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LACEY ACT

the name of a federal statute that enforces game laws.

LEGACY LAPSED

This ism the term that is given to the situation where a legatee dies before the person who made the will.

LIBERTINE

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

LIFE FETAL

a phrase that means life before birth where the foetus is in its 5th or 6th month and is possible to live after birth.

LEGAL MALICE

the term used to describe the intentional performance to do a wrongful act. There is constructive malice, malice in law.

LAND WARRANT

the name that is given to a guarantee that is issued by the federal government land office to the purchasers of public land.

LAW SCHOOL

the term given to the learning establishment where people study to be attorneys.

LEGAL INSANITY

the term given to the mental illness and incapacity to a person to a degree that that the law will recognise the person to be insane.

LETTER RULING

a term used for the statement from a tax official to a tax payer giving the interpretation of tax laws.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

the term that is given tom the people who are responsible for keeping the peace such as sheriffs and the police.

LEGACY TRUST

the name that is given to a legacy to a trustee to be held in trust and the income earned will go to the beneficiaries.

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