LITERIS OBLIGATIO
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-
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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.
Fr. There. An adverb of time and place; whereas.
Lat Leze-majes- ty, or injured majesty; high treason. It is a phrase taken from the civil law. and anciently meant any offense against the king’s person or dignity.
Lat. A layman. One who is not in holy orders, or not engaged in the ministry of religion.
An open field without wood; a lawud or lawn. Cowell; Blount
(Lat. Sick.) In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff when a defendant, whom he has taken by virtue of process, is so dangerously sick that to remove him
In old English law, signifies a burden; also a measure of weight used for certain commodities of the bulkier sort.
An interpreter of Latin.
1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. Ilomer
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.