Law Dictionary

The law favors the inheritance of a man. Yearb. M. 10 Hen. VI. 51.

The law favors a man's life. Y. B. Hen. VI. 51. LA LEY FAVOUR L'INHERITANCE d'un home. The law favors a man's inheritance. Y. B. Hen. VI. 51. LA LEY VOIT PLUS TOST SUFFER UN mischl

The law favors a man’s inheritance.

The law will sooner suffer a mischief than an inconvenience. Litt. § 231. It is holden for an inconvenience that any of the maxims of the law should be broken, though a private man

The law will rather suffer a mischief than an inconvenience.

The term “La Luz tract” means the tract comprised of approximately 31 acres of land owned in fee by the Pueblo and depicted on the map.

Fr. In French marine law. A pilot. Ord. Mar. liv. 4, tit 3.

The term “lamb” means meat, other than mutton, produced from sheep.

A collectlpn of the lavys of the Anglo-Saxons, William the Conqueror and Henry I., published in 1568 by William Lambard, keeper of the records in the tower. Marv. Leg. Bibl.; Allib

A work by William Lambard upon the office and duties of a justice of the peace. Editions were published in Latin in 1579 and 1581, and in English in 1599, See Marv. Leg. Bibl.; All

A degree given by archbishop of Canterbury. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 381, note. Although he can confer all degrees given by the two uniyersities, the graduates have many privileges '

A lame duck is one who is unable to meet his contracts in the exchange,— an insolvent Biddle, Br. 71. The expression "lame duck" would be actionable if applied to a person on the_

The term “laminated product” means a product— (I) in which a wood veneer is affixed to— (aa) a particleboard platform; (bb) a medium-density fiberboard platform; or (cc) a veneer-c

The 1st of August Cowell. It is one of the Scotch quarter days, and is what is called a “conventional term.” Moz. & W. “This was one of the four great pagan festivals of Britain,,

Land thrown open after harvest as common pasture.

Lands over which there is a right of pasturage by persons other than the owner from about Lammas, or reaping time, until sowing time. Wharton.

The term “lamp efficacy” means the lumen output of a lamp divided by its wattage, expressed in lumens per watt (LPW).

The term “lamp type” means all lamps designated as having the same electrical and lighting characteristics and made by one manufacturer.

The term “lamp wattage” means the total electrical power consumed by a lamp in watts, after the initial seasoning period referenced in the appropriate IES standard test procedure a

Lat. In the civll law. Wool See Dig. 32, 60, 70, 88.

See Court of the Duchy of .

Feudal vassals who labored one day a week for the landlord at certain seasons.

In feudal law. Vassals who were obliged to Work for their lord one day in the week, from Michaelnjas to autumn, either with fork, spade, or flail, at the lord's option. Spelman.

lands, waters, and interests therein.

[L. Lat. curialitas, curialitas Anglicana; lex Anglios; curtesia: L. Fr. curtesie Dengleterre,] An estate to which a man is by law entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands

An open field without wood; a lawnd or lawn. Cowell; Blount

“Land Acquisition Fund” means the Maine Indian Claims Land Acquisition Fund established under section 1724(c) of this title;

LANDHLAFORD, or LANDRICA. In Saxon law. A pro prietor of land; lord of the soil. Anc. Insi. Eng.

In Saxon law. A proprietor of land; lord of the soil. Ana Inst Eng.

persons who are members of the armed services and not to their civilian wives, children and other dependents.

The term “land and resource management plan” means a plan developed under section 1604 of this title .

I. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one's title or authority. In feudal law. To determine or pass upon judicially.

I. In the civil law. A praising or commending; a speaking in one's favor; testimony in favor of the character of an accused person.

A witness to character. LANDBOC (Saxon, from land, and hoe, a writing). In Saxon law. A charter or deed by which lands or tenements were given or. held. Spelman; Cowell; 1 Reeve, H

A deed or charter to land.

or LAND CHEAP (land, and Saxon ceapan, to buy). A fine payable in money or cattle, upon the alienation of land, within certain manors and liberties. Cowell. LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDAT

A certiflcate given to a registered proprietor of freehold land under the English Land Transfer Act of 1875. A similar certiflcate is given to the transferee on every subsequent tr

Same as Landceap.

The name of a court in the city of St. Louis, state of Missouri, having sole jurisdiction in St. Louis county in suits respecting lands, and in actions of ejectment, do^er, partiti

A convention of the Dutch in - LANDED. As used In a revenue act levying tolls on goods, the clear meaning and purport is “substantially imported,” and stones shot from boats to the

A term sometimes applied to the amount of compensation to he Pnih fur land taken under the power of eminent domain or for injury to, or depreciation of, land adjoining that taken.

That office of the United States government which bas jurisdiction and charge of the public lands, including the secretary of the interior and the commissioner of the general land

where ... the legal title to all these tracts of land is still in the government [and] no patents or conveyances of any kind have been executed ... it is not a province of the cour

The original finding respecting the character of the tract was not in itself final or conclusive, but essentially interlocutory. It was only a step in the proceedings looking to a

Generally speaking, the Land Department has jurisdiction until the legal title has passed... The question of title was in process of administration, and until the patent issued not

A division of a state or territory, created by federal authority, in which is located a United States land office, with a "register of the land office" and a "receiver of public mo

In old English law. A ditch or trench for conveying water from marshy grounds. Spelman.

Consisting in real estate or land; having an estate In land. —Landed estate. See Estate. —Landed estates conrt. The court which denis with the transfer of land and the creation of

See Estate.

A colloquial or popular phrase to denote real property. Landed estate ordinarily means an interest in and pertaining to lauds. Police Jury of Parish of St. Mary v. Harris, 10 La. A

The court which denis with the transfer of land and the creation of title thereto in Ireland.

Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency of Admiralty, of Probate, and Ecclesiastical Courts. By the

In English Law. Tribunals established by statute for the purpose of disposing more promptly and easily than could be done through the ordinary Judicial machinery, of incumbered rea

One’s interest in land or possession thereof.

Real estate. See 93 Md. 630, 52 L. R. A. 772, 49 Atl. 6oo.

Any person having an estate in lands, whether highly improved or not. Police Jury of Parish of St. Mary v. Harris, 10 La. Ann. 677.

“landed weight” means the weight of aircraft transporting only cargo in intrastate, interstate, and foreign air transportation, as the Secretary determines under regulations the Se

A landlord. LANDEGANDMAN (Saxon.) In old English law. A kind of customary tenant or inferior tenant of a manor. Spelman. LANDIMER (Scotch; Lat. agrimensor). In old Scotch law. A me

An inferior tenant of a manor.

landiminm, I. In the civil lato. A sum paid by a new emphyteuta who acquires the emphyteusis, not as heir, but as a singular successor.

Land rent.

landgavel, sax. In old English law. A tax or rent issuing out of land; a quit rent

A legislative appropriation of a portion of the public domain either for charitable or eleemosynary purpose, or for the promotion of the construction of a railroad or other public

The term "land-grant college or university" includes a 1994 Institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (Public Law

The term “land-grant colleges and universities” means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503–505, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 301–305, 30

In Germany, in the middle ages a graf or count entrusted with special Judicial functions, extending over a large extent of territory; later, the title of sovereign princes of the e

A proprietor of land; lord of the soil. Anc. Inst. Eng. See Land-

The term “landholding” means total irrigable acreage of one or more tracts of land situated in one or more districts owned or operated under a lease which is served with irrigation

the term “landholding agency” means a Federal department or agency with statutory authority to control real property;

In old Scotch law. A measurer of land. Skene.

Measures of land. Cowell.

A place on a river or other navigable water for lading and unloading goods, or for the reception and delivery of passengers. See 1 Strob. L. (S. C.) 110, 47 Am. Dec. 548.

In this chapter, the terms “aircraft engine”, “air navigation facility”, “appliance”, “civil aircraft”, “foreign air commerce”, “interstate air commerce”, “landing area”, “overseas

The voyage is understood to be terminated when the vessel arrives at her port of destination, and has been moored there in safety for twenty-four hours. But it will be conceded tha

A place laid out by a town as a common landing place and used as such, but not desigpated as for the particular benefit of the town, is a 'public landing place. It is not, however,

In Saxon law. Services and duties laid upon all that held land, including the three obligations called "trinoda necessitas" (g. v.); quasi land rights. Cowell.

A location usually consists of some general description which designates the place in which the particular object is to be found, and of a description of the particular object itse

Wholly surrounded by land of some other person or persons, as when the owner of a close surrounded by his own land grants the land and reserves the close. L R. 13 Ch. Div. 798, In

an owner, lessor, sublessor, or other person entitled to receive rent for the use or occupancy of any housing accommodations.

A phrase used to denote the familiar legal relation existing between lessor and lessee of real estate. The relation is contractual, and is constituted by a lease (or agreement ther

an implied or tacit lien, created by law to secure the performance of another contract

A warrant of distress. A written authority from a landlord to a constable or bailiff authorizing him to make a distress upon the tenant’s goods and chattels In order to force the p

Same as land tenant.

The term “land management activity” means all activities, accomplished in support of the management of Indian agricultural lands, including (but not limited to)— (A) preparation of

the term "land management agency" means— (A) the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture; (B) the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior; (C)

The term “land manager” means a person or entity that practices or guides natural resource management. / The term “land manager” includes a Federal, State, local, or tribal land ma

A monument set up in order to ascertain the boundaries between two contiguous estates. For. removing a landmark an action lies. 1 Thomas, Co. Litt. 787. See "Monument."

The term “land mortgage” means a mortgage obtained by an individual Indian who owns a tract of trust land for the purpose of— (A) home acquisition; (B) home construction; (C) home

A government bureau established in 1812, originally connected with the treasury, l)ut since 1849 forming a division of the Department of the Interior. The commissioner of the gener

Governmental offices, subordinate to the general land office, established in various parts of the United States, for the transaction of local business relating to the survey, locat

“land or natural resources” means any real property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real property or natural resource, including but not limited to,

The term "landowner" means a person that owns a fee interest in real property on which a proposed energy project or antenna structure project is planned to be located. /

The state of owning much unproductive land. See 46 Mich. 393, 9 N. W. 445.

A person whose business it is to overlook certain parts of a farm or estate; to attend not only to the woods and hedge timber, but also to the state of the fences, gates, buildings

See Land Title and TRANsras; Registration; Recording.

The term “land remote sensing” means the collection of data which can be processed into imagery of surface features of the Earth from an unclassified satellite or satellites, other

An income derived from crown lands in Great Britain. These lands have been so largely granted away to subjects tliat they are now contracted within very narrow limits. The crown wa

not only land itself, but everything connected therewith in the way of buildings, structures, and improvements, and all rights and privileges appertaining thereto.

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