Lopwood
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A right in the inhabitants of a parish, within a manor in England, to lop for fuel, at certain periods of the year, the branches of trees growing upon the waste lands of the manor. LOQUELA (Lat.)
In practice. An imparlance, loquela sine die, a respite in law to an indefinite time. Formerly by loquela was meant the allegations of fact mutually made on either side, now denominated the "pleadings." Steph. PL 29. LOQUENDUM UT VULGUS; SENTIENdum ut docti. We should speak as the com mon people; we should think as the learned. 7 Coke, 11.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A right in the inhabitants of a parish within a manor, in England, to lop for fuel, at certain perioils of the year, LOQUELA