Category: L

A custom exacted in some fairs and markets to carry things bought whither one will. But it is more accurately taken for the ballast or lading of a ship. Also custom paid

Lat. In Roman law. A class of freedtnen (librrtini) intermediate between the two other classcs of freed- men called, respectively, “Circs I’nmani” and “Dcditicii.” Slaves under thirty years of age at the

In English law. An officer of the household of the sovereign, whose business formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on tiie sovereign’s birthday, and on the new year; sometimes also,

liament.

Fr. Legality; sufficiency in law. Britt. c. 109.

Lawful mouey of England. 1 Inst. 207.

The act of giving or enacting laws. State v. Hyde, 121 Ind. 20, 22 N. E. 044.

A place where hares are kept Mon. Angl. t. 2, p. 1035.

Lat For the sake of lightening the ship; denotes a purpose of throwing overboard goods, which renders them subjects of general average.

The complainant or party who files a libel in an ecclesiastical or admiralty case, corresponding to the plaintiff in actions at law.

Privileged districts exempt from the sheriff’s jurisdiction; as, “gaol liberties” or “jail liberties.” See GAOL.Libertinum ingratum leges civiles in pristinam servitutem redignnt; sed leges Angliae semel manumissum semper liberum jndieant. Co. Litt.

Lat To be lawful; to be allowed or permitted by law. Calvin.

Fr. Place; room. It is only used with “in;” in lieu, instead of. Enc. Lond.

1. Windows; openings in the wall of a house for the admission of light. 2. Signal-lamps on board a vessel or at particular points on the coast, required by the navigation laws

It is clear or apparent; it appears. Satis liquet, it sufficiently appears. 1 Strange, 412.

A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation; usually spoken of active parties, not of nominal ones.

See INSURANCE.

In a deed, patent, or other instrument containing a description of land, locative calls are specific calls, descriptions, or marks of location, referring to landmarks, physical objects, or other points by which

A ship’s journal. It contains a minute account of the ship’s course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relating

In English law. Certain duties which must be paid by those who claim to exercise the elective franchise within certain cities and boroughs, before they are entitled to vote. It is said