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LIBERTAS
Lat. Liberty; freedom; a privilege; a franchise.
LIBERTATIBUS ALLOCANDIS
A writ lying for a citizen or burgess, impleaded contrary to his liberty, to have his privilege allowed. Reg. Orig. 202. LIBERTATIBUS EXIGENDIS 722 LIBERTY
LIBERTATIBUS EXIGENDIS IN ITI- NERE
An ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit of an attorney for the defense of another’s liberty. Reg. Orig. 19.
LIBERTI, LIBERTINI
Lat. In Roman law. Freedman. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with […]
LIBERTICIDE
A destroyer of liberty.
LIBERTIES
Privileged districts exempt from the sheriff’s jurisdiction ; as, “gaol liberties” or ” jail liberties .” See GAOL.Libertinum ingratum leges civiles in pristinam servitutem redignnt; sed leges Angliae semel manumissum […]
LIBERTY
1. Freedom; exemption from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of […]
LIBERUM MARITAGIUM
In old English law . Frank-marriage. Bract, fol. 21.
LIBERUM SERVITIUM
Free service. Service of a warlike sort by a feudatory tenant; sometimes called “servitium liberum armorum.” Jacob. Service not unbecoming the character of a freeman and a soldier to perform […]
LIBERUM SOCAGIUM
In old English law . Free socage. Bract, fol. 207; 2 Bl. Comm. 01, 02.
LIBERUM TENEMENTUM
In real law. Freehold. Frank-tenement. In pleading. A plea of freehold. A plea by the defendant in an action of trespass to real property that the locus in quo is […]
LIBLAC
In Saxon law. Witchcraft, particularly that kind which consisted in the compounding and administering of drugs and philters. Sometimes occurring in the Latinized form liblacum.
LIBOR RATES
Short-term international interbank loans are charge this interest rate . This interest rate is applied to large loans ranging from one day up to five years between banks. Immediate liquidity […]
LIBRA
In old English law . A pound; also a sum of money equal to a pound sterling.
LIBRARIUS
In Roman law. A writer or amanuensis; a copyist. Dig. 50, 17, 92.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Knowledge classification scheme for subject divisions, indicated by letters, and their subdivisions by numbers. Known as call numbers for books, and other material, as a part of a library’s systematic […]
LIBRATA TERRJE
A portion of ground containing four oxgangs, and every oxgang fourteen acres. Cowell. This is the same with what in Scotland was called “pound- land” of old extent Wharton.
LIBRIPENS
In Roman law. A weigher or balance-holder. The person who held a brazen balance in the ceremony of emancipation per ws et libram. Inst. 2, 10, 1. Libromm appellatione continentur […]
LICENCIADO
In Spanish law. An attorney or advocate; particularly, a person admitted to the degree of ” Licentiate in Jurisprudence ” by any of the literary universities of Spain, and who […]
LICENSE AND PERMIT BONDS
A jurisdiction -mandated occupation -specific bond that identifies the bearer worker as being licensed to sell occupation-services in that jurisdiction, required to comply with occupational governing laws. Obtaining this bond […]
LICENSE FEE
a term used as the charge for issuing a license.
LICENSED APPRAISER
Individuals lacking the experience to be certified yet meet the state requirements for licensing as a real estate appraiser.
LICENSED VICTUALLER
A term applied, in England, to all persons selling any LICERE, LICERI. Lat. In Boman law. To offer a price for a thing; to bid for it LICET 725 LIEN
LICENSEE
A person to whom a license has been granted. In patent law . One who has had transferred to him, either in writing or orally, a less or different interest […]