Category: L

Lat. In the civil law. The process by which a purchaser of property, who is sued for ils possession or recovery by a third person, falls back upon his vendor’s covenant of

Relating to place; expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from “general,” “personal,” and “transitory.”

Lat. A place; the place where a thing is done.

In various compound legal terms (see infra) this word carries a meaning not essentially different from its signification in the vernacular. In the language of the stock exchange, a broker or speculator

Fr. In French maritime law. Wages. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 14, art. 16.

As applied to judicial sales, this term means a sale in mass, as where several distinct parcels of real estate, or several articles of personal property, are sold together for a “lump”

In Scotch law. The ancient duty of this officer was to carry public messages to foreign states, and it Is still the practice of the heralds to make all royal proclamations at

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.