Lie

See Lay.

To subsist; to exist; to be sustainable; to be proper or available. Thus .the phrase "an action will not lie" means that an action cannot be sustained, or that there is no ground upon which to found the action.

— Lie in franchise. Property is said to "lie in franchise" when it is of such a nature that the persons entitled thereto may seize it without the aid of a court; e. g., wrecks, waifs, estrays.

— Lie in grant. Incorporeal hereditaments are said to "lie in grant;" that is, they pass by force of the grant (deed or charter) without livery.

— Lie in livery. A term applied to corporeal hereditaments, freeholds, etc., signifying that they pass by livery, not by the mere force of the grant.

— Lie in wait. See Lying in Wait.

To be applicable; to be proper to be used. v. Lying. Lie in: to be capable of; to be the subject or subject-matter of; to consist in. Lie to: to adjoin.

1, «. (1) To exist; subsist: as, to " lie in grant:" said of an incorporeal right; a corporeal right is said to " lie jn deed." See Grant, 1. (2) To be maintainable, sustainable: as, an " action lies." Compare Lay, 2. (3) To be concealed, or in ambush: as, to lie in wait. See Lying. ■City of Burlington v. Bumgardner, 42 Iowa, 673 (1876). * Wiggins Ferry Co. v. East St. Louis, 107 U. S. 373 (1832); State v. Hipp, 38 Ohio St. 225 (1882). s Calder v. Kurby, 5 Gray, 693 (1850), Bigelow, J. See also Yan Hook v. City of Selma, 70 Ala. 363 (1881), cases; Prohibitory Amendment Cases, 24 Kan. 724 (1881), cases; La Croix v. County Commissioners, 60 Conn! 329 (1882), cases; Chilvers v. People, 11 Mich. 40 (1862);, State i). Holmes, 38 N. H. 227 (1859). * Commonwealth v. Kinsley, 133 Mass. 579 (1882), cases. »L. lic Uatio: liceor, to offer a price. * 14 La. An. 179 (1859): Pothier. 2, 11. A willful untruth; a falsehood. See Deceit; Decoy; Estoppel; Falsehood; Fraud; Represen'tation, 1; Slander.

To lie. To be available, proper. To lie in: to be capable of, to consist in; v. Corporeal, Bender. Lie in franchise. Waifs, ■wrecks, estrays, and the like, which the persons entitled thereto may seize without the aid of a court, are said to lie iu franchise. Property which passes, and must pass, by deed or charter, such as incorporeal hereditaments, is said to lie in grant; as opposed to fees and freeholds in the land itself, which lie in livery.

To subsist; to exist; to be sustainable, &c. Thus the phrase, " an action will not lie" signifies that an action cannot be sustained, or that there is no ground upon which to found the action. A right is often said to lie in franchise, or in grant, according as it is founded on or derived by franchise or grant. See Lying.