Licere

or LICERI (Lat.)

In Roman law. To offer a price for a thing; to bid for it. LICET (Lat.) It is lawful; not forbidden by law. Id omne licitum est, quod non est legibus prohibitum, quamohrem, quod, lege permit' tente, fit, poenam non meretur. Licere didmus quod legibus, moribus, institutisque eonceditur. Cic. Philip. 13; L. 42, D. S. de ritu nupt. Est aliquid quod non oporteat; tametsi licet; quicquod vero non licet certe non oportet. L. verbum oportere, ff. de verb, et rer. sign. Although. Calv. Lex. An averment that "although such a thing is done or not done" is not implicative of the doing or not doing, but a direct averment of it. Plowd. 127. LICET DISPOSITIO DE INTERESSE FUturo sit inutilis tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu. Although the grant of a future interest be inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made which may take effect, provided a new act intervene. Bac. Max. reg. 14; Broom, Leg. Max. London Ed.) 600. formal allegation in a declaration that the defendant has been often requested to perform the acts of nonperformance of which is complained of. It is usually alleged in the declaration that the defendant, licet saepius requisitus, etc., he did not perform the contract the yiolation of which is the foundation of the action. This allegation is generally sufficient when a request is not parcel of the contract. Indeed, in such cases it is unnecessary even to lay a general request; for the bringing of the suit is itself a sufficient request. 1 Saund. 33, note 2; 2 Saund. 118, note 3; Plowd. 128; 1 Wils. 33; 2 H. Bl. 131; 1 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 99, 319; 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 462; 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 485; 3 Maule & S. 150. See "Demand."

I. To be lawful; to be permitted by law.

In the Roman law. Licere, liceri: to ofifer a price for a thing; to bid for it

Lat. To be lawful; to be allowed or permitted by law. Carvin. LICERE£, LICERI. Lat. In Roman