Category: L

Hidden; concealed; that does not appear upon the face of a thing; as, a latent ambiguity. See Ambiouitt

Lat Latent; hidden; not apparent. See Ambiguitas

Defunct; existing recently, but now dead. Pleasant v. State, 17 Ala. 190. Formerly; recently; lately

An under-ground Burvey

Lat. In the law of bail-ment Gross fault or neglect; extreme negll-gence or carelessness, (nimia neffUgentia.) Dlg. CO, 16, 213, 2

A custom exacted in some fairs and markets to carry things bought whither one will. But it is more accurately taken for the ballast or lading of a ship. Also custom paid for wares sold by the last, as herrings, pitch, etc. wharton

or LA8HLITE. A kind of forfeiture duriug the government of the Danes in England. Enc. Lond

Tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene; relating to sexual impurity; tending to deprave the morals ln respect to sexual relations. See Swearingen v. U. S., 161 U. S. 446, 16 Sup. Ct. 562, 40 L. Ed. 765; U. S. v. Britton (Com. C.) 17 Fed. 733; Dunlop v. U. S., 165 U. S. 486, […]

A native Indian sailor; the term ls also applied to tent pitchers, inferior artillery-men, and others

NS. In old English Uw. Thieves

A marble stone

Lat ln the civU law. A stone-quarry/ Dig. 7, L 9, 2

The act of stoning a person to death

AS. In Spanish law. A commuta-tlon in money, paid by the nobles and high ofilcers, ln lieu of the quota of soldiers they might be required to furnish in war. Tre-vino v. Fernandez, 13 Tex. 660

A sort of base coin, for-merly current in England. Cowell

(Lat. Sick.) In practice. The name of a return made by tbe sheriff when a defendant, whom he has taken by virtue of process, is so dangerously sick that to remove him would endanger his life or. health. 3 Chit Pr. 249, 358

An undergarment made of wool, formerly worn by the monks, which reached to thelr knees. Mon. Angl. 419

A lord of a mahor. 1 Inst 5

Iu Swedish law. A body of common lnw, compiled about the thirteenth century, out of the particular customs of every province; being analogous to the cominon law ot England. 1 Bl. Comm. 66

A monument or erection set up on the boundary line of two adjoining estates, to fix such boundary. The removing of a landmark is a wrong for which an action lies

An expression some-times applied to a piece of land belonging to one persou and surrounded hy land belonging to other persons, so that it cannot be approached except over their land. L. R. 13 Ch. Div. 798; Sweet

A piace on a river or other navigable water for lading and unlading goods, or for tlie reception and delivery of passengers; tbe terminos of a road on a river or other navigable water, for the use of travelers, and the loading and unloading of goods. State v. Randall, 1 Strob. (S. C.) Ill, 47 […]

In old Scotch law. A measurer of land. Skene

Sax. In old English laW. A kind of customary tenant or inferior tenant of a manor. Spelman

A landlord; a lord of the soli

Consisting ln real estate or land; having an estate in land

In old English law. A ditch or trench for conveying water from marshy grounds. Spelman

In old English law. An ancient customary flue, paid either in money or cattle, at every alienation of land lying within some manor, or within the liberty of some borough. CoweU; Blount

In Saxon law. A charter or deed by which lands or tenements were given or held. Spelman; Cowell; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 10

DE, LANDHLAFORD, or LANDRICA. In Saxon law. A proprietor of land; lord of the soil. Anc. Inst Eng

An open field without wood; a lawnd or lawn. Coweli; Blount

A county of England, erected into a county palatine in the reign of Edward III., but now vested ln the crowu

Lat. In the civil law. wool. See Dig. 32, 60, 70, 88

Lands over whlch there ls a right of pasturage by persons other than the owner from about Lammas, or reap-lng tlme, until sowing time, wharton

A cant term on the stock exchange for a person unable to -meet his engagements

In Engllsh law. A degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ln prejudice of the unlverslties. 3 Steph. Comm. 65; 1 Bl. Comm. 381

A work upon the office of a justice of the peace, which, having gone throngh two editions, one ln 1579, the other in 1581, was reprinted ln English in 1599

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A sheep, ram, or ewe under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216

Fr. In Freuch marlue law. A pilot, ord. Mar. liv. 4, tlt. 3

In English law. Those persons who do not inuke a part of the clergy. They are divided into three states: (1) Civil, in-cluding all the nation, except the clergy, the army, and navy, and subdivided into the no-bility and the commonalty; (2) military; (3) maritime, consisting of the navy, wharton

L. Fr. Lay people; a Jury

or LAIRESITE. A fine for adultery or fornication, aneiently iMiid to the lords of some innuora. 4 Inst. 206

Lat. A layman, one who is not in holy orders, or not engaged in the ministry of religion

A roadway ln a wood. Mon. Angl. t 1, p. 483

LAGEMANNUS. An old

In old Engllsh law. Law; also nsed to express the territory or dlstrict in which a particular law was in force, as Dena lagu, Mercna lagu, etc

L. Lat In old English law. A measure of ale. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 11. Said to consist of six sextarles. Cowell

A lawful man; a good and lawful man. A Juror. Cowell

In old English law. A law day; a tlme of open court; the day of the county court; a juridical day