Category: L

L Lat A leper

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

A greyhound. CoweU

A custom in the man-or of wrlttle, in Essex, that every cart which

Lat. An at-tempted partnership, ln which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share ln the profits. This was a void partnership in Roman law; and, apparently, it would also be void as a partnership in English law, as being inherently inconsistent with the notion of partnership. (Dig. 17, 2, 29, […]

A tax for supplylng the church with lights. Anc. Inst. Eng

In old European law. A vas-sal, or llege man; servlce; a were or were-gild. Spelman

People; a people; a nation. Spelman

In ecclesiastical law. The quad-ragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from A6h-wednesday to Easter

He from whom a thing is bor-rowed. The bailor of an article loaned

To part with a thing of value to another for a time fixed or indefinite, yet to have some time in ending, to be used or en-joyed by that other, the thing itself or the equivalent of it to be given back at the time fixed, or when lawfully asked for, with or without compensation […]

In old English law. A fugitive or runaway

An officer under the Sax-on government, who had jurisdiction over a lath. Enc. Lond. See Lath

A person skilled ln law, (in legibus versatus;) one versed in the forms of iaw. Calvin

In old records. A flne for crlminal conversatlon with a woman

Lat In Roman law. I bequeath. A common term in wills. Dig. 30, 36, 81, et seq

Lawful; legitimate. Legitimus hares et fllius est quem nuptia demo nst rant, a lawful son and heir ls he whom the marriage points out to be lawfuL Bract fol. 63

The making legltt-mate or lawful that which was not originally so; especially the act of legalizing tbe status of a bastard

Lawful blrth; the con-dition of being born ln wedlock; the opposite of illegitimacy or bastardy. Davenport v. CaldweU, 10 S. 0. 837; Pratt v. Pratt, 5 Mo. App. 54L

Lat A person skill-ed or learned in the law; a lawyer or advo-cate. Feud! lib. 2, fit 1

The department, assembly, or body of men that makes laws for a state or natlon; a legislative body

Making or giving laws; pertainlng to the function of law-making or to the process of enactment of laws. See Evansville v. State, 118 Ind. 426, 21 N. BL 267, 4 L. R. A. 03

The act of giving or enacting laws. State ?. Hyde, 121 Ind. 20, 22 N. B. 644

In old records. Litigious, and so subjected to a course of law. CowelL

Lat Released from the laws; not bound by the laws. An expression applied ln the Roman civil law to the emperor. Calvin

Lat. .Accusative of lex, law. occurring itt various legal phrases, as follows

Lat. In tbe oivil law. A legacy; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir. Inst. 2, 20, 1

one who makes a will, and leaves legacies

Nuncios, deputies, or extraordinary ambassadors sent by the pope to. be

The person to whom a legacy is given. See Legacy

iAt In tbe civU law

Lat In the clvll and old English law. To bequeath; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation of death. In Scoteh phrase, to legate

The

Lawfully; according to law

To make legal or lawful; to confirm or validate what was before void or uniawful; to add the sanction and authority of law to that which before was without or against law

The act of legalizing or making legal or lawful. See Legalize

or LEGALNESS. Lawfulness

Lawful mouey of England. 1 lnst. 207

1. Conforming to the law; according to law; required or permitted by law; not forbidden or discountenanced by law; good and effectual ln law

A bequest or glft of personal property by last wlll and testament Browne v. Cogswell, 5 Allen (Mass.) 557; Evans v. Price, 118 111. 593, 8 N. E. 854; Probate Court v. Matthews, 6 Vt 274; In re Karr, 2 How. Prac. N. S. (N. Y.) 400; Nye v. Grand Lodge. 9 Ind. App. 131, […]

In old Engllsh law. That whlch may be bequeathed. CowelL

or LACTA. The alloy of money. Spelman

Meetlngs whlch were appointed for the nomiu ation or election of eccleslastlc-al officers in Scotland. Cowell

In Ehigiish law. The name of a court of criminal jurisdiction, formerly of much importance, but latterly fallen into dis-use. See Coubt-Lket

The rising water or Increase of the sea

In old English law. A lathe-reeve, or chief ofiicer of a lathe. Spel-man

A book of accounts in which a trader enters the names of all persons with whom he has dealings; there being two par-ailel columns in each account, one for the en-tries to the debit of the person charged, the other for his credits. Into this book are posted the items from the day-book or journal

An Instructor; a reader of lectures; also a clergyman who assists rect-ore, etc., ln preaching, etc

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

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