Law Dictionary

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.

the term “launch services” means activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle and its payload for launch and the conduct of a launch; / The term “launch services” mea

“launch site” means the location on Earth from which a launch takes place (as defined in a license the Secretary issues or transfers under this chapter) and necessary facilities at

The term “launch support facilities” has the meaning given the term in section 50501(7) of title 51. / the term “launch support facilities” means facilities located at launch sites

In this subsection, the term “launch vehicle” has the meaning given such term in section 50902(11) of title 51. / In this subsection, the term “launch vehicle” means a fully integr

See Chinese. A city ordinance which makes it an oflfense to keep a laundry wherein clothes are cleansed for hire, within the limits of the larger part of a city, without regard to

or LAUREAT. An ofiicer of the English sovereign. His duty formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on the sovereign’s birthday, and on the New Year; sometimes also, th

An English gold coin worth twenty shillings, or about five dollars, coined In 1619 by James I., so-called because the head of the king was wreathed with laurel, and not crowned as

Pieces of gold, coined in 1619, with the king's head laureated; hence the name.

Praise be to God.

A laundry or place to wash in; a place in the porch or entrance of cathedral churches, where the priest and other officlating ministers were obliged to wash their hands before they

In Spanish law. A new work. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 32, I. 1.

Law is a statement of the circumstances, in which the public force will be brought to bear upon men through the courts. But the word commonly is confined to such prophecies or thre

See Case System.

STUDY OF. See Education, Legal; Case System.

MARTIAL. Martial law is a code established for the government of the army and navy of the United States. Its principal rules are to be found in the articles of war, (q- v.) The obj

MUNICIPAL. Municial law is defined by Mr. Justice lackstone to be “a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state commanding what is right and prohibiting what

RHODIAN, tn maritime Law, is a code of laws adopted by the people of Rhodes, who had, by their commerce and naval victories, obtained the sovereignty of the sea, about nine hundred

RETROSPECTIVE. A retrospective law is one that is to take effect, in point of time, before it was passed. Whenever a law of this kind impairs the obligation of contracts it is void

STATUTE, or legis scripte. A statute is either general or special, public or private. A general or public act is an universal rule, that regards the whole community. Special or pri

WRITTEN, lex scripta, consists of the constitution of the United States; the constitutions of the several states; the acts of the legislative assemblies, as the acts of congress an

In Scotch Law, Solicitors whose qualifications are provided for by 36 and 37 Viet, and several acts of sederunt.

A court day upon which issues of law and motions are tried by the court.

Societies formed for the preservation of the pubiic health and morals and the prosecution of those who offend against them.

Opposed to immutable, a law not founded in the nature of things, but imposed by the mere will of the legislature.

are those which treat of law. They may be divided into three classes; 1. Acts of the legislature; 2. Reports of the decisions of the courts; and 3. Treatises, abridgments and all o

In old Scotch law. A pledge or surety for appearance.

In Scotch law. Security for the peaceful behavior of a party; security to keep the peace. This process was much resorted to by the government of Charles II. for political purposes.

In Louisiana. Costs.

3 L. codicillus, a title book or writing. 4 3 Bl. Com. 500. See 4 Kent, 631. 6 Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. 375 (1831), Shaw, C. J. See Dunham v. Averill, 45 Conn. 79 (1877); Grimball v.

In American law. An appellate tribunal, in the state of South Carolina, for hearing appeals from the courts of law.

In American law. An appellate tribunal, for- ‘merly existing in the state of South Carolina, for hearing appeals from the courts of law.

The day fixed in a mortgage or defeasible deed for the payment of the debt secured. 24 Ala. (N. S.) 149; 10 Conn. 280. The phrase formerly marked the time when all legal rights wer

The term "law enforcement" or "drug law enforcement" means all efforts by a Federal, State, local, or Tribal government agency to enforce the drug laws of the U

The term "law enforcement agency" means a Tribal, Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency. / the term "law enforcement agency" means a Federal, State, T

the term "law enforcement and criminal justice" means any activity pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction or the enforcement of the criminal law, including

the term "law enforcement emergency" means an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and w

“law enforcement inquiry” means a lawful investigation or official proceeding inquiring into a violation of, or failure to comply with, any criminal or civil statute or any regulat

one "whose duty it is to preserve the peace," Black's Law Dictionary 796 (5th ed. 1979), and fulfilling that duty involves a range of activities.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “law enforcement officers” means personnel who have successfully completed law enforcement training and are authorized to carry firearms a

The term "law enforcement personnel" means an individual, including criminal investigators (commonly known as "agents") and uniformed police (commonly known as

"law enforcement position" means employment as an officer in a State or local police force, or correctional institution. / “law enforcement position” means employment as

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “law enforcement technology” includes investigative and forensic technologies, corrections technologies, and technologies that support

In American law. An appellate tribunal. formerly existing in the state of South Carolina, for hearing appeals, from the couris of law.

Legal; warranted or anthor ized by the law; having the qualifications prescribed by law; not contrary to nor for. hidden by the law. The principal distinction between the terms “la

The law existing when a contract is made, and affecting its performance, becomes a part of it.

Prom the time of William the Norman down to that of Edward III., all public proceedings and documents in England, including the records of the courts, the arguments of counsel, and

and prevents them from being considered, merely because organized, to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade.

Majority; usually the age of twenty-one years.

The expression “lawful authorities,” used in our treaty with Spain, refers to persons who exercised the power of making grants by authority of the crown. Mltchel v. U. S., 9 Pet (U

Capture is deemed lawful when made by a declared enemy, lawfully commissioned, and according to the laws of war, and unlawful when made otherwise; but, whether lawful or unlawful,

Lawful combatants are subject to capture and detention as prisoners of war by opposing military forces.

A day upon which legal acts may be done.

Such a discharge In insolvency as exonerates the debtor from his debts. Mason v. Haile, 12 Wheat (U. S.)^ 870, 6 L. Ed. 660.

An entry on real estate, by one out of, possession, under claim or color of right and without force or fraud. See Stouffer v. Harlan, 68 Kan. 135, 74 Pac. 613, 64 In R. A. 320, 104

Whatever is not prohibited to be exported by the positive law of the country, even though it be contraband of war, for a neutral has a right to carry such goods at his own risk. Se

By 'lawful heirs of their own,' he evidently meant lineal descendants or 'issue.

heirs of the body lawfully begotten.

The term “lawful hunt” means the taking or harvesting (or attempted taking or harvesting) of wildlife or fish, on Federal lands, which— (A) is lawful under the laws applicable in t

Interest at a rate not to exceed that allowed by statute. See 72 Ga. 367, 53 Am. Rep. 845. Cf. Legal interest.

Descendants. See 161 N. Y. 11, 76 Am. St. Rep. 238, 55 N. E. 311.

the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant.

if the defendant in this case, although he may have been the holder of the mortgage and the debt secured by it, obtained the possession of the block in controversy, by an arrangeme

copies manufactured abroad, we unavoidably diminish § 602(a)(l)'s scope—indeed, limit it to a fairly esoteric set of applications.

In a statute concerning forcible entry and detainer, it is equivalent to peaceably possessed. Mc Cartney’s Adm’rx v. Alderson, 45 Mo. 35.

A freeman, unattainted, and capable of bearing oath; a legalis homo,

The stipulation of the charter-party to take a cargo of lawful merchandise necessarily implied that the articles composing the cargo should be in such condition, and be put up in s