LOCMAN
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
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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
In Indian computation, 100,000. The value of a lac of rupees is about
A division or district peculiar to the county of Kent. Spelman.
A work printed in 1568, containing the Anglo- Saxon laws, those of William the Conqueror, and of Henry I.
A name formerly given to those who executed justice ou behalf of the German emperors, with regard to the internal policy of the country. It was applied, by way of eminence, to
A marble stone about twelve feet long and three feet broad, placed at the upper end of Westminster Ilull, where was likewise a marble chair erected on the middle thereof, in which
Lat Latent; hidden ; not apparent. See AMBIGUITAS.
The act of robbing; a depredation.
1. That which is laid down, ordained, or established. A rule or method according to which phenomena or actions coexist or follow each other. 2. A system of principles and rules of
That one of two or more counsel employed on the same side In a cause who has the principal manage- ment of the cause.
A pulpit Mon. Angt torn. iii. p. 243. LECTURER
The person to whom a legacy is given. See LEGACY.
In old records. A fine for criminal conversation with a woman.
He to whom a lease is made. He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. Viterbo v. Friedlander. 120 U. S. 707, 7 Sup. Ct. 962, 30 L. Ed. 776.
An embankment or artificial mound of earth constructed along the margin of a river, to confine the stream to its natural channel or prevent inundation or overflow. State v. New Orleans &
A livery or delivery of so much corn or grass to a customary tenant, who cut down or prepared the said grass or corn, and received some part or small portion of