Category: dictionaries

L. Fr. Legallty; sufficiency in law. Brltt c. 109 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An estate in realty held nnder a lease; an estate for a fixed term of years. See Stubbings v. Evanston, 136 I1L […]

G, or LESING. Gleaning Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Legal doctrine. 1 Leon. 77 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A conveyance of lands or fene-ments to a person for life, for a term of years, or at will, in consideration of […]

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

Possessing learuing; erudite; versed in the law. In statutes prescribing the qualifications of Judges, “learned in the law” designates one who has […]

L. Fr. Legality; the condi-tion of a legalis homo, or lawful man Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To lncline in opinion or prefer-ence. A court is sometimes said to “lean against” a doctrine, construction, or view contended for, whereby […]

The waste or diminution of a liquid caused by its leaking from the cask, barrel, or other vessel in which it was […]

L. Fr. Loyal; that which belongs to the law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A qnestion pnt or framed in such a form as to suggest the answer sought to be obtained by the person interrogating. […]

1. A treaty of alliance be-tweeu different states or parties. It may be offensive or defensive, or both. It is offensive when […]

Among the various cases that are argued and determined in the courts, some, from their important character, have demanded more than usual […]

That one of two or more counsel employed on the same side in a cause who has the principal manage-ment of the […]

The counsel on either side of a litigated action who is charged with the prin-cipal management and direction of the par-ty’s case, […]

where a deed was executed before the levy of a flne of land, for the purpose of specifying to whose use the […]

A species of proof on charges of lmpotency in France, coitus ooram tes films. Abolished A. D. 1677 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

The title of a French work on marine insurance, by an unknown author, dating back, probably, to the sixteenth century, and said […]

or LAZARETTO. A pest-house, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for […]

A Saxon term for persons of a servile condition Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

A place for dung or soit Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause Instituted or depend-ing between two private persons in the courts of law Source: […]

A person learned iu the law; as an attorney, couusel, or solicltor Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)