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In Connecticut. A term including those wanton acts between persons of different sexes, who are not married to each other, that flow from the exercise of lustful passions, and which

The act or state of a man and woman, not married, who dwell together in the same house, behaving themselves as man and wife. In statutes forbidding unlawful cohabitation that term

I^wd and lascivious conduct in public, or at least practised with such publicity as to be punishable as contra honos mores. It is an offence sometimes distinguished from lascivious

Lascivious desires or conduct; lustfulness; wantonness; lewdness. That form of immorality which has reference to sexual impurity; U. S. v. Males, 51 Fed. 41. See the titles next pr

As used in this section, the term “laser pointer” means any device designed or used to amplify electromagnetic radiation by stimulated emission that emits a beam designed to be use

or LASHLITE. A kind of forfeiture during the government of the Danes in England. Enc. Lond. LAST (Law Lat. lastus, lestus). In English law. A burden; a weight or measure of various

A kind of forfeiture during the government of the Danes in England. Enc. Lond.

Same as Lagslite.

SUITS PRO. Suits in the ecclesiastical courts for spiritual offenses against conscience, for non-payment of debts, or breaches of civil contracts. ‘This attempt to turn the ecclesi

The name of a code of Spanish law. It is sometimes called las siete partidas, or the seven parts, from the number of its principal divisions. It is a compilation from the civil law

A thing surrendered into the hands or power of another; a thing given or delivered. Spelman.

A measure of ship capacity, 6,000 pounds.

Latest; most recent Last will: a term, according to Lord Coke, more pioperly used where lands and tenements are devised. In English law. Last heir: he to whom lands come by escheat

or LESTAGE. A custom exacted in some fairs and markets to carry things bought whither one will. But it is more accurately taken for the ballast or lading of a ship. Also custom pai

The last antecedent is the last word which can be made an antecedent, without impairing the meaning of a sentence. 190 Mich, 313.

Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated "quadragesimalia." Wharton.

It may well be that ordinarily a foster relationship does not begin until natural parental ties, realistically viewed, are severed; if so, the foster parent bears the parental rela

a negligent defendant will be held liable to a negligent plaintiff if the defendant, aware of the plaintiff's peril or unaware of it only through carelessness, had in fact a later

A court held by the twenty-four jurats in the marshes of Kent, and summoned by the bailiffs, whereby outers were made to lay and levy taxes, impose penalties, etc., for the preserv

A court held by the twenty-four jurats in the marshes of Kent, and summoned by the bailiffs, whereby orders were made to lay and levy taxes, impose penalties, etc., for the preserv

He to whom the lands come if they escheat for want of lawful heirs, viz., sometimes the lord of whom the lands are held, sometimes the king. Bracton, lib. 5, c. 17.

Same as Last sickness.

lestus, I. I In old English law. A last; a weight or measure of hides, wool and other articles.

The term “last preenactment year” means the last taxable year of a corporation which begins before January 1, 1983.

A court from which there is no appeal is called the "court of last resort."

That of which a person dies. The last sickness includes the whole of the sickness of which the person dies, no matter of how long duration. 8 Me. 167. The expenses of this sickness

The term “last signatory operator” means, with respect to a coal industry retiree, a signatory operator which was the most recent coal industry employer of such retiree. / The term

An instrument disposing of one's property in the mode recognized by law, to take effect after death. See 79 Tenn. 316.

The disposition of one's property to take effect after death. See 11 Mont. 571, 28 Am. St. Rep. 495, 29 Pac. 282.

catare — the month, with its festivals and the time of the'new moon. From calare was derived " calendar." The first day of the month in the Roman calendar was called the calendoe,

The term “local access and transport area” or “LATA” means a contiguous geographic area— (A) established before February 8, 1996, by a Bell operating company such that no exchange

Gross neglect. See Bailment.

Gross negligence is equal to fraud.

Gross negligence is equivalent to fraud.

An under-ground survey.

Recently; last. 7 Cal. 226. Defunct. 17 Ala. 190.

The term “late enrollee” means, with respect to coverage under a group health plan, a participant or beneficiary who enrolls under the plan other than during— (A) the first period

This word has been held to have "a very large retrospect, as we say 'lately deceased' of one dead ten or twenty years." 2 Show. 294. LATENS (Lat. from latere, to lie hid). Latent;

Latent.

Hidden; concealed; not appearing on the surface or face of a thing.

One which does not appear from the words of an instrument, but only from the application of the words to the subject matter. See 117 U. S. 221. A latent ambiguity may arise from th

One kept for twenty years or more in a man's scrutoire or strong box, accompanied by no distinctive possession. 7 N. J. Law, 177.

One not discoverable by external examination. 13 N. Y. 9. The term is used both in personal injury law, and in the law of sales. In Personal Injury Law. An employee (108 Ind. 286)

See Equity.

An equitable claim or right, the knowledge of which has been confined to the parties for and against whom it exists, or which has been concealed from one or several persons interes

This is not a case of ambiguity. It is not an ambiguity patent, for the face of the letter can excite no doubt. It is not a latent ambiguity, for there are not two firms of the nam

In old records. Sidesmen; companions; assistants. Cowell.

an allowance for transportation services rendered by a shipper.

The most obvious examples of such lines are those that are dependent upon and incident to the main line,—feeders, such as may be built from mines or forests to bring coal, ore, or

A branch railroad. One running from some point on a main line Intended as a connecting line or feeder, A lateral road Is said to be “one proceeding from some point on the main trun

The support of land by the adjoining land; so called in contradistinction from "subjacent support," that of the soil beneath. The right to such lateral support exists as a natural

The general name given to the numerous councils held Tbe first of these was convened A. D. 649 to consider the doctrine of the Monothelites. This council held five sessions, during

To lie sideways, in opposition to ying endways; used in descriptions of lands.

The term "late-stage project support" includes debt financing, insurance, and transaction advisory services.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “late-year ordinary loss” means the sum of any post-October specified loss and any post-December ordinary loss.

Same as Lathe.

or LATH (Law Lat. laestrum or leda). A division of certain counties in England, intermediate between a county or shire and a hundred, sometimes containing three or four hundreds, a

LATHREVE, or LEIDgreve (Saxon.) An ofllcer under the Saxon government, who had authority over a lathe. Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 116.

The name of an ancient civil division in England, intermediate between the county or shire and the hundred. Said to be the same as what, in other parts of the kingdom, was termed a

In Spanish law. The tax paid by the possessor of land held by quit rent or emphyteusis to the ovyner of the estate, when the tenant alienates his right in the property. LATIFUNDIUM

A large landed estate.

The holder of a latifundium.

A word used by Lord Coke in the sense of an interpreter 2 Inst. 515. Supposed to be a corruption of the French "latinier," or "latiner." Cowell; Blount.

An important language in the law; being the language not only of the civil and canon law, but of the early European codes, of much of the ancient common law of England and Scotland

An interpreter of Latin.

An interpreter. Co. 2 Inst 515. or of a country upon which the fus latii ! had been conferred. By the conatitutio Attr toniana, Garacalla extended to them the privilege of full Rom

I. In the civil law. An inferior kind of freedmen, who did not have the full privilege of Roman citizens, but only what was called the lesser liberty.

Such freedmen as enjoyed their liberty tuitione prcetoris, and who, under the Lex Junia Norhana, were made legally free, their freedom, however, being only of the kind enjoyed by t

See Jus Lath. LATITAT (Lat. he lies hid). In English Law. See Bill of Middlesex.

A monetary alliance of France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy for the establishment of a mutual and uniform monetary policy and the maintenance of a uniform and interchangeable co

on the relation. A term used in the titles of legal proceedings, which are prosecuted by the people, on the relation or mformation of the aggrieved party, who is called the relator

To lie concealed.

A writ running outside the county to summon one who lay concealed there to the king’s bench.

The Latitat and Clausum fregit are both writs of Trespass; yet, by the course of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, the Plaintiff may ground upon them declarations in any

In the civil law and old English practice. A lying hid; lurking, or concealment of the person. Dig. 42. 4. 7. 5; Bracton, fol. 126.

Lat. In the civil law. A bcar-er; a messenger. Also a maker or giver of laws.

To the bearer of these presents.

In the civil and old English law. A robber. Dig. 50. 16. 118; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 1. A thief.

The act of robbing; a depredation.

I. In old English law. Larceny or theft; a thing stolen; the liberty of infangenthef.

Larceny or theft. Reg. Orig. 268b. A thing stolen. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 7. The liberty of infangthef, or privilege of judging and executing thieves.

Larceny.

A second mowing; the aftermath.

In a broad sense or meaning.

In Civil Law. To name; to cite or qfuote; to show one's title or authority. Calv. Lex. In Feudal Law. To determine or pass upon judicially. Feud. lib. 1, tit. 22. Lattdcmientum, th

In Roman law. Testimony adduced in favor of the character of an accused person. Halifax, Anal. bk. 3, c 13.

Same as Laudem-ium.

A character witness.

See Damages.

In Spanish Law. Taxes paid by possessors of land held by quit-rent or emphyteusis to the owner of the estate when the tenant alienates his right in the property. Escrlche. LAUDEMIU

or LAUDATIOREM (Lat. a laudando domino). A fiftieth part of the purchase money, or (if no Bale) of the value of the estate • paid to the landlord {dominus) by a new emphyteuta on h

The name given to certain English statutes, (8 Viet, c. 8, amended by 23 & 24 Vietc. lO6, and 32 & 33 Viet. c. 18,) the object of which was to provide legislative clauses in a conv

See Land.

An arbitrament or award. Rapalje & L. In Old Scotch Law. Sentence or Judgment; dome or doom. 1 Pitc Crim. Tr. pt 2, p. 8. LAUGEMANNI (Law Lat.) Lords of manors, according to Coke's

Frank pledge. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 17. LAUGHLESMAN (Saxon). In old English law. An outlaw. Bracton, fol. 125.

An outlaw.

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

A kind of offensive weapon, now disused, and prohibited by 7 Rich. IL c. 13.

the term “launch” means to place, or attempt to place, a launch vehicle and its payload, if any, in a suborbital trajectory, in Earth orbit in outer space, or otherwise in outer sp

“launch property” means an item built for, or used in, the launch preparation or launch of a launch vehicle.