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LAWFUL DISCHARGE
the term used to describe the release of a person from bankruptcy or a debtor from his debts after he has done everything possible to pay his debtors.
LAWFUL ENTRY
Going onto a piece of land or a premises under a claim or court order by a non-owner or non-occupant,
LAWFUL ISSUE
the term that is given to people who are able to inherit due to kinship.
LAWING OF DOGS
The cutting several claws of the forefeet of dogs in the forest, to prevent their running at deer.
LAWLESS
Not subject to law ; not controlled by law; not authorized by law; not observing the rules and forms of law. See Arkansas v. Kansas & T. Coal Co. (C. […]
LAWNDE, LOWNDE
In old English law . A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 56.
LAWS OF NATURE
Explaining how nature works by scientific generalizations. Arrived at by experimenting and/or observing or idealized descriptions.
LAWSUIT
A vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons iu the courts of law.
LAWYER
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 […]
LAWYER DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT CANONS
the name given to the rules that have been approved and published by the American Bar Association .
LAWYERING
a slang term for practicing as an attorney or as a lawyer.
LAX
Easygoing, loose, un-restricted. An expectation of discipline not tightly held, like a business dress code allowing jeans on Fridays.
LAY DAYS
Days a port authority allows a ship to load or unload cargo with no demurrage or late charges. Expressed as (1) Running Days : consecutive days plus weekends and holidays. […]
LAY TENURES
I. Frank tenement, or freehold. (1) The military tenures (abolished, except grand serjeanty, and reduced to free socage tenures) were: Knight service proper, or tenure in chivalry; grand serjeanty: cornage. […]
LAY WITNESS
the term that applies to a witness who gives testimony as to an opinion but is not an expert.
LAYAWAY PLAN
Retail promotion scheme allowing the customer to leave a deposit for time-limited storage at the store of customer-picked items not fully purchased until the customer returns to pay-in-full. T
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LAYERED TRUST
Two or more trusts in sequence where each sequential trust is the beneficiary of the prior trust.
LAYMAN
the term given to a person who is not in the legal profession or a person with no particular profession.
LAYOFF
Employment suspension or termination with or without notice due to no fault of the employee. Lack of work, cash, or material can be the reason. Redundancy is a term for […]
LAYOUT
Draft or final format, master plan , or blueprint of different graphic elements arrangement of a printed or published work. The element lay out include body copy, colors, headlines, illustrations, […]
LAYOVER
Time between periods of travel by a passenger. Typically, waiting for a connecting flight or other form of travel at an intermediate travel stop includes a layover.
LAYSTALL
A place for dung or soil.
LAZARET, or LAZARETTO
A post- house, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for vessels coming from countries where such diseases are prevaleut.