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LEGIOSUS

In old records. Litigious, and so subjected to a course of law. Cowell. Legis constructio non facit injuriam. Co. Litt. 183. The construction of law does no injury. Legis interpretatio legis vim

LEGULEIUS

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

LESPEGEND

An inferior officer in forests to take care of the vert and venison therein, etc. Wharton.

LEVARI FACIAS

Lat. A writ of execution directing the sheriff to cause to be made of the lands and chattels of the judgment debtor the sum recovered by the judgment. Pentland v. Kelly, 6

LIBELEE

A party against whom a libel has been filed In an ecclesiastical court or In admiralty.

LIBERTY

1. Freedom; exemption from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of the individual

LICENTIATE

One who has license to practice any art or faculty.

LIEN

A qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor, as security for the debt or charge or for performance of some act. In every

LIGHTER

A small vessel used in loading and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. SIS; Reed v. Ingham, 20 Eng. Law & Eq. 107.

LINEAL

That which comes in a line; especially a direct line, as from father to son. Collateral relationship is not called “lineal,” though the expression “collateral line,” is not unusual.

LITERA

Lat. A letter. The letter of a law, as distinguished from its spirit. See LETTER.

LITIS DENUNCIATIO

Lat. In the civil law. The process by which a purchaser of property, who is sued for ils possession or recovery by a third person, falls back upon his vendor’s covenant of

LOCAL

Relating to place; expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from “general,” “personal,” and “transitory.”

LOCUS

Lat. A place; the place where a thing is done.

LONG

In various compound legal terms (see infra) this word carries a meaning not essentially different from its signification in the vernacular. In the language of the stock exchange, a broker or speculator

LOWERS

Fr. In French maritime law. Wages. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 14, art. 16.

LUMPING SALE

As applied to judicial sales, this term means a sale in mass, as where several distinct parcels of real estate, or several articles of personal property, are sold together for a “lump”

LYON KING OF ARMS

In Scotch law. The ancient duty of this officer was to carry public messages to foreign states, and it Is still the practice of the heralds to make all royal proclamations at

LABEL

Anything appended to a larger writing, as a codicil; a narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed or writ, in order to hold the appending seal. In the vernacular,

LJESIO ULTRA DIMIDIUM VEL EN- ORMIS

In Roman law. The injury sustained by one of the parties to an onerous contract when he had been overreached by the other to the extent of more than one- half of

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