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A commission authorized by congress, consisting of two Officers of the navy, two Officers of the corps of engineers of the army, and two civilians, together with an officer of the

The term “lighting system” means the elements required to maintain a desired light level, including lamps, light fixtures, fixture distribution, sensors and control technologies, i

Port-dues imposed upon vessels entering a port, applicable to lighthouse charges. See Tonnage Tax.

the term “light pipe” means a device designed to transport visible solar radiation from its collection point to the interior of a building while excluding interior heat gain in the

Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light than to look out of. 6 J. B. Moore, 47; 9 Bing. 305. See "Ancient Lights." Lamps carried on board vessels,

LIGHT-VESSEL. <A vessel serving the purpose of a light-hougs, usually at a place where the latter could not weil be built.

A vessel serving the purpose of a light-house, usually at a place where the latter could not well be built.

The term “Light Station” means Piedras Blancas Light Station.

The terms &quot;passenger vehicle&quot;, &quot;light truck&quot;, and &quot;heavy truck&quot; have the meanings given those terms in article 1 of the automotive appendix. / The ter

(Spanish) That which is in dispute in a suit. See 1 Tex. 384.

A tie or bond allegiance. stones are not contained under the name of arms. Bracton, 144b.

Sticks and stones are not contained under the name of "arms." Bract, fol. 144b.

Sticks and stones are not included in the term “arms.”

The right to gather firewood.

Timber fit for building. Du Fresne.

“lignite coal” means consolidated lignitic coal having less than 8,300 British thermal units per pound, moist and mineral matter free;

The term “lignocellulosic feedstock” means any portion of a plant or coproduct from conversion, including crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural residues not specifically

Wood; firewood.

In old English, law. A copy, exemplification, or transcript of a court roll or deed. Cowell.

Labels do not differentiate products for the purpose of determining grade or quality, even though the one label may have more customer appeal and command a higher price in the mark

either: (a) [a] substantial risk that physical harm will be inflicted by an individual upon his own person, as evidenced by threats or attempts to commit suicide or inflict physica

In like manner; also; moreover; top. State Bank v. Ewing, 17 Ind. 71. When used at the beginning of a sentence in a will the word sometimes denotes a severance of what follows from

Ordinarily, only a member useful in fight, and the loss of which would amount to mayhem at common law. 1 Bl. Comm. 130. Sometimes metaphorically used for general physical safety. L

The term “lime” means the fruit of a citrus latifolia tree for the fresh market.

In Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38.

A bound, a restraint, a circumscription, a boundary. Casler v. Ins. Co., 22 N. Y. 429. See 11 C. B. N. S. 6.37. In a deed the words limit and appoint may operate as words of grant

2. <A bound; a restraint; a circumscription; a boundary. 22N. Y. 429.

/. In old English law. To limit; to fix a boundary or period,

A limitation.

Limitation, as used in such statutes, means a bar to the alleged right of the plaintiff to recover in the action created by or arising out of the lapse of a certain time after the

WORDS OF. Those which operate by reference to, or in connec. tion with, other words, and extend or modify an estate given by such other worda, as “heirs,” “heirs of the body.”

A limitation in law, or an estate limited, is an estate to be holden only during the continuance of the condition under which it was granted, upon the determination of which the es

lapse of the statutory period 'not only bars the remedy, but destroys the liability.' The cause of action, the very foundation for relief, is extinguished.

See Statute of limitations .

In old practice. A certain time prescribed by statute, within which a man was required to allege himself or his ancestor to have been seised of lands sued for by a writ of assize.

It was in the power of the carrier under the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended, to limit liability even in case of negligence by affording the shipper an opportunity to pay a hi

The restriction or circumscription of an estate, in the conveyance by which it is granted, in respect to the interest of the grantee or its duration; the specific curtailment or co

The limitation of an estate either by a conditional limitation with a limitation over or by a condition without one. See Limitation ; Conditional limitation; Estate upon condition.

Statutory provisions (46 USCA §§ 182–188) for limitation of liability should be construed liberally in order to effectuate their beneficent purposes.

The proceeding partakes in a way of the features of a bill to enjoin the multiplicity of suits, a bill in the nature of an interpleader, and a creditor's bill. It looks to a comple

There are no words in the will which restrain the dying without issue to the time of the death of the legatee. The remainder over is to take effect whenever either of the immediate

Of Actions. The statutory restriction of the time within which action may be brought. Of Criminal Prosecutions. The statutory restriction of the time within which indictment may be

for example, the principle of "fair use" (§ 107), permission for limited library archival reproduction (§ 108), and the doctrine at issue here, the "first sale" doctrine (§ 109).

But to the power of pardoning there are limitations. The king cannot, by any previous license, make an offence dispunishable which is malum in se, i. e. unlawful in itself, as bein

Restricted; bounded; prescrib-

The term “limited access privilege”— (A) means a Federal permit, issued as part of a limited access system under section 1853a of this title to harvest a quantity of fish expressed

The term “limited access system” means a system that limits participation in a fishery to those satisfying certain eligibility criteria or requirements contained in a fishery manag

Special administration. See "Administration."

The term “limited buydown” means, subject to the conditions described in section 603(b)(4)(C), a buydown of the interest rate by the obligor if the interest rate has increased betw

A company in which the liability of the members for its debts is limited.

A divorce a meMSttet thoro. See "Divorce."

The term “limited download” means a digital transmission of a sound recording of a musical work in the form of a download, where such sound recording is accessible for listening on

“limited emergency appointee” means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment, not to exceed 18 months, to a Senior Executive Service position established to meet a

The term “limited English proficient” has the meaning given the term “English learner” in section 7801 of this title . / The term “limited English proficient” has the meaning given

For purposes of this subsection, the term “limited entrepreneur” means a person who— (A) has an interest in an enterprise other than as a limited partner, and (B) does not actively

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “limited equity cooperative housing” means any dwelling unit which a person is entitled to occupy by reason of his ownership of stock in a

An executor whose appointment is qualified by limitations as to the time or place wherein, or the subject-matter whereon, the office is to be exercised; as distinguished from one w

A general term, opposed to fee simple, and covering all qualified or conditional estates of inheritance in lands. It includes base fees, conditional fees, and fees tail. 2 Bl. Comm

As used in this subsection, the term “limited global import quota” means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.

Limited incumbent air carrier.—The term “limited incumbent air carrier” has the meaning given that term in subpart S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; except tha

See "Jurisdiction."

Normally the corporation is an insulator from liability on claims of creditors. The fact that incorporation was desired in order to obtain limited liability does not defeat that pu

The term “limited liability company” means a business entity that is organized and operating in accordance with a State limited liability company law approved by the Secretary. / t

That contracts for limited liability, when fairly made, do not contravene the settled principles of the common law preventing the carrier from contracting against its liability for

It contains the fundamental provision on which the others turn. It broadly declares that 'the liability ... for any ... damage ... occasioned without the privity or knowledge of su

The term “limited-life regulated entity” means an entity established by the Agency under section 4617(i) of this title with respect to a Federal Home Loan Bank in default or in dan

One whose title In lands is less than a fee simple.

One wherein the liability of one or more of the members is, by compliance with certain statutory provisions, limited to the amount of their contribution to the capital stock. The t

Except as provided in paragraph (5), as used in this subsection, the term “limited partnership rollup transaction” means a transaction involving the combination or reorganization o

The term “limited recipient” means any legal entity established under State or Federal law benefiting more than twenty-five natural persons.

The term “limited retail dealer” means any fraternal, civic, church, labor, charitable, benevolent, or ex-servicemen's organization making sales of distilled spirits, wine or beer

The term “limited risk plan” means a prescription drug plan that provides basic prescription drug coverage and for which the PDP sponsor includes a modification of risk level descr

“limited term appointee” means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment for a term of 3 years or less to a Senior Executive Service position the duties of which wil

the term “limited time appointee” means an annuitant appointed under a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less. / the term “limited time appointee” means an annuitant appoi

it would be a judgment rendered by a court, not of inferior, but only limited, jurisdiction, and the merits would have been investigated and decided by consent... There, though jud

In subparagraph (A), the term “limiting charge” means, with respect to a service furnished— (i) in 1989, 125 percent of the amount specified for the service in the appropriate fee

This, of course, does not mean that a prescribed rate of duty can be escapted by resort to disguise or artifice. When it is found that the article imported is in fact the article d

Mandamus has never been regarded as the proper writ to control the judgment and discretion of an officer as to the decision of a matter which the law gave him the power and imposed

Though the court may possess jurisdiction of a cause, of the subject-matter, and of the parties, it is still limited in its modes of procedure, and in the extent and character of i

The principle involved in these decisions is that where the legislative action is arbitrary and has no reasonable relation to a purpose which it is competent for government to effe

Enamel. Du Cange.

In old English law. A flax plat, where flax is grown. Du Cange.

An ion of court See Inns of Court.

No carrier shall undertake the construction of a new line or of an extension of any line, or shall acquire or operate any line, or extension thereof, or shall engage in transmissio

A line.

Race; progeny; family, ascending or descending.

In a direct line.

Descents are, as is well known, of two sorts; lineal, as from father or grandfather to son or grandson, and collateral as from brother to brother, and cousin to cousin, &c.

That kind of consanguinity which subsists between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other; as between a particular person and his father, grandfather, grea

The term “lineal descendant” means an individual that can trace, directly and without interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the traditional kinship system of an Indi

Descent in a right line, as where an estate descends from an-.cestor to heir in one line of succession, as opposed to collateral descent, which is descent in a transverse or zigzag

A warranty by ancestor from whom the title did or might have come to heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 301; Rawle, Gov. 30; 2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 360. Thus, a warrant by an elder son during lifet

In the civil law. The oblique line. More commonly termed "linea transversalis."

A straight line; a line of direct descent.

Co. Litt. 158. A right line is a test of itself, and of an oblique; law is a line of right.

A direct line is its own index and that of an oblique; law is a line of right.

A direct line of descent is always preferred to a collateral one.

The right line is always preferred to the collateral. Co. Litt. 10; Broom, Max. 529.

The direct line ; the vertical line. In computing degrees of kindred and the succession to estates, this term denotes the direct line of ascendants and descendants. Where a person

A collateral line.