Lie
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
To lie. To be available, proper. To lie in: to be capable of, to consist in; v. Corporeal, Bender. Lie in franchise. Waifs, ■wrecks, estrays, and the like, which the persons entitled thereto may seize without the aid of a court, are said to lie iu franchise. Property which passes, and must pass, by deed or charter, such as incorporeal hereditaments, is said to lie in grant; as opposed to fees and freeholds in the land itself, which lie in livery.