Law Dictionary

The term “legislative days” means only days on which either House of Congress is in session. / The term “legislative days” means any calendar day on which either House of Congress

By dedicating the lands thus acquired to a particular public use, Congress declared a public policy, but did not purport to deprive itself of the power to change that policy by dev

That department ofgovernment whose appropriate function is the making or enactment of laws, as distinguished from the judicial department, which interprets and applies the laws, an

where a legislature enacts a specific rule for fixing a rate of taxation, by which rule the rate is mathematically deduced from facts and events occurring within the year and creat

The expectations of those who sought the enactment of legislation may not be used for the purpose of affixing to legislation when enacted a meaning which it does not express.

The essentials of the legislative function are the determination of the legislative policy and its formulation as a rule of conduct. Those essentials are preserved when Congress sp

Whether and to what extent deductions shall be allowed depends upon legislative grace; and only as there is clear provision therefor can any particular deduction be allowed.

Grants made by a Legislature are not warranties; and the rule universally applied in determining their effect is, that if the thing granted was not in the grantor at the time of th

If the legislature possessed the authority to make such a grant and confirmation, it is very clear to our minds that it vested an indefeasible and irrevocable title. We have no kno

It is the purpose and office of the doctrine of legislative immunity, having its roots as it does in the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, that legislators engaged 'in t

As used in this section, the term “legislative information” means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consisting of the text of publicly available bills, amendment

We are not required to be sure of the precise reasons for [the legislature's] exercise [of power], or be convinced of the wisdom of its exercise. ... the constitutional validity of

A member of the legislative body or department of a state'or municipal corporation. See Prosecuting Attorney v. Judge of Recorder's Court, 69 Mich. 529, 26 N. W. 694.

Legislative power, as distinguished from executive power, is the authority to make laws, but not to enforce them or appoint the agents charged with the duty of such enforcement. Th

It is the duty and function of the legislature to discern and correct evils, and by evils we do not mean some definite injury, but obstacles to a greater public welfare.

That a legislative presumption of one fact from evidence of another may not constitute a denial of due process of law or a denial of the equal protection of the law it is only esse

A member of the general assembly is, undoubtedly, privileged from arrest, summons, citation, or other civil process, during his attendance on the public business confided to him. A

the necessity and expediency of the taking of property for public use 'are legislative questions, no matter who may be charged with their decision, and a hearing thereon is not ess

ratification by the legislature is in all respects equivalent to original authority, and cures all defects of power, if such defects existed, and all irregularities in its executio

the legislative approval of existing regulations by reenactment of the statutory provision to which they appertain gives such regulations the force of law

In establishing a rule of general application, it is not a condition of its validity that there be adduced evidence of its appropriateness in respect to every railroad to which it

One who makes lawis; a member of the legislature (g, v.).

RE. bus et non verbis, legem imponere. The voice of legislators is a living voice, to impose laws on things, and not on words. 10 Coke, 101.

That of the legislators is the living voice to impose law upon things and not upon words.

the people") is so outrageously wrong, so utterly devoid of textual or historic support, so flatly in contradiction of prior Supreme Court cases, so obviously the willful product o

the State's lawmaking body of elected representatives, acting independently of restrictions imposed by state law.

IN execution oi his office, either to fly or retreat. 6 Coke, 68.

A servant of the law is not bound, in the execution of his office, either to flee or to retreat.

The minister of the law is bound, in the execution of his office, not to fly nor to retreat Branch, Prine,

One learned in the law.

(Scotch) The share of the children in the father’s movable property.

The state Of being born in wedlock; that is, in a lawful manner.

Lawful power. Same as Liege poustie.

being exactly as proposed: neither spurious nor false," which does not describe respondents' claims in this case.

To confer legitimacy; to place a child born out of wedlock on the footing of those born in wedlock.

[U]nless the employer who refuses to reinstate strikers can show that his action was due to 'legitimate and substantial business justifications,' he is guilty of an unfair labor pr

Children bom in lawful wedlock and their descendants, not including collateral heirs or issue in indefinite succession. Lytle v. Beveridge, 58 N. Y. 605; Prindle v. Beveridge, 7 La

In this clause, the term “legitimate business” means a real, active, and operating commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking that the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole discretion,

all" uses of drugs unrelated to "addiction and recreational abuse." "Ante," at 274.

the full effect of §6 [of the Clayton Act] is that a group of farmers acting together as a single entity in an association cannot be restrained 'from lawfully carrying out the legi

I. In English law. Illegitimacy; lawful birth.

The act of givhig the character of legitimate children to those who were not so born. This was formerly effected (1) By subsequent marriage of the parents, Hunter, Introd. Rom. Law

The legitimation of a bastard by the subsequent marriage of his parents. Bell.

Legitimation by subsequent marriage (of the parents of the bastard).

In civil law. That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal oause. The Civil Code of Louisiana declares that donations inter vivos or

It is necessary to obey une who lawfully commands.

Lat In Roman law. Legitimate heirs; the agnate relations of the estate-leaver; so called because the inheritance was given to them by a law of the Twelve Tables.

I. I. In old English law. Legitimacy; the condition of being lawfully born.

To make lawful; to legitimate.

Lawful; legitimate. Legitimus haeres et filius est quern nuptiae demonstrant, a lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bracton, fol. 63. LEGO (Lat.) I

A lawful son and heir is one whom the marriage shows to be such.

A lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bract fol. 63.

He reads as a clerk. The answer made by the ordinary to the question legit vel non, importing that the prisoner could read, and was entitled to benefit of clergy. Dyer, 205. LEGIT

Does he read or notf i. e., Is he entitled to benefit of clergy?

Fr. A ■ church " warden, (q. V.) Cowell. GUARDIAN (or GARDEYNE) OF

I. A person skilled in law.,

I bequeath.

A fine for criminal conversation with a woman. Whart. Lex. LEGES (Lat). in Civil Law. Laws proposed by a magistrate of the senate and adopted by the whole people in comitia centuri

The title of a French work on marine insurance, by an unknown author, dating back, probably, to the sixteenth century, and said to have bcen prepared for the merchants of Rouen. It

One learned in the law.

The term “legume” means forage legumes (such as alfalfa or clover) or any legume grown for use as a forage or green manure, but not including any bean crop from which the seeds are

The German feudal law. 1 Poll. & Maltl. 214.

See Lathbeeve.

In Saxon law. An ofl Scer who had jurisdiction over a lathe. Cowell. LEIPA (Law Lat.) In old English law. A fugitive or runaway. LL. Hen. I. c. 43. Spelman. Possibly the root of "e

A fugitive from justice.

The law of God and the law of the land are all one; and both preserve and favor the common and public good of the land. Keilw. 191.

The law of God and the law of the land are all one, and both the one and the other preserve and favor the common and public good of the land.

1 J. H. 6, 63. The law Is the highest inheritance that the king possesses, for by the law bath he and ali his subjects are ruled; and, if there were no law, there would be neither

The law is the highest inheritance which the king has, for by the law he himself and all his subjects are ruled, and if there were no law, there would be neither king nor inheritan

He from whom a thing is borrowed. The bailor of an article loaned. See Bailment; Loan.

“Lend” includes a purchase coupled with an agreement by the vendor to repurchase; “borrow” includes a sale coupled with a similar agreement.

the term “lender” means a person or government agency making a real property loan or any assignee or transferee, in whole or in part, of such a person or agency; / Lender.—The term

the term “lender paid mortgage insurance” means private mortgage insurance that is required in connection with a residential mortgage transaction, payments for which are made by a

The term “lending and finance business” means a trade or business of— (I) making loans, (II) purchasing or discounting accounts receivable, notes, or installment obligations, (III)

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for purposes of subsection (c)(6), the term "lending or finance business" means a business of— (i) making loans, (ii) purchasing o

Tosummon tenants to serve at the lord’s courts, to bring corn to be ground at his mill.

The term “length” means— (A) for any high seas fishing vessel built after July 18, 1982, 96 percent of the total length on a waterline at 85 percent of the least molded depth measu

It is certainly true, that length of time is no bar to a trust clearly established; and in a case where fraud is imputed and proved, length of time ought not, upon principles of et

When Congress leaves to the Judiciary the task of imputing to Congress an undeclared will, the ambiguity should be resolved in favor of lenity. It may fairly be said to be a presup

The annual forty days of penitence and fast from Ash Wednesday until Easter. Easter is a movable feast; its date, in each year, fixes the period of Lent. It was first commanded to

The people; the country.

A vassal; a liege man.

A tax for lighting the church. LEONINA SOCIETAS (Lat.) An attempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share in the profits, This was a void pa

I. The lion's partnei'sbip, — a partnership in which one party has all the benefit

A lion’s partnership, wherein one partner shares the profits but not the losses.

Lat. An at tempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no shiare in the profits. This was a void partnership in Rotnan law; and, apparently, it wou

A custom in the manor of Writtle in Essex, that every cart, except that of a nobleman, which went over Greenbury within that district should pay 4d. to the lord. Blount.

A greyhound. Cowell.

A place where hares are kept Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 1035.

See De leproso amovendo .

L. Lat. A leper. —Leproso amovendo. An ancient writ that lay to remove a leper or lazar, who thrust himself into the company of his neighbors in any parish, either in the church or

An ancient writ that lay to remove a leper or lazar who thrust himself into the company of his neigh-

A legacy given' to the diurch or an accustomed mortuary. CowelL

More remote Seirs. The kinsmen other than children or descendants.

The king assents. This is the formula used in England, and formerly in France, when the king approved of a bill passed by the legislature. 1 Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 52.

The old law-French words for "the king." —Le roi vent en deliberer. The king will deliberate on it. This is the formula which the king of the French used when he intended to veto a

The king will consider of it. This phrase is used by the English monarch when he gives his dissent to an act passed by the lords and commons. The same formula was used by the late

The king will deliberate on it. This is the formula which the king of the French used when he intended to veto an act of the legislative assembly. 1 Toullier, no. 42.

The king wijl deliberate on it. This is the formula which the late French king used when he intended to veto an act of the legislative assembly. 1 Tou Uier, Dr. Civ. note 42. LE RO

or ROY. The old law-French words for “the king.”