Category: L

Habitation in another’s house; apartments in another’s house, furnished or unfurnished, occupied for habitation ; the occupier being termed a “lodger.”

In insnrance. The injury or damage sustained by the insured in consequence of the happening of one or more of the accidents or misfortunes against which the insurer, in consideration of the

and in excess of the expenses incidental to the oilice. See Slate v. Kirk, 44 Ind. 405. 15 Am. Rep. 230; Dailey v. State. 8 Blackf. (ind.) 330; Crawford v. Dunbar, 52

In old English law.A base sort of money, coined beyond sea in the likeness of English coin, and introduced into England in the reign of Edward III. Pro- hibited by St. 25

Fr. There. An adverb of time and place; whereas.

Lat Leze-majes- ty, or injured majesty; high treason. It is a phrase taken from the civil law. and anciently meant any offense against the king’s person or dignity.

Lat. A layman. One who is not in holy orders, or not engaged in the ministry of religion.

An open field without wood; a lawud or lawn. Cowell; Blount

(Lat. Sick.) In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff when a defendant, whom he has taken by virtue of process, is so dangerously sick that to remove him

In old English law, signifies a burden; also a measure of weight used for certain commodities of the bulkier sort.

An interpreter of Latin.

1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. Ilomer

The old law-Freuch words for “the king.”

Gleaning.

Lat. A lawful man ; a person who stands rectus in curia; a person uot outlawed, excommunicated, or infamous. It occurs in the phrase, “probi et legates homines,” (good and lawful men,

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

A greyhound. Cowell.

Fr. In French law. A letter. It is used, like our English “letter,” for a formal instrument giving authority.

The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice to do, pay, or make good something; legal responsibility. Wood v. Currey, 57 Cal. 209; McElfresh v. Kirkendall, 36 Iowa, 225;

A destroyer of liberty.