection, the term “limited entrepreneur” means a person who— (A) has an interest in an enterprise other than as a limited partner, and (B) does not actively

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “limited equity cooperative housing” means any dwelling unit which a person is entitled to occupy by reason of his ownership of stock in a

An executor whose appointment is qualified by limitations as to the time or place wherein, or the subject-matter whereon, the office is to be exercised; as distinguished from one w

A general term, opposed to fee simple, and covering all qualified or conditional estates of inheritance in lands. It includes base fees, conditional fees, and fees tail. 2 Bl. Comm

As used in this subsection, the term “limited global import quota” means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.

Limited incumbent air carrier.—The term “limited incumbent air carrier” has the meaning given that term in subpart S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; except tha

See "Jurisdiction."

Normally the corporation is an insulator from liability on claims of creditors. The fact that incorporation was desired in order to obtain limited liability does not defeat that pu

The term “limited liability company” means a business entity that is organized and operating in accordance with a State limited liability company law approved by the Secretary. / t

That contracts for limited liability, when fairly made, do not contravene the settled principles of the common law preventing the carrier from contracting against its liability for

It contains the fundamental provision on which the others turn. It broadly declares that 'the liability ... for any ... damage ... occasioned without the privity or knowledge of su

The term “limited-life regulated entity” means an entity established by the Agency under section 4617(i) of this title with respect to a Federal Home Loan Bank in default or in dan

One whose title In lands is less than a fee simple.

One wherein the liability of one or more of the members is, by compliance with certain statutory provisions, limited to the amount of their contribution to the capital stock. The t

Except as provided in paragraph (5), as used in this subsection, the term “limited partnership rollup transaction” means a transaction involving the combination or reorganization o

The term “limited recipient” means any legal entity established under State or Federal law benefiting more than twenty-five natural persons.

The term “limited retail dealer” means any fraternal, civic, church, labor, charitable, benevolent, or ex-servicemen's organization making sales of distilled spirits, wine or beer

The term “limited risk plan” means a prescription drug plan that provides basic prescription drug coverage and for which the PDP sponsor includes a modification of risk level descr

“limited term appointee” means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment for a term of 3 years or less to a Senior Executive Service position the duties of which wil

the term “limited time appointee” means an annuitant appointed under a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less. / the term “limited time appointee” means an annuitant appoi

it would be a judgment rendered by a court, not of inferior, but only limited, jurisdiction, and the merits would have been investigated and decided by consent... There, though jud

In subparagraph (A), the term “limiting charge” means, with respect to a service furnished— (i) in 1989, 125 percent of the amount specified for the service in the appropriate fee

This, of course, does not mean that a prescribed rate of duty can be escapted by resort to disguise or artifice. When it is found that the article imported is in fact the article d

Mandamus has never been regarded as the proper writ to control the judgment and discretion of an officer as to the decision of a matter which the law gave him the power and imposed

Though the court may possess jurisdiction of a cause, of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of i

The principle involved in these decisions is that where the legislative action is arbitrary and has no reasonable relation to a purpose which it is competent for government to effe

Enamel. Du Cange.

In old English law. A flax plat, where flax is grown. Du Cange.

An ion of court See Inns of Court.

No carrier shall undertake the construction of a new line or of an extension of any line, or shall acquire or operate any line, or extension thereof, or shall engage in transmissio

A line.

Race; progeny; family, ascending or descending.

In a direct line.

Descents are, as is well known, of two sorts; lineal, as from father or grandfather to son or grandson, and collateral as from brother to brother, and cousin to cousin, &c.

That kind of consanguinity which subsists between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other; as between a particular person and his father, grandfather, grea

The term “lineal descendant” means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indi

Descent in a right line, as where an estate descends from an-.cestor to heir in one line of succession, as opposed to collateral descent, which is descent in a transverse or zigzag

A warranty by ancestor from whom the title did or might have come to heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 301; Rawle, Gov. 30; 2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 360. Thus, a warrant by an elder son during lifet

In the civil law. The oblique line. More commonly termed "linea transversalis."

A straight line; a line of direct descent.

Co. Litt. 158. A right line is a test of itself, and of an oblique; law is a line of right.

A direct line is its own index and that of an oblique; law is a line of right.

A direct line of descent is always preferred to a collateral one.

The right line is always preferred to the collateral. Co. Litt. 10; Broom, Max. 529.

The direct line ; the vertical line. In computing degrees of kindred and the succession to estates, this term denotes the direct line of ascendants and descendants. Where a person

A collateral line.

In this subparagraph, the term “line extension” means, with respect to a drug, a new formulation of the drug, such as an extended release formulation, but does not include an abuse

A line-haul carrier is a common carrier by railroad which transports livestock and other freight in interstate traffic, as distinguished from a carrier such as Junction, which perf

The term “line of business” means a category for the reporting of loss payment patterns determined on the basis of the annual statement for fire and casualty insurance companies fo

the line of commerce, i.e., the type of goods, wares, or merchandise, etc., involved must be determined, where it is in controversy, on the basis of the facts peculiar to the case.

The term “line of credit” means an arrangement or agreement between the lender and the borrower whereby a loan is paid out by the lender to the borrower in annual installments, or

Where a statute provides for a pension for disability or death from wound or injury received, casualty ocrelation, or causation, or consociation, mediate or immediate, to the wound

This line was that of military occupation or control by the forces of the different governments, and not that of State lines.

The term "line organization" means, with respect to a department or agency of the Federal Government, an organization that executes programs and activities to directly ad

In deeds and surveys. Boundary-lines and their angles with each other/ Nolin v. Parmer, 21 Ala. 6G. LINEA RECTA (Lat). The perpendicular line; the direct line. The line of ascent,

For purposes of this subsection, the term "LI NET eligible individual" means a part D eligible individual who— (A) meets the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub

A tree marking a boundary.

I. A tongue; speech. Applied, in old English law, to the verdict of a jury.

(Lat.) A tongue; speech. Applied, in old English law, to the verdict of a jury. LIQUERE (Lat.) In the civil law. To be clear, evident, or satisfactory. When a judex was in doubt ho

Linguistic Services Defined.—In this section, the term “linguistic services” means translation or interpretation of communication in a foreign language.

Also a jury composed partly of negroes and partly of while men.

A single constituent part of a continuous and connected series, as a casual or logical sequence; as a link In a chain of evidence; Stand. Diet

See Line.

“liquefied natural gas” means natural gas in a liquid or semisolid state;

“liquefied natural gas accident” means a release, burning, or explosion of liquefied natural gas from any cause, except a release, burning, or explosion that, under regulations pre

“liquefied natural gas conversion” means conversion of natural gas into liquefied natural gas or conversion of liquefied natural gas into natural gas;

"liquefied natural gas pipeline facility"— (A) means a gas pipeline facility used for transporting or storing liquefied natural gas, or for liquefied natural gas conversi

To be clear.

It is clear or apparent; it appears. Satis liquet, it suificiently appears. 1 Strange, 412.

It is clear enough.

A liquor compounded of alcohol, water, sugar, and different aromatic substances. 28 Fed. Cas. 141.

the term “liquid and readily-marketable” has the meaning given the term in section 249.3 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; and

The term “liquid assets” means cash, marketable securities, and such other assets as specified by the Secretary in regulations. / The term "liquid assets" means cash, mar

Its ordinary sense, as given by lexicographers, is to clear away, to lessen debts. And in common parlance, especially among merchants, to liquidate a balance, means, to pay it.

Ascertained; agreed upon. See 178 U. S. 353, 44 L. Ed. 1099, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 924.

An account whereof the amount is certain and fixed, either by the act and agreement of the parties or by operation of law; a sum which cannot be changed by the proof; it is so much

One the amount of which is agreed upon by the parties, or fixed by operation of law. Hargroves V. (iooke, 15 Ga. 321; Bull v. Bull, 43 Conn. 469.

Such contracts for liquidated damages, when reasonable in their character, are not to be regarded as penalties, and may be enforced between the parties. But agreements to pay fixed

The question always is, What did the parties intend by the language used? When such intention is ascertained it is ordinarily the duty of the court to carry it out.

A debt Is liquidated when its amount and the fact that it is due are certain. 69 111. 623.