Category: L

A member of the human body. In the phrase “life and limb,” the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of “mayhem” it refers only to

A docket or calendar of causes ready for trial or argument, or of motions ready for hearing.

In Scotch law. The pendency of a suit; it is a tacit legal prohibition of alienation, to the disappointment of an action, or of diligence, the direct object of which is to

An association in the city of London, for the transaction of marine insur- ance, the members of which underwrite each other’s policies. See Durbrow v. Eppens, 05 N. J. Law, 10, 40

Fr. In French marine law. A local pilot whose business was to assist the pilot of the vessel in guiding her course into a harbor, or through a river or channel. Martin

In old records. A lodge, hovel, or outhouse.

A ram or bell-wether. Cowell.

Lnt. In the civil law. Light; the light of the sun or sky; the privilege of receiving light into a house. A light or window.

Lying In ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a suddeu and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, where there

An ancient writ against persons who refused to serve and do labor, and who had no means of living; or against such as, having served in the winter, refus- ed to serve

Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated “quadragesimalia.” Wharton.

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

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

Lat. In the civil law. A stone-quarry. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 2.

This word has been held to have “a very large retrospect, as we say ‘lately deceased’ of one dead ten or twenty years.” Per. Cur. 2 Show. 294.

Lat. In the civil and old English law. A robber. Dig. 50. 10, 118; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38.

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

Among the various cases that are argued and determined in the courts, some, from their important character, have demanded more than usual attention from the judges, and from this circumstance are frequently

In Spanish law. A person appointed by competent authority to read and decipher ancient writings, to the end that they may be presented on the trial of causes as documents entitled to

Lat. In tlxe civil law. One to whom a thing is bequeathed; a legatee or legatary. lust. 2, 20, 2, 4, 5, 10; Bract, fol. 40. In old European law. A legate,