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proposition of the tribune C. Aquilius Gallus, A. U. C. 672, regulating the compensation to be made for that kind of damage called “injurious,” in the cases of killing or wounding the

A writ lying for a citizen or burgess, impleaded contrary to his liberty, to have his privilege allowed. Reg. Orig. 202. LIBERTATIBUS EXIGENDIS 722 LIBERTY

Lat License; l ave; permission.

A qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor, as security for the debt or charge or for performance of some act. In every

A small vessel used in loading and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. SIS; Reed v. Ingham, 20 Eng. Law & Eq. 107.

That which comes in a line; especially a direct line, as from father to son. Collateral relationship is not called “lineal,” though the expression “collateral line,” is not unusual.

In English ecclesiastical law. one who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished iu classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, etc.

Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corre- sponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But “riparian”

To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of which was be- fore uncertain or not manifest; as to locate the calls in a deed. To decide upon the place

One who occupies hired apartments in another’s house; a tenant of part of another’s house. A tenant, with the right of exclusive possession of a part of a house, the landlord, by

whole peerage, as In the expression “the house of lords.” 1 Bl. Comm. 396-iOO. A title of office, as lord mayor, lord commissioner, etc. In feudal law. A feudal superior or proprietor

Lat. In Roman law. A consideration which is voluntary; that is to say, a gratuitous gift, or such like. It was opposed to oncrosa causa, which denoted a valuable consideration. It was

Casting any corrupt or poisonous thing into the water. Wharton.

Abbreviations used to denote, respectively, the three aca- demic degrees in law,

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An Old word for a lawyer. Domesday, I. 189.

in the most general sense, comprehends any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; as meadows, pastures, woods, moors, waters, marshes, furzes, and heath. Co. Litt 4a. The word “land” includes not only the

An undergarment made of wool, formerly worn by the monks, which reached to their knees. Alon. Angl. 419.

Tending to excite lust; lewd ; Indecent; obscene; relating to sexual impurity; tending to deprave the morals in respect to sexual relations. See Sweariugen v. U. S., 101 U. S. 440, 10

Lat In the civil law. Great or large possessions; a great or large field; a common. A great estate made up of smaller ones, (fundis,) which began to be common in the