Category: L

A body of primitive Wes- leyans. who assumed importance about the time of John Wycliffe, (1300,) and were very successful in disseminating evangelical truth ; but, being implicated (apparently against their will)

In old European law, jurisdiction of petty offenses, as distinguished from “high justice,” (q. v.)

A lamp or candle set burning on the altar of any church or chapel, for the maintenance whereof lands and rent- charges wfere frequently given to parish churches, etc. Keuuett, Gloss.

This statute (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders marriages within the prohibited degrees absolutely null and void. Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely.

L. This letter, as a Roman numeral, stands for the number “fifty.” It is also used as an abbreviation for “law,” “liber,” (a book,) “lord,” and some other words of which it

Negligence, consisting in the omission of something which a party might do, and might reasonably be expected to do, towards the vindication or enforcement of his rights. The word is generally the

from the Saxon “lag.” Law; a law.

In English law. A degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in prejudice of the universities. 3 Steph. Comm. 65; 1 Bl. Comm. 381.

A place on a river or other navigable water for lading and unlading goods, or for the reception and delivery of passengers; the terminus of a road on a river or other

n. In ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right to present or collate to a vacant benefice from a person vested with such right to another, in consequence of some

In old records. Sidesmen; companions; assistants. Cowell.

Larceny.

The cutting several claws of the forefeet of dogs in the forest, to prevent their running at deer.

1. A treaty of alliance between different states or parties. It may be offensive or defensive, or both. It is offensive when the contracting parties agree to unite in attacking a common

In mining law. This term, as used in the mining laws of the United States (Rev. St

his representatives and to exercise his jurisdiction in countries where the Roman Catholic Church is established by law.

An officer under the Saxon government, who had jurisdiction over a lath. Enc. Lond. See LATH.

Fr. In French maritime law. Ballast. Ord. Mar. liv. 4, tit. 4, art. 1.

In Roman law. A husband’s brother; a wife’s brother-in-law. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. To free or set free; to liberate; to give one his liberty. Calvin. In old English law. To deliver, transfer, or hand over. Applied to writs, panels