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Category: L

LINEAL CONSANGUINITY

the term used to describe the blood relationship existing between people who descend in a straight line such as son, father, grandfather.

LAWFUL DISCHARGE

the term used to describe the release of a person from bankruptcy or a debtor from his debts after he has done everything possible to pay his debtors.

LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE

the term that is given to a less severe crime that will be included with the case of the more sever one.

LIS PENDENS

a Latin phrase for a pending suit or a person who has been suspended.

LEVY 1

1. A tax or an assessment. 2. To tax, to assess, to impose a fine upon.

LEGAL DEPENDENT

This term describes the person that you need to support as obliged by the law.

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

the name given to describe the executor, administrator or the person who looks after another person’s affairs.

LEGAL NAME

the term that is given to your first name and your last name . Middle names are considered to be immaterial.

LEVERAGED BUYOUT

term that explains the buying out of a company by using borrowed m money.

LEGALLY DEAD

the term that is the same as presumption of death. See Enoch Arden Laws.

LONG-ARM STATUTE

a term where a law of a state gives its courts jurisdiction over people and property outside the state.

LINEAL DESCENT

the term applied to direct line such as grandfather, son, grandson and is important when a person dies without leaving a will.

LUCID INTERVAL

the term that describes a period in a mentally unbalanced person’s life where they act normally.

LAST RESORT

the term that refers to the court that is the last resort where there can be no appeal.

LIBERTINE

a term applied to a person who is unrestrained morally and sexually.

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