Category: L

LAIRWITE, or LEG-ERWITE. A fine for adultery or fornication, andently paid to the lords of certain manors. 4 Inst. 206

A debauched person. Cowell

Permission obtain* ed from a court to take some action which, without such permission, would not be allow-able; as, to sue a receiver, to file an amended pleading, to plead several pleas. See Cop-perthwalt v. Dummer, 18 N. J. Law, 258

A defense to an action in trespass setting up the consent of the plaintiff to the trespass complained of

L. Fr. Legallty; sufficiency in law. Brltt c. 109

In old Scotch criminal law. An offense consisting in sian-derous and untrue speeches, to the disdain, reproach, and contempt of the king, hls coun-cil and proceedings, etc. Bell

G, or LESING. Gleaning

Legal doctrine. 1 Leon. 77

See Bissextile

L. Fr. Legality; the condi-tion of a legalis homo, or lawful man

L. Fr. Loyal; that which belongs to the law

The waste or diminution of a liquid caused by its leaking from the cask, barrel, or other vessel in which it was placed

1. A treaty of alliance be-tweeu different states or parties. It may be offensive or defensive, or both. It is offensive when the contracting parties agree to unite ln attacking a common enemy; defensive when the parties agree to act In concert in defending each other against an enemy, wharton

A qnestion pnt or framed in such a form as to suggest the answer sought to be obtained by the person interrogating. Coogler v. Rhodes, 38 Fla. 240, 21 South. Ill, 56 Am. St Rep. 170; Gunter v. watson, 49 N. C. 456; Railway Co. v. Hammon, 92 Tex. 509, 50 S. W. 123; Franks […]

That one of two or more counsel employed on the same side ln a cause who has the principal manage-ment of the cause

The title of a French work on marine insurance, by an unknown author, dating back, probably, to the sixteenth century, and said to bave been prepared for the merchants of Rouen. It is noteworthy as heing the earliest treatise on that subject now extant

A species of proof on charges of lmpotency ln France, coitus ooram tes films. Abolished A. D. 1677

A Saxon term for persons of a servile condition

or LAZARETTO. A pest-house, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for vessels coming from countries where such diseases are prevalent

A place for dung or soit

L. Fr. Law

A person learned iu the law; as an attorney, couusel, or solicltor

A vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause Instituted or depend-ing between two private persons in the courts of law

In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 5b

Not subject to law; not con-trolled by law; not authorized by law; not observing the rules and forms of law. See Arkansas v. Kansas A T. Coal Co. (C. C.) 96 Fed. 362

The cutting sev-eral claws of the forefeet of dogs in the for-est, to prevent their running at deer

Legal; warranted or author-ized by the law; having the qualifications prescribed by law; not contrary to nor for-bidden by the law

In Spanish law. A new work. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 32, 1. 1

A laundry or place to wash in; a place in the porch or entrance of cathedral churches, where the priest nnd other officiating ministers were obliged to wash their hands before they proceeded to divine service

Lat Praise be to God. An

1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into, the water, especlally the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. Homer v. The Lady of the ocean, 70 Me. 352

A kind of offensive weapon, now disused, and prohibited by 7 Rich

Frank-pledge. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 17

Lat An arbitrament or award

In Spanish law. The tax paid by the possessor of land held by quit-rent or emphyteusis to the owner of the estate, when the tenant alienates his right ln the property. Escrlche

Lat. An arbltrator; a witness to character

A second mowing; the aftermath

Larceny

The prerogative of ad-judging and executing thieves; also larceny; theft; a thing stolen

The act of robbing; a depredation

Lat In the civil and. old Eng-Ush law. A robber. Dig. 50, 16,118; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, 11. A thief

Lat In the clvll law. A bear-er; a messenger. Also a maker or glver of laws

Lat In the clvll law and old English practice. A lying hid; lurking, or concealment of the person. Dig. 42, 4, 7, 5; Bract fol. 126

In old English practice. A writ whlch issued in personal actlons, on the return of non est inventus to a bill of Mid

An lnterpreter of Latin

A possessor of a large estate made up of smaller ones. Du Cange

To lie sideways, in opposition to lying endways; used in descriptions of lands

The right of lateral and subjacent support is that right which the owner of laud has to have hls land supported by the adjoining land or tbe soil

A lateral road Is one which proceeds from some point on the main trunk between its termlui; lt Is but another name for a branch road, both be-ing a part of the main road. Newhall v. Railroad Co., 14 111. 273

In old records. Sldesmen; companions; assistants. Cowell