Category: L

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.

The indulgence of the arbitrary will of the individual, without regard to ethics or law, or respect for the rights of others. In this it differs from “liberty;” for the latter term

The person having or owning a lien; one who has a right of lien upon prop- erty of another.

The master or owner of a lighter. He is liable as a common carrier.

Lat. In the civil law. To be clear, evident, or satisfactory. When a judex was in doubt how to decide a case, he represented to the praetor, under oath, sibi non liquere,

In Roman law. The contract of nomen, which was constituted by writing, (seripturd.) It was of two kinds, viz.: (1) A re in personam, when a transaction was transferred from the (lay-

In old European law. A kind of servant: one who surrendered himself into another’s power. Spelman. In the civil law. The bank of a stream or shore of the sea: the coast.

In American land law. The designation of the boundaries of a particular piece of land, either upon record or on the land itself. Mosby v. Carlaud, 1 Bibb. (Ky.) 84. The finding

In old French and Canadian law. A line payable by a roturier on every change of ownership of his land; a mutation or alienation tine. Steph. Leet 351.

An article is “lost” when the owner has lost the possession or custody of it, in- voluntarily and by any means, but more particularly by accident or his own negligence or forgetfulness,

In Scotch law. A gainer.

Excess and extravagance which was formerly an offense against the public economy, but is not now punishable. Wharton.

The star-chamber. La conscience est la plus changeante des regies. Conscience is the most changeable of rules. Bouv. Diet. La ley favour la vie d’un home. The law favors the life of