In Spanish law. An at-torney or advocate; particularly, a person admitted to the degree of “Licentiate in Ju-rlsprndence” by any of the literary universi-tles of Spain, and who is thereby authorized to practice in all the courts. Escrlche
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In old English law. A pound; also a sum of money equal to a pound ster-ling
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A portion of ground containing four oxgangs, and every ozgang fourteen acres. Cowell. This is the same with what In Scotland was called “pound-land” of old extent, wharton
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In veal law. Freehold. Frank-tenement
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In Saxon law. witchcraft, particularly that kind whlch consisted in the compounding and administering of drugs and philters. Sometimes occurring in the Latinised form liblacum
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Free service. Service of a warlike sort by a feudatory tenant; sometimes called “servitium liberum armorum.” Jacob
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In old English law. Free socage. Bract fol. 207 ; 2 BL Comm. 61, 62
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1. Freedom; exemptlon from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of the individual without re-straint, coercion, or control from other per-sous. See Booth v. Illinois, 184 U. S. 425, 22 Sup. Ct. 425, 46 L. Ed. 623; Munn v. II-llnois, 94 U. S. 142, 24 L. Ed. 77; People v. warden of City Prison, 157 N. Y. 116, 51 N. E. 1006, 43 L. R. A. 264, 68 Am. St. Rep. 763; Bessette v. People, 193 111. 334, 62 N. E. 215, 56 L. R. A. 558; State v. Continental Tobacco Co., 177 Mo. 1, 75 S. W. 737; Kuhn v. Detroit City Council, 70 Mich. 534, 88 N. W. 470; People v. Judson, 11 Daly (N. Y.) 1
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Privileged districts exempt from the sheriff’s jurisdiction; as, “gaol liberties” or “jail liberties.” See Gaol
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An ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit ef an attorney for the defense of another’s liberty. Reg. orig. 19
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Lat in Rom-an law. Freedman. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with their former master, who was now called their “patron;” the latter term describing the status of the same persons in the general social economy of Rome
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Lat. Liberty; freedom; a prlvilege; a franchlse
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In the clvll law. The extinguishment of a contract, by which he who was bound becomes free or liberated, wolff, lust. Nat. § 749. Synonymous wlth “payment” Dig. 50, 16, 47
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In Saxon law. Freemen; the possessors of allodial lands. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5
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In old English practice. An orlglual writ issuing out of chancery to
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Lat. In tbe civU law. To free or set free; to liberate; to give one hls llberty. Calvin
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Lat (Feminine of liber, adj.) Free; at liberty; exempt; not subject to toll or charge
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Lat. In tbo civil law. A little book. Libcllus supplex, a petition, es-peeially to the emperor, all petitions to whom must be iu writing. Libcllum rescribere, to mark ou such petition the answer to It Libcllum ugcrc, to assist or counsel the emper-or in regard to such petitions. Libcllus ao-cusatorius, an information and accusation of a crime. Libcllus divortii, a writing of di-vorcemeut Libcllus rerum, an inventory. Calvin. Libcllus or oratio consultoria, a mes-sage by which emperors laid matters before the senate. Id
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Defamatory; of the nature of a libel; constituting or involving libel
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The complainant or party who files a libel in an ecclesiastical or admiralty case, corresponding to the plaintiff in actions at law
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