Category: L

Lat. In the civil and canon law. Contestation of suit; the process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; the

“Lobbying” Is defined to be any personal solicitation of a member of a legislative body during a session thereof, by private interview, or letter or message, or other means and appliances not

Lat. In the civil law. Able to respond in an action; good for the amount which the plaintiff might recover. Dig. 50, 10, 234, 1.

L. Fr. London. Yearb. P. 1 Edw. II. p. 4.

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

Lunacy is that condition or habit in which the mind is directed by the will, but is wholly or partially misguided or erroneously governed by it; or it is the im- pairment

In old Roman law. A name given to students of the civil law in the fourth year of their course, from their being supposed capable of solving any difficulty in law. Tayl.

An abbreviation for “Law Judge;” also for “Law Journal.”

In old records. A ditch or dyke; a furrow for a drain; a gap or blank in writing.

In old English law. A law day; a time of open court; the day of the county court; a Juridical day.

The 1st of August It is one of the Scotch quarter days, aud is what is called a “conventional term.”

lie of whom lands or tenements are hold on. He who, being the owner of an estate in land, has leased the same for a term of years, on a rent reserved,

The king’s lard- erer, or clerk of the kitchen. Cowell.

The right of lateral and subjacent support is that right which the owner of land has to have his land supported by the adjoining land or the soil LATERARE 699

Lat. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one’s title or authority. Calvin. In fendal law. To determine or pass upon judicially. Laudamentum, the finding or award

A vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons iu the courts of law.

Fr. Loyal; that which belongs to the law.

In old English law. A lathe-reeve, or chief officer of a lathe. Spelman.

One who makes a will, and leaves legacies

In ecclesiastical law. The quadragesimal fast; a time of abstinence; the time from Ash-Wednesday to Easter.