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Lat. Through Inad-vertence. 35 Eng. Law & Eq. 302 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In old English law. By human industry. A term applied to the reclaiming or taming of wild animals by art, lndustry, […]

L. Lat in Eng-lish law. By the form of the gift; by the designation of the giver, and not by the op-eration […]

Lat By fraud, where a plea alleges matter of discharge, and the replication avers that the discharge was fraudulently obtained and is […]

Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly* used to express “by, or from the mouth of, the same judge.” So “per […]

Lat in old practlce. At length Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In old practice. By the consideration (judgment) of the court. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. JI. 2. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat. By the court. A phrase used in the reports to distinguish an opinion of the whole court from an opinion written […]

An abbreviation of the Latin “per centum” meaning by the hundred, or so many parts in the hundred, or so many hundredths. […]

Lat. By consequence; consequently. Yearb. M. 9 Edw. III. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Fr. By the mouth; orally. 3 How. State Tr. 1024 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

T^it. By the hends or polls; according to the number of individuals: share and share alike. This term, de-rived from the civil […]

L. Fr. For or during another’s life; for snch period as another person shall live Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. By turning away. A term applied to that klnd of sale where the goods are tak-en in […]

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Lat By the year. A phrase still in common nse. Ramsdeil v. Hulett, 50 Kan. 440, 31 Pac. 1092; State v. McFetridge, […]

when a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or.de Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To come in ln the per is to clalm by or through the person last en-tltled to nn estate; as the helrs […]

A dried berry of the black pepper. In English law, the reservation of a merely nominal rent, on a lease, is sometimes […]

Lat. In Roman law. The sale per aes ef libram (with copper and scales) was a ceremony used in transfer-ring res mancipi, […]

In Spanish-American law. A lot of land of fifty feet front, and one hundred feet deep, originally the portion grant-ed to foot-soldiers […]

A state; as the people of the state of New York. A nation in its collect-ive and political capacity. Nesbitt v. Lusli-ington, […]

In Mexico. A debtor held by hls creditor in a qualified servitude to work out the debt; a serf, webster Source: Black’s […]

The state or condition of a peon as above defined; a condition of en* forced servitude, hy which the servitor is restrained […]

A road shut up or closed at its terminal points, wolcott v. whit comb, 40 VL 41 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]