the term that describes having a minor case in creating an injury. It is not the Major cause.
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LEGALLY DEAD
the term that is the same as presumption of death . See Enoch Arden Laws .
LEGALLY DETERMINED
a term that means that something has been decided by a law process.
LEGALLY INCAPACITATED
Person unable to make rational decisions or engage in responsible actions. Mental and/or physical deficiency, disability, illness, drug use causing temporary or permanent impairment.
LEGALLY LIABLE
a term used to mean that something is responsible under law.
LEGALLY SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
the term given to the adequate evidence that is presented in a case that allows the court to make a verdict.
LEGALLY SWORN
a term that means to be bound by an oath and a person who is sworn before giving testimony.
LEGANTINE CONSTITUTIONS
The name of a code of ecclesiastical laws, enacted in national synods, held under legates from Pope Gregory IX. and Clement IV., in the reign of Henry III., about the […]
LEGARE
Lat. In the civil and old English law. To bequeath ; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation of death. In Scotch phrase, to legate.
LEGATARIUS
Lat. In tlxe civil law. One to whom a thing is bequeathed; a legatee or legatary. lust. 2, 20, 2, 4, 5, 10; Bract, fol. 40. In old European law. […]
LEGATEE
The person to whom a legacy is given. See LEGACY.
LEGATES
Nuncios, deputies, or extraordinary ambassadors sent by the pope to be LEGATION 709
LEGATION
An embassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite; the persons commis- sioned by one government to exercise diplomatic functions at the court of another, in- cluding the minister, secretaries, attaches, […]
LEGATOR
One who makes a will, and leaves legacies
LEGATORY
The third part of a freeman’s personal estate, which by the custom of London, in case he had a wife and children. the freeman might always have disposed of by […]
LEGATUM
Lat In the civil law . A legacy; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir. Inst. 2, 20, 1. In old English law . […]
LEGATUM OPTIONIS
In Roman law. A legacy to A. R. of any article or articles that A. B. liked to choose or select out of the testator’s estate. If A. B. died […]
LEGEM
Lat. Accusative of lex, law. Occurring in various legal phrases, as follows:
LEGEND
Conspicuously displayed table containing symbols with concise explanation that are used in a chart, diagram, drawing, map, table, and the like.
LEGEND DRUG
Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription ‘ labeled drug.
LEGES
Lat. Laws. At Rome, the leges (the decrees of the people in a strict sense) were laws which were proposed by a magistrate presiding in the senate, and adopted by […]
LEGES NATURE
his representatives and to exercise his jurisdiction in countries where the Roman Catholic Church is established by law.
LEGGING
Gaining status slowly by making one decision at a time.
LEGIBUS SOLUTUS
Lat. Released from the laws; not bound by the laws. An expression applied in the Roman civil law to the emperor. Calvin. Legibus sumptis desinentibus, lege naturae utendum est. When […]
LEGIOSUS
In old records. Litigious, and so subjected to a course of law. Cowell. Legis constructio non facit injuriam. Co. Litt. 183. The construction of law does no injury. Legis interpretatio […]