Law Dictionary

A bill of exchange.

According to the language; following the exact words. Literal construction of a document, adheres closely to the words, making no difterence for- extrinsic circumstances.

In civil law. A contract the whole of the evidence of which is reduced to writing. This contract is perfected by the writing, and binds the party who subscribed it, although he has

In civil law. Written evidence.

The Pisan letter. A term applied to the old character in which the copy of the Pandects formerly kept at Pisa, in Italy, was written. Spelman.

Pertaining to polite learning; connected with the study or use of books and writings. The word "literary," having no legal signification, is to be taken in its ordinary and usual m

In copyright law. An original result of mental production, developed in a series of written or printed words, arranged for an intelligent purpose, in an orderly succession of expre

The interest of an author, or those who claim under him, in his work before or after publication, and with or without copyright. Drone, Copyright, 97. Literary property is the comm

The written letter endures.

In English ecclesiastical law. One who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished in classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Ca

Ad literaturam ponere means to put children to school. This liberty was anciently denied to those parents who were servile tenants, without the lord's consent. The prohibition agai

literature' or the 'arts' mean no more than productions which convey ideas by words, pictures, or drawings

all composition of words, pictorial representation, or notations that are intelligible to any portion of the population, no matter whether their appeal is extensive or esoteric.

Dimissory letters, (q. v.)

A tera ineluding Greek, Latin, general philology, logic, moral philosophy, metaphysics; the name of the principal course of study in the University of Oxford. Wharton.

In maritimes law. A bill of lading. Jac. Sea Laws, 172. Liters scriptsee manent. Written words last,

A term including Greek, Latin, general philology, logic, moral philosophy, metaphysics; the name of the principal course of study in the University of Oxford. Wharton.

In Roman law. The contract of nomen, which was constituted by writing (scriptv/ra). It was of two kmds, viz.: (1) A re in personam, when a traneaction was transferred from the dayb

Dead letters ; fulfilling words of a statute. Lord Bacon observes that "there are in every statute certain words which are as veins, where the life and blood of the statute cometh,

Letters patent; literally, open letters.

1 Bulst. 6. The king's letters patent shall not be void.

SALUTEM, To all te whom the present leiters shall come, greeting, A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced, Cmnis actio est loquela. Every action is

In old English law. Letters procuratory; letters of procuration; letters of attorney. Bract, fols. 40, 43.

In maritime law. A bill of lading. Jac. Sea Laws, 172,

Written words last.

In old English law. Sealed letters. The return of a sheriff was se called. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 64, § 19.

a wage determination by the Secretary contemplates no controversy between parties and no fixing of private rights; the process of arriving at a wage determination contains no sembl

One engaged in a suit; one fond of litigation. LITIGARE (Lat.) To litigate; to carry on a suit (litem agere), either as plaintiff or defendant; to claim or dispute by action; to te

To litigate.

To contend in form of law.

A contest, authorized by law, in a court of justice, for the purpose of enforcing a right. LITIGI08A RES. See "LIb Pendens."

a federal agency approves a development project with potential effects on the environment or on other property owners.

The term “litigation support contractor” means a contractor (including an expert or technical consultant) under contract with the Department of Defense to provide litigation suppor

In Scotch law. The pendency of a suit. It is an implied prohibition of alienation, to the disappointment of an action, or of diligence, the direct object of which is to obtain poss

Span. Litigious; the subject of lltigation; a term applied to property which is the subject of dispute in a pending suit White v. Gay, 1 Tex. 388.

That which is the subject of a suit or action; that which is contested in a court of justice. In another sense, litigious signifies a disposition to sue; a fondness for litigation.

In ecclesiastical law, a church is said to be litigious where two presentations are offered to the bishop upon the same avoidance. Jenk. Cent. 11. —Litigious right.. In the civil l

According to the Civil Code of Louisiana, article 2623, 'A right is said to be litigious whenever there exists a suit and contestation on the same.

In French law. Those which are or may be contested either in whole or in part, whether an action has been commenced, or when there is reason to apprehend one. Poth. Vente, note 584

The measure of damages.

In the Civil and Canon Law. Contestation of suit; the_ process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; the att

Lat. In the civil law. The process by which a purchaser of property, who is sued for its possession or recovery by a third person, falls back upon his vendor's covenant of warranty

In civil law. Ownership, control, or direction of a suit. A fiction of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit was authorized or Justified, he

The control of an action or litigation.

sive In rem, sive in personam sit. The word Us, i. e., a lawsuit, signifies every action, whether in rem or in personam. Co. Litt. 292.

The name “lis” signifies an action, whether in rem or in personam.

Co. Litt. 292. A lawsuit signifies every action, whether it be in rem or in personam.

An obsolete term for the time during which a lawsuit is going on.

In Spanish law. The condition of a suit pending in a court of justice. In order to render this condition valid, it is necessary that the judge be competent to take cognizance of th

(Spanish) The pendency of an action.

Lat. The measure of damages.

L In the civil and old English law. Litigation; the contest between the parties to a suit; a suit or controversy.

The sea-shore. "It is certain that that which the sea overflows, either at high spring tides or at extraordinary tides, comes not, as to this purpose, under the denomination or 'It

The shore is where the greatest wave has come up to from the sea.

A French measure of capacity. It is of the size of a decimetre, or one-tenth part of a cubic metre. It is equal to 61.028 cubic inches. See "Measure." LITTORAL (litus). Belonging t

The term “little cigar” means any roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or any substance containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco which is a cigarette within the meanin

A judge of the reign of Edward IV., who wrote a treatise on tenures, on which Coke wrote a commentary.

Bordering on the shore; pertaining to the shore.

One whose lands border upon tide waters, as distinguished from lands bounding on a watercourse. See "Riparian Proprietors." There appears to be no word or phrase of sufficiently br

By the common law of England, the right of littoral proprietors, bounding on public navigable waters, extended to high-water mark only. But by an ancient ordinance, usually denomin

In civil law. An obliteration or blot in a will or other instrument. Dig. 28. 4. 1. 1. LITUS EST QUOUSQUE MAXIMUS fluctus a mari pervenit. The shore is where LITUS MARIS (Lat.) In

In Old European Law. A person who surrendered himself Into another’s power; a kind of servant. Top. c./ 7. Qua fluctus adludit. Qulnct. lib. 5, c. ult. Quousffue maximus fluctus a

The shore is where the highest wave from the sea has reached. Dig. 50, 16, 96. Ang. Tide-Waters, 67.

The shore of the sea.

“Litvinov Assignment” means (A) the communication dated November 16, 1933, from Maxim Litvinov to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wherein the Soviet Government assigned to the Gov

Where, in the gift of a hou.se, there was a condition that the donee should “live and reside” therein, it was held that the word “live” added nothing to Its point. T. & R. 530.

Means of subsistence or maintaining life; means of living. 3 Atk. 399; Torbert v. Twining, 1 Yeates (Pa.) 432. See 16 East 147; 5 L. J. Ex. 263.

Maintenance; support.

The term “live poultry dealer” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining live poultry by purchase or under a poultry growing arrangement for the purpose of either slaug

In Englishlaw. This was the third officer of the Duchy court. Bac. Abr. “Attorney.”

In English law. The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capita or by knight's service. The name of a writ which lay for the heir of age to obta

In Feudal Law. The delivery of the property of a ward in chivalry out of the guardian’s hands, upon

The transfer of possession in sight of, but not by actual physical entry upon, the land.

A liveryman who hires out a horse and driver is a private, and not a common, carrier. He is required only to “exercise the usual care, skill and diligence ordinarily exercised by t

A member of some company in the city of London; also called a “freeman.”

In Old English Law. An office for the delivery of lands.

In estates. A delivery of possession of lands, tenements, and hereditaments unto one entitled to the same. This was a ceremony used in the common law for the conveyance of real est

under the civil law, is necessary to transfer titles. Livery of seizin is the controlling fact.

A place where horses and vehicles are kept to be let to the public. See 30 La. Ann. 1095. Though some other related business may be carried on, as the boarding of horses for hire,

One whose business it la to keep horses for hire or to let, or to keep, feed, or board horses for others. Kittanning Borough v. Montgomery, 5 Pa. Super. Ct. 198.

The term "livestock" means cattle, elk, reindeer, bison, horses, deer, sheep, goats, swine, poultry (including egg-producing poultry), llamas, alpacas, live fish, crawfis

In this subsection, the term “livestock commodity” includes cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry, including pasture, rangeland, and forage as a source of feed for that livestoc

See Insurance.

The term “livestock producer” means— (A) a person that is actively engaged in farming and that receives a substantial amount of total income from the production of grain or livesto

The term “livestock products” means all products and byproducts (other than meats and meat food products) of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry derived in whole or in part

A child en ventre sa mere held to be living. See 32 Mass. 255, 26 Am. Dec. 598. See En ventre sa mere.

As used in this section, the term “living marine resources” includes fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds and other waterfowl.

“living stage” includes the egg, pupal, and larval stages as well as any other living stage; and / “Living stage” includes the egg, pupal, and larval stages as well as any other li

In a bequest to a servant the phrase “living with me” does not mean living in the testator’s house but living in his service. 22 L. J. Ch. 155.

In Saxon law. Bewitchig any person; also a barbarous sacrifice,

(Law Lat.) In old European law. To beat; to bruise by beating. Marculf. lib. 1, form. 29.

A book; a pound weight.

In common law. A coin used in France before the revolution. It is to be computed, in the ad valorem duty on goods, etc., at eighteen and a half cents. Act March 2, 1798,, § 61 (1 S

Law judge.

The reduplicated form of the abbreviation "L." for "law," used as a plural. It ls generally used in citing old collections of statute law; as "LL. Hen. I."

(also L. Lat.) and L. F. (also In Fr.) are used as abbreviations of the terms "Law Latin" and "Law French."

Abbreviations used to denote, respectively, the three academic degrees in law,—bachelor, master, and doctor of laws.

A league or association.

A mutual fire and marine insurance association, the members underwriting each other's policies.

An association in the city of London, the members of which underwrite each other's policies. 2 Steph. Com., 11th ed. 138, n. The name is derived from Lloyd's coffee house, the grea