Category: L

Anything appended to a larger writing, as a codicil; a narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed or writ, in order to hold the appending seal. In the vernacular,

In Roman law. The injury sustained by one of the parties to an onerous contract when he had been overreached by the other to the extent of more than one- half of

A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of some manors. 4 Inst. 206.

In Saxon law. A proprietor of land; lord of the soil. Anc. Inst. Eng.

An undergarment made of wool, formerly worn by the monks, which reached to their knees. Alon. Angl. 419.

A native Indian sailor; the term is also applied to tent pitchers, inferior artillery-men, and others.

The name of an ancient civil division in England, intermediate between the county or shire and the hundred. Said to be the same as what, in other parts of the kingdom, was

Lat. In Roman law. Testimony delivered in court concerning an accused person’s good behavior and integrity of life. It resembled the practice which prevails in our trials of calling persons to speak

A person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel, or solicitor. Any person who, for fee or reward, prosecutes or defends causes in courts of record or other judicial tribunals of

Fr. Legality; the condition of a legalis homo, or lawful man.

An instructor ; a reader of lectures; also a clergyman who assists rect- ors, etc., in preaching, etc.

Lawfully; according to law

The act of giving or enacting laws. State v. Hyde, 121 Ind. 20, 22 N. E. 044.

An officer under the Saxon government, who had jurisdiction over a lath. Enc. Lond. See LATH.

He to whom a lease is made. He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. Viterbo v. Friedlander. 120 U. S. 707, 7 Sup. Ct. 962, 30 L. Ed. 776.

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

Lat. In the civil law. A little book. Libellus supplex, a petition, especially to the emperor, all petitions to whom must be in writing. Libcllum rcscribere, to mark on such petition the

In old English law. Frank-marriage. Bract, fol. 21.

The indulgence of the arbitrary will of the individual, without regard to ethics or law, or respect for the rights of others. In this it differs from “liberty;” for the latter term

any debt or d_ity; every such claim or charge remaining a lieu on the property, although not in the possession of the person’ to whom the debt or duty is due. Downer