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L. Fr. Never married. More fully, ne unques accouple en loiall matrimonie, never joined in lawful marriage. The name of a plea […]

Lat. That it be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law ofiicer, by a party in a cause, not […]

L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I. { 2, prohibiting rectors, i. e., parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In […]

Lat Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. That nothing shall be done (put or erected) in a public place or way. The title of an interdict in the […]

L. Fr Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In old English practice. A prohibitory writ, com Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In English practice. A writ which issues to restrain a person from leaving the kingdom. It was formerly used for political […]

Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno, (q. v..) avallable to the plaintiff in a civil […]

L. Fr. (Does or did not disturb.) In English practice. The general issue or general plea in quare impedit. 8 Steph. Comm. […]

Lat. In ecclesiastical law. The name of a prohibitory writ, di-rected to the bishop, at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, […]

L. Fr. He did not deliver. A plea in detinue, denying the de-livery to the defendant of the thing sued for Source: […]

A sum paid to govern-ment as an acknowledgment for a grant of lands, or any publlc office. Enc. Lond Source: Black’s Law […]

In Hindu law. Composer, ar-ranger, adjuster. The first officer of a prov-ince, and minister of the department of criminal justice Source: Black’s […]

Lat A ship; a vessel Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A fleet of ships; the aggregate of vessels of war belonging to an independ-ent nation. In a broader sense, and as equlv-alent […]

The act or the science or the buslness of traversing the sea or other waters In ships or vessels. Pollock v. Cleve-land […]

Fr. In French law. A ship. Emerig. Tralte des Assur. c, 6, i 1 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Capable of being navi-gated; that may be navigated or passed over in ships or vessels. But the term is gen-erally understood in […]

To conduct vessels through navigable waters; to use the waters as a means of communication. Ryan v. Hook, 34 Hun (N. Y.) […]

In the civil law. The . master or commander of a ship; the captain ef a man-of-war Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In the civil law. The master or captain of a ship. Galvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A duty on certain tenants to carry thelr lord’s goods in a ship Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Appertaining to the navy, (q. v Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Pertaining to ships or to the art of navigation or the business of car-riage by sea Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]