Category: L

Lat In the civil law. A legacy; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir. Inst. 2, 20, 1. In old English law. A legacy given to

In old European law. A vassal, or liege man; service; a were or were- gild. Spelman.

Pastures. Domesday; Co. Litt. 4b. A term often inserted iu old deeds aud conveyances. Cowell. LET, v. Ill conveyancing. To demise or lease. “To let and set” is an old expression. In

Licentiousness; an offense against the public economy, when of an an open and notorious character; as by frequenting houses of ill fame, which is an in- dictable offense, or by some grossly

Lat. Liberty; freedom; a privilege; a franchise.

In Spanish law. An attorney or advocate; particularly, a person admitted to the degree of “Licentiate in Jurisprudence” by any of the literary universities of Spain, and who is thereby authorized to

A resident ambassador.

A structure, usually in the form of a tower, containing signal-lights for the guidance of vessels at night, at dangerous points of a coast, shoals, etc. They are usually erected by government,

Lat. A line; line of descent. See LINE.

According to language; following expression in words. A literal con- struction of a document adheres closely to its words, without making differences for ex- trinsic circumstances; a literal performance of a condition

An obsolete term for the time during which a lawsuit is going on. LITISPENDENCE A 733 LOAN

In old European law. The price of letting; money paid for the hire of a thing; rent Spelman.

The pilot conducts the ship up the river or into port; but the loadsman is he that undertakes to bring a ship through the haven, after being brought thither by the pilot,

A right in the inhabitants of a parish within a manor, in England, to lop for fuel, at certain periods of the year, the branches of trees growing upon the waste lands

In medical jurisprudence. Intervals occurring in the mental life of an insane person during which he is completely restored to the use of his reason, or so far restored that he has

In old English law. A silver penny, so called because it was to be coined only at London, (a Londres.) and not at the country mints. Lown. Essay Coins, 17; Cowell.

The reduplicated form of the abbreviation “L.” for “law,” used as a plural. It is generally used in citing old collections of statute law; as “LL. Hen. I.”

A term of maritime law, applied to a vessel which is freighted with a cargo which is neither in casks, boxes, bales, nor cases, but lies loose in the hold, being defended

In old English law. Law; also used to express the territory or district in which a particular law was in force, as Dena lagu. Mercna lagu, etc.

In feudal law. Vassals who were obliged to work for their lord one day In the week, from Michaelmas to autumn, either with fork, spade, or flail, at the lord’s option. Spelman.