Libellee

A party against whom a libel has been filed in proceedings in an ecclesiastical court or in admiralty, corresponding to the defendant in a common-law suit. LIBELLUS (Lat.) — 1

A party against whom a libel has been filed in proceedings in an ecclesiastical court or in admiralty, corre.sponding to the defendant in a common-law suit. LIBELLUS (I^t.). In Civil Law. A little book. Libellus siipplex, a petition, especially to the emperor; all petitions to whom must be in writing. L. 15. D. in jus voo. Lihellum rescribere, to mark on such petition the answer to it. L. 2, § 2, Dig. de jur. flsc. l Abellum agere, to assist or counsel the emperor in regard to such petitions, L. 12 D. de distr. pign.; and one whose duty it is to do so is called magister libellorum. There were also promagistri. L. 1, D. de offle preef. pract. Libellus accusatorius, an information and accusation of a crime. L. 17, § 1, & L. 29, § 8, D. ad leg. Jul. de adult. Libellus divortii, a widting of divorcement. L. 7, D. de divert, et repud. Libellus rerum, an inventory. Calv. Lex. Libellus or oratio consultoria, a message by which emperors laid matters before the senate. Calvinus, Lex.; Suet. Ca's. 56. A writing in which are contained the names of the plaintiff (actor) and defendant (reus), the thing sought, the right relied upon, and name of the tribunal before which the action is brought. Calvinus, Lex. Libellus appellatorius, an appeal. Calvinus, Lex.; L. 1, § ult, D. ff. de appellat In English Law (sometimes called libellus conventionalis). A bill. Bracton, fol. 112. LIBELLUS FAMOSUS (Lat.). A libel; a defamatory writing. L. 15, D. de pwn; Vocab. Jur. Utr. sub “fanwaus." It may be without writing: as, by signs, pictures, etc. 5 Rep. de famosis libcllis. LIBER (Lat.). In Civil Law. A book, whatever the material of which it Is made; a principal subdivision of a literary work: thus, the Pandects, or Digest of the Civil Law, is divided into fifty books. L. 62. D. de leg at. In Civil and Old English Law. Free: e. g. a free (liber) bull. Jacobs. Exempt from service or jurisdiction of another. Law Fr. 6 Lat. Diet.: e. g. a free (liber) man. L. 3, D. de statu hominum. LIBER ASSISARUM (Lat.). The book of assigns or pleas of the crown; being the fifth part of the Year-Books; it contains cases In all years of Edward HI. See Year Books. called to distinguish them from the Epitome Julianl. Sohm. Rom. L. 14. LIBER ET LEGALIS HOMO (Lat). A free and lawful man. One worthy of being a juryman; he must neither be Infamous nor a bondman. 3 Bla. Com. 340, 362; Bract fol. 14 b; Fleta, 1. 6, c. 25, § 4; 1. 4, c. 5, § 4. See Liber Homo. LIBER FEUDORUM (Lat). A code of the feudal law, which was compiled by direction of the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and published in Milan, In ll70. It was called the Liber Feudorum, and was divided into five books, of which the first, second, and some fragments of the others still exist, and are printed at the end of all the modern editions of the Corpus Juris Clvilis. Giannone, b. 13, c. 3; Cruise, Dig. prel. diss. c. 1. § 31. LIBER HOMO (Lat). A free man; a freeman lawfully competent to act as juror. Ld. Raym. 417- Kebl. 5(53. In London, a man can be a liber homo either — 1, by service, as having served his apprenticeship; or, 2, by birthright, being a son of a liber homo; or, 3, by redemption, i. e. allowance of mayor and aldermen. 8 Rep., Case of City of London. There was no Intermediate state between villein and Uber homo. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 11, § 22. But a Uber homo could be vassal of another. Bract, fol. 25. In Old European Law. An allodial proprietor, as opposed to a feudatory. Calvinus, Lex. Alode. LIBER JUDICIARUM (Lat). The book of judgment, or doom-book. The Saxon Domboc. Conjectured to be a book of statutes of ancient Saxon kings. See Jacob, Domboc; 1 Bla. Com. 64.