Law Dictionary

A pulpit. Mon. Angh tom. iii. p. 243.

An instructor; a reader of letters who has the copyright in them if he be an author by 5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 65. See

Compare Drama. Where persons are admitted, as pupils or otherwise, to hear public lectures, it is upon the implied confidence and contract that they will not use any means to injur

The terms “light-emitting diode” and “LED” means a p-n junction solid state device the radiated output of which is a function of the physical construction, material used, and excit

(Law Fr.) Damaged. Kelham.

In mining law. This tenn, as used in the mining laws of the United States (Rev. St § 2322 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1425]) and in both legal and popular usage in the western Americ

In Commercial Law. A book in, which are inscribed the names of all persons dealing with the person who keeps it, and in which tliere is a separate account, composed generally of on

In ecclesiastical law. The name of a book kept in the prerogative courts in England. It is considered as a roll of the court, but, it seems, it cannot be read in evidence. Bac. Abr

Same as Lathereeve.

The rising water or Increase of the sea.

The terms “Colorado River Basin”, “Colorado River Compact”, “Colorado River System”, “Lee Ferry”, “States of the Upper Division”, “Upper Basin”, and “domestic use” shall have the m

Acts 30 Viet c.. 29 and 35 & 36 Viet. c. 91, by which contracts for the sale of bank shares are void unless the number of the shares are set forth in of municipal corporations and

In English law. The name of a court of criminal jurisdiction, formerly of much importance, but latterly fallen into disuse. See "Court Leet." LEGA (Law Lat.) In old English law. Th

Meetings which were appointed for the nomination or election of ecclesiastical officers in Scotland. Cowell.

The term "left-behind parent" means an individual or legal custodian who alleges that an abduction has occurred that is in breach of rights of custody attributed to such

Alloy used in coins.

In old English law. That which may be bequeathed. Cowell.

is one where the testator gives one of two things to the legatee, without designating which of them; as, one of my two horses. Vide Electzon.

A gift by last will. The term is more commonly applied to money or personal property, although sometimes used with reference to a charge upon real estate. 2 Williams, Ex'rs, 947; 5

INDEFINITE, is a bequest of things which are not enumerated or ascertained as to numbers or quantities; as, a bequest by a testator of all his goods, all his stocks in the funds. L

CONDITIONAL, is a bequest which is to take effect upon the happening or not happening of acertain event. Lownd. Leg. 166; Rop. Leg. Index, tit. Condition.

ACCUMULATIVE, An accumulative legacy is a second bequest given by the same testator to the same legatee, whether it be of the sare kind of thing, as money; or whether it be of diff

RESIDUARY, is that which is of remainder of an estate after the payment of all the debts and other legacies. 1 Madd. Ch. P. 224.

LAPSED. A legzcy is said to be lapsed or extinguished, when the legatee dies before the testator, or before the condition upon which the legacy is given has been performed, or befo

MODAL. A modal lecacy is a bequest accompanied with directions as to the mode in legacy to Titius to put him an apprentice. 2 Vern. 431; Lownd. Leg. 151.

The rule in such a case is, that where a testator gives several legacies, and then, without creating an express trust to pay them, makes a general residuary disposition of the whol

A legacy tax In Great Britain, the rate of which rises according to the remoteness of the relationship of the legatee, and reaches its maximum where he is not related to the testat

In this paragraph, the term “legacy semiconductor”— (I) includes— (aa) a semiconductor technology that is of the 28 nanometer generation or older for logic; (bb) with respect to me

According to law; as prescribed or provided by law. See 1 Phila. (Pa.) 237.

sufficient to answer the requirements of the law, as a legal condition, consideration, contract, notice, or obligation; authorized or permitted by law, as legal discretion, interes

acts which are in themselves legal lose that character when they become constituent elements of an unlawful scheme.

The age at which the person acquires full capacity to make his own contracts and deeds and transact business generally (age of majority) or to enter into some particular contract o

the term “legal and law enforcement measures” means— (A) the enactment and implementation of laws and regulations or the implementation of existing laws and regulations to provide

Such property of a testator in the hands of his executor as is liable to debts in temporal courts, and to legacies in the spiritual by course of law. Equitable assets are such as a

The term “legal assistance” means legal services authorized under section 1044 of this title. / The term "legal assistance" means assistance provided by or under the dire

the standard governing dismissal for want of jurisdictional amount: it must appear to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount to justify

In Poe v. Seaborn, supra, the court was not dealing with a consensual community but one made an incident of marriage by the inveterate policy of the State.

Legal compensation refers solely to the injury done to the property taken, and not to any collateral or consequential damages, resulting to the owner, by the trespass.

Compulsion presumed in law, as by the presence of a husband with his wife during her criminal act.

See Consideration.

As used in section 2210 of this title , the term “legal costs” means the costs incurred by a plaintiff or a defendant in initiating, prosecuting, investigating, settling, or defend

Such conduct on the part of a husband as will endanger the life, health, or limb of his wife, or create a reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt; such acts as render cohabitation u

Such losses as the law will compensate. See 44 N. J. L. 181, 43 Am. Rep. 353.

One in which the court is in session. See 48 La. Ann. 1088, 20 South. 281.

Those that are recoverable in a court of common law, as debt on a bili of exchange, a bond, or a simple contract. Rogers v. Daniell, 8 Allen (Mass.) 348; Guild v. Walter, 182 Mass.

(1) A defense which is complete and adequate in point of law. (2) A defense which may be set up in a court of law; as distinguished from an "equitable defense," which ia cognizable

Legal definitions are, for the most part, inductive generalizations derived from our juridical experience; and, in order to be complete and adequate, they must sum up the results o

Patents are public records. All persons are bound to take notice of their contents, and consequently should have a right to obtain copies of them.… Where there is a right on the on

Thediscretion to be exercised by a judge in interpreting the law, or in applying equitable principles to the determination of causes or the granting of relief.

That which the law requires to be done or forborne to a determinate person, or to the public at large, and Is correlative to a right vested in such determinate person. Emry v. Wate

I. The king's council at law; the king's council in matters of law.

See Case System; Education.

COUNCIL OF. A body consisting of Benchers of the Four Inns of Court established in London in 1852.

The term “legal entity” means an entity that is created under Federal or State law and that— (A) owns land or an agricultural commodity; or (B) produces an agricultural commodity.

a mistake about the law, as opposed to a mistake concerning the weight or the factual import of the evidence.

One the right to which may be enforced in a court of law. It is distinguished from an equitable estate, the right to which can be established only in a court of equity. 2 Bouv. Ins

The usages among members of the legal profession involving their moral duties toward one another, their clients and the courts.

A broad general term meaning all admissible evidence, including both oral and documentary, but with a further implication that it must be of such a character as tends reasonably an

The term “legal guardianship” means a judicially created relationship between child and caretaker which is intended to be permanent and self-sustaining as evidenced by the transfer

A legal representative. See 118 Pa. 215, 4 Am. St. Rep. 588, 11 Atl. 787. See, also, Legal representative.

When the last day prescribed under authority of the internal revenue laws for performing any act falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the performance of such act shall be

not only federal holidays but also 'holidays prescribed by the "laws of the State where the clerk's office is located".' (Emphasis supplied.) On this point, New York law is specifi

that the person in view has the right vested in him, but is prevented by some impediment from exercising it; as in the case of minors, femes covert, lunatics, etc. An administrator

a sales tax which by its terms must be passed on to the purchaser imposes the legal incidence of the tax upon the purchaser

That rate of interest

See iRBEOTmAEmr.

A lawful man.- See Lawful man .

Lawful money of England. 1 Inst. 207.

Lawful money of England. 1 Inst. 207.

the 'legal' nature of an issue is determined by considering, first, the pre-merger custom with reference to such questions; second, the remedy sought; and, third, the practical abi

I L The quality, character or condition of a legalis homo; behavior according to law; good behavior.

or LEGALNESS. Lawfulness.

Lawfulness.

The act of making lawful. By legalization is also understood the act by which' a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be l

To confirm acts already done, not to authorize new proceedings in the future. Barker v. Chesterfield, 102 Mass. 128.

A structure, erection, or other thing which would constitute a nuisance at common law, but which cannot be objected to by private persons because constructed or maintained under di

The term “legal limit” means a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater (as set forth in section 163(a)) or such other percentage limitation as may be established by

See "Legal."

not a future diversion, but one now being exercised under a legal right, and that under this statute a legal abstractor may take what he was diverting in 1907, and, if that did not

Constructive or implied malice. See "Malice." LEGAL IVl EMORY. See "Memory."

The time fixed by statute as “time out of mind,” varying from 60 years in England, 25 years and less in the United States. See 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 153.

Under the words “other legal merchandise” In a charter party, the charterer is at liberty to ship any lawful article he pleases, but is bound to pay the same amount of freight the

A first mortgage. This is unquestionably so as regards land, because it is only the first mortgage which can grant the legal estate in laud; and it has been held that where there w

Negligence per se; the omission of such care as ordinarily prudent persons exercise and deem adequate to the circumstances of the case. In cases where the common experience of mank

Such noticb as Is adequate in point of law, such notice as the law requires to be given for the specific purpose or in the particular case. A legal notice to quit is a notice provi

Obligation to do and perform what the law of the land as existing at the time requires one to do. See 120 Am. St. Rep. 471, note.

The term “legal officer” means any commissioned officer of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard designated to perform legal duties for a command.

This term includes all proceedings authorized or sanctioned by law, and brought or instituted in a court of justice or legal tribunal, for the acquiring of a right or the enforceme

any writ, order, summons, or other similar process in the nature of garnishment.

the statute required the filing and publishing of tariffs specifying the rates adopted by the carrier, and made these the legal rates; that is, those which must be charged to all s

Same as Legal interest.

In determining what is a legal remedy and its adequacy to defeat their equity jurisdiction, the federal courts are guided by the historic distinction between law and equity in thos

In this section, the term "legal representation" means legal counsel and investigative, expert, and other services necessary for competent representation. / In this secti

The term “legal representative” means a parent or an individual who qualifies as a legal guardian under State law.

This formula, 'or his legal representatives,' embrace representatives of the original grantee in the land, by contract, such as assignees or grantees, as well as by operation of la

In Scotch law. The period within which a proprietor is at liberty to redeem land adjudged from him for debt. Bell, Diet. "i LEGAL TENDER. Lawful money which may be tendered in paym

The principle is without application unless the right invaded is a legal right,—one of property, one arising out of contract, one protected against tortious invasion, or one founde

The right of one who pays another’s debt as insurer, guarantor or surety to succeed to his rights. See 168 111. 618, 61 Am. St. Rep. 146, 48 N. E. 161.

That which the law establishes in favor of the nearest relation of a deceased person.

A tender in legal tender notes or United States coin. See 17 Ind. App. 444, 46 N. E. 151.