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LOG-BOOK

A ship’s journal. It contains a minute account of the ship’s course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. 1 Marsh. Ins. 312. The part of the log-book relating

LOT AND SCOT

In English law. Certain duties which must be paid by those who claim to exercise the elective franchise within certain cities and boroughs, before they are entitled to vote. It is said

LUCRE

Gain in money or goods; profit; usually in an ill sense, or with the sense of something base or unworthy. Webster.

LYCH-GATE

The gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton.

LIQUIDATED AND UNLIQUIDATED DAMAGES

The former term is applicable when the amount of the damages has been ascertained by the judgment in the action, or when a specific sum of money has been expressly stipulated by

LAW DAY

The day prescribed in a bond, mortgage, or defeasible deed for payment of the debt secured thereby, or, in default of payment, the forfeiture of the property mortgaged. But this does not

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