Category: L

Lat. In tlxe civil law. One to whom a thing is bequeathed; a legatee or legatary. lust. 2, 20, 2, 4, 5, 10; Bract, fol. 40. In old European law. A legate,

Lat In Roman law. I bequeath. A common term in wills. Dig. 30, 36, 81, et seq.

An inferior officer in forests to take care of the vert and venison therein, etc. Wharton.

Lat. An expression used in the Roman law, and applied to the trial of wreck and salvage. Commentators disagree about the origin of the expression; but all agree that its general meaning

adj. Lat. free; open and accessible, as applied to courts, places, etc.; ot the state or condition of a freeman, as applied to persons.

In old English law. Free socage. Bract, fol. 207; 2 Bl. Comm. 01, 02.

In the civil law. An offering for sale to the highest bidder, or to him who will give most for a thing. An act by which co-heirs or other co-proprietors of a

To raise; to take up. To “lift” a promissory note is to discharge its obligation by paying its amount or substituting another evidence of debt. To “lift the bar” of the statute

A member of the human body. In the phrase “life and limb,” the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of “mayhem” it refers only to

A docket or calendar of causes ready for trial or argument, or of motions ready for hearing.

In Scotch law. The pendency of a suit; it is a tacit legal prohibition of alienation, to the disappointment of an action, or of diligence, the direct object of which is to

An association in the city of London, for the transaction of marine insur- ance, the members of which underwrite each other’s policies. See Durbrow v. Eppens, 05 N. J. Law, 10, 40

Fr. In French marine law. A local pilot whose business was to assist the pilot of the vessel in guiding her course into a harbor, or through a river or channel. Martin

In old records. A lodge, hovel, or outhouse.

A ram or bell-wether. Cowell.

Lnt. In the civil law. Light; the light of the sun or sky; the privilege of receiving light into a house. A light or window.

Lying In ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a suddeu and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, where there

In Indian computation, 100,000. The value of a lac of rupees is about

A division or district peculiar to the county of Kent. Spelman.

A work printed in 1568, containing the Anglo- Saxon laws, those of William the Conqueror, and of Henry I.