Law Dictionary

The secretary of the English charity commissioners. He is a corporation sole for the purpose ef taking and holding real property and leaseholds upon trust for an endowed charity in

Lands are to be considered as chattels in Pennsylvania, for the payment of debts. In some counties of this State, and throughout the State of Delaware, the writs of Fi. Fa. always

The term “Landsat 6 contractor” means the private sector entity which was awarded the contract for spacecraft construction, operations, and data marketing rights for the Landsat 6

The term “Landsat 7” means the follow-on satellite to Landsat 6. / The term “Landsat 7” means the follow-on satellite to Landsat 6.

The term “Landsat Program Management” means the integrated program management structure— (A) established by, and responsible to, the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense purs

The term “Landsat system” means Landsats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and any follow-on land remote sensing system operated and owned by the United States Government, along with any relat

— '(2) all lands permanently or periodically covered by tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line three geographical miles distant from the

The law does not recognize any easement or right of property in a landscape or prospect. Therefore the owner of a villa has no right to abate, as a nuisance, a building which mars

the term "lands eligible for remining" means those lands that would otherwise be eligible for expenditures under section 1234 of this title or under section 1232(g)(4) of

To justify the annulment of a homestead patent as wrongfully covered mineral land, it must appear that at the time of the proceedings which resulted in the patent the land was know

In Swedish law. A body toms of every province; being analogous to the common law of England. 1 Bl. Comm. 66.

The term “lands or natural resources” means any real property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real property or natural resources including but not l

Land station: The words “land station” mean a factory on the land at which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part. / The term “land station” means a station, ot

The technical and most comprehensive description of real property, as "goods and chattels" is of personalty. Williams, Real Prop. 5.

An agent who has the management and control of landed estate belonging to an Individual or state.

The term “land subject to a qualified conservation easement” means land— (i) which is located in the United States or any possession of the United States, (ii) which was owned by t

“lands within any State” or “lands within such State” means all lands within a State other than Federal lands and Indian lands;

“lands within any State” or “lands within such State” means all lands within a State other than Federal lands and Indian lands;

A tax on beneficial proprietor of land. So far as a tenant is beneficial proprietor, and no farther, does it rest on him. It has superseded all other methods of taxation in Great B

One in possession of land.

An English statute (38 & 39 Viet. c. 87) providing for the establishment of a registry for titles to real property, and making sundry provisions for the transfer of lands and the r

I. I. In old Scots law. Sentence or judgment; dome or doom.

The term “land use” means activities which are conducted in, or on the shorelands within, the coastal zone, subject to the requirements outlined in section 1456(g) of this title .

The term “land used in farming” means land used (before or simultaneously with the expenditures described in paragraph (1)) by the taxpayer or his tenant for the production of crop

“land use ordinance” or “ordinance” means any ordinance adopted by a county or by the Commission pursuant to sections 544 to 544p of this title, and includes any amendment to, revi

The term “land use plan” means— (A) a land use plan prepared by the Secretary pursuant to section 1712 of title 43 ; and (B) a land management plan prepared by the Forest Service f

The term “land use regulation” means a zoning or landmarking law, or the application of such a law, that limits or restricts a claimant's use or development of land (including a st

In English law. An officer of the custom house, Whose duty Is, upon landing any merchandise, to examine, taste, weigh, or measure it, and to take an account thereof. In some ports

(Scotch). Rural.

A warrant for land under the Virginia system may strictly be termed a chose in action. It is the mere evidence of executory contract between the State and a citizen. Bounties in la

A lord of a manor. 1 Inst. 5.

The lords of manors. 1 Co. Inst. 5.

An undergarment made of wool, formerly worn by the monks, which reached to their knees. Mon. Angl. 419.

I. Sick in prison; a sheriff's return to a capias.

I. I. In old English law. Sickness; a confirmed and lingering sickness.

The medium for the communication of perceptions and ideas. Spoken language is that wherein articulate sounds are used. Written language is that wherein written characters are used,

The term “language instruction educational program” means an instruction course— (A) in which an English learner is placed for the purpose of developing and attaining English profi

For purposes of this section, the term “language minorities” or “language minority group” means persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heri

persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish heritage.

de jurisprudence exprimés dans ces codes, 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1826.

Sick.

Sick in prison.

(Law Lat.) In old English practice. Sickness; a confirmed and lingering sickness, as distinguished from a transient indisposition. Bract, fol. 340, 344b, 352b, 357b. Skene defines

the term “Lanham Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain internati

etc. An ancient writ that lay to the customer of a port to permit one to pass wool without paying custom, he having paid it before in Wales. Reg. Orig. 279.

Anciently a lawyer. Maitl. Domesd. 189. It seems to be another form of lage man, which see. LAIC US (Eccl. Lat.). A layman; laic; one not belonging to the priesthood. Harper’s Lat.

A sort of base coin, formerly current in England. Cowell.

I. Praise be to God; an old heading to bills of exchanga Lan^hlesnian, I. In old English law. An outlaw.

In Spanish law. A certain contribution in money paid by the grandees and other high officers in lieu of the soldiers they ought to furnish government in time of war.

Execution by stoning.

Lat. In the civil law. A stone-quarry. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 2.

Lat In the civil law. Precious stones. Dig. 34, 2, 19, 17. Distinguished from "gems," (gemmæ.) Id.

A marble stone about twelve feet long and three feet broad, placed at the upper end of Westminster Hall, where was likewise a marble chair erected on the middle thereof, in which t

The overlapping of a boundary. See 131 N. C. 491, 42 S. E. 957.

To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees, to slip; to deviate from the proper path. Webster. See "Lapsed Devise"; "Lapsed Legacy." In Ecclesiastical Law. The transfer, by

To fall, slip or sink; to fail of its object; to become void. Lapsed: become ineffectual; failed of its destination. Lapsed devise: a devise which fails, or takes no effect, in con

The loss of the right of a patron to present a clerk to a benefice by not doing so in time.

A devise which has lapsed, or does not take effect because of the death of devisee before testator.

A legacy which, on account of the death of the legatee before the period arrives for the payment of the legacy, lapses or deviates from the course prescribed by the testator, and f

A patent issued to petitioner for land; a patent for which land to another party has lapsed through neglect of patentee. The lapse patent relates to date of original patent, and ma

A slip of the tongue. See 85 Ga. 482, 21 Am. St. Rep. 169, 11 S. E. 853.

The left side of a ship or boat when one stands with his face towards the bow. The opposite term is starboard, which is the right-hand side looking forward. The word is now, howeve

Thieving; pertaining to, characterized by, or tainted with, larceny; as a larcenous taking. Larcenous purpose, an intention to commit larceny. See Larceny.

A larcenous intent exists where a man knowingly takes and carries away the goods of another without any claim or pretense of right, with intent wholly to deprive the owner of them

In criminal law. The wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away by one person of the mere personal goods of another from any place, with a felonious intent to convert them to

A statutory offense existing in one or two states, consisting of the fraudulent conversion of property by a bailee thereof. The offense is covered by the ordinary statutes against

Larceny committed where the property stolen is on the person or in the immediate charge or custody of the person from whom the theft is made, but without such circumstances of forc

Larceny.

The king's lard-erer or clerk of the kitchen. Cowell.

In the manor of Bradford, in Wilts, the tenants pay to their lord a small yearly rent by this name, which is said to be for liberty to feed their hogs with the masts of the lord's

{LargeuT. Law Fr. from large.) Breadth. According to the breadth and length. Britt. c. 63, c. 103.

LFr. Broad; the opposite of “estreyie,” strait or strict. Pures et larges. Britt. e. 34,

The term “large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that is rated— (i) at or above 135,000 Bt

In this section, the term “large community care setting” means— (A) a nonresidential setting in which more than 8 individuals are served; or (B) a residential setting in which more

The term “large corporate underpayment” means any underpayment of a tax by a C corporation for any taxable period if the amount of such underpayment for such period exceeds $100,00

For purposes of this section, the term “large corporation” means any corporation if such corporation (or any predecessor corporation) had taxable income of $1,000,000 or more for a

The term “large employer” means, in connection with a group health plan with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 51 employee

For purposes of this subsection, the term “large food or beverage establishment” means any trade or business (or portion thereof)— (A) which provides food or beverages, (B) with re

The term “large group health plan” means a plan of, or contributed to by, an employer or employee organization (including a self-insured plan) to provide health care (directly or o

The term “large group market” means the health insurance market under which individuals obtain health insurance coverage (directly or through any arrangement) on behalf of themselv

“large hub airport” means a commercial service airport (as defined in section 47102) that has at least 1.0 percent of the passenger boardings. / “large hub airport” means a commerc

the term “large local educational agency” means a local educational agency serving an area with a total population of 20,000 or more; and

The term "large manufacturing facility" means a manufacturing facility that— (A) annually consumes more than 35,000 megawatt-hours of electricity; or (B) has a peak power

The term “large passenger vessel” means a vessel of more than 70,000 gross tons, as measured under section 14302 of this title , with capacity for at least 2,000 passengers and doc

Large project.—The term "large project" means an eligible project with total eligible project costs of greater than $100,000,000.

The term “large-scale carbon sequestration” means a scale that— (A) demonstrates the ability to inject into geologic formations and sequester carbon dioxide; and (B) has a goal of

The term "large-scale driftnet fishing" means a method of fishing in which a gillnet composed of a panel or panels of webbing, or a series of such gillnets, with a total

The term “large-scale driftnet fishing vessel” means any vessel which is— (A) used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type which is normally used for large-scale driftnet fishin

The term "large-scale pilot project" means a pilot project that— (A) represents the scale of technology development beyond laboratory development and bench scale testing,

"large station group" means a group of television broadcast stations that— (i) are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the regulations of the

the term “large trader” means every person who, for his own account or an account for which he exercises investment discretion, effects transactions for the purchase or sale of any

the term “large unit” means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more;

the term “large wind energy system” means a wind energy system which is not a small wind energy system;

As used in this section, the term “large yacht” means a vessel that exceeds 79 feet in length, is used primarily for recreation or pleasure, and has been previously sold by a manuf

(Lat.) Large; broad; comprehensive. Bract, fol. 37b.

or LARUN. In old English law. A thief; thieves. Petits larons, petty thieves. Britt. c. 29.

In old English law. Thieves.

Regular process is that which has been lawfully issued by a court or magistrate, having competent jurisdiction. Irregular process is that which has been illegally issued. When the

A native Indian sailor; the term is also applied to tent pitchers, inferior artillery-men, and others.

Tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene; relating to sexual impurity; tending to deprave the morals in respect to sexual relations. See Swearingen v. U. S., 161 U. S. 446,