Category: L

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 From the verb “licere,” (

L. Fr. In old pleading. A known place; a place well known and generally taken notice of by those who dwell about it, as a castle, a manor, etc. Whishaw; 1 Ld.

A person bound to another by a solemn tie or engagement. Now used to express the relation of a subject to bis sovereign. Lir;na et lapides sub “armorum” ap- pellatione non continentur.

Ascertained; determined ; fixed ; settled; made clear or manifest. Cleared away; paid ; discharged.

Lat. To litigate; to carry on a suit, (litem ayere,) either as plaintiff or defendant; to claim or dispute by action; to test or try the validity of a claim by action.

Maintenance; support.

In the civil and Scotch law. A letter; one who lets; he who, beiug the owner of a thing, lets it out to another for hire or compensation. Coggs v. Bernard, 2

A mischievous legislative practice, of embracing in one bill several distinct matters, uone of which, perhaps, could singly obtaiu the assent of the legis- lature, aud then procuring its passage by a

A small tract or parcel of land in a village, town, or city, suitable for building, or for a garden, or other similar uses. See Pilz v. Killingsworth, 20 Or. 432, 26

Lat. In criminal law. A term descriptive of the intent with which property is taken in cases of larceny, the phrase meaning “for the sake of lucre” or gain. State v. Ryan,