This expression is applied by Ilallam (Const. Hist. c. 13) to acts of parliament for the restraint of printing, except by license. It may also be applied to any act […]

Written contract between the owner/licensor of a patent, copyright, trademark, know-how, service mark, or other intellectual property, and a licensee to use, make, or sell copies of the original. Franchisers […]

The person who gives or grants a license.

Lat License; l ave; permission .

One who has license to practice any art or faculty.

term used to apply to the lewd behaviour exceeding moral and customary bounds.

The indulgence of the arbitrary will of the individual , without regard to ethics or law, or respect for the rights of others. In this it differs from “liberty;” for […]

Lat To be lawful; to be allowed or permitted by law. Calvin.

Lat From the verb “licere,” ( notwithstanding . Importing. in this sense, a direct aliirmation. Also, it is allowed, it is permissible.

In Roman law. A bidder at a sale.

In Spanish law. The offering for sale at public auction of an estate or property held by co-heirs or joint proprietors. which cannot tie divided up without det- riment to […]

Lat. In Roman law. To offer a price at a sale; to bid; to bid often; to make several bids, one above another. Calvin.

In the civil law . An offering for sale to the highest bidder, or to him who will give most for a thing. An act by which co-heirs or other […]

An ancient formality by which bargains were completed.

A sort of lynch law. whereby a person was first punished and then tried. Wharton.

To subsist; to exist; to be sustainable; to be proper or available. Thus the phrase “an action will uot lie” means that an action cannot be sustained, or that there […]

See polygraph.

To adjoin. A cottage must have had four acres of laud laid to it. See 2 Show. 279.

An old form of ” lieutenant ,” and still retained as the vulgar pro- nunciation of the word.

In feudal law. Bound by a feudal tenure; bound iu allegiance to the lord paramount, who owned no superior. In old records. Full; absolute; perfect; pure. Liege widowhood was pure […]

ne that oweth allegiance. Cowell.

A resident ambassador.

Subjects.

A qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor, as security for the debt or charge or for performance of some act. […]

See LIEN.