A lawful man; a good and lawful man. A juror. Cowell.
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LAGGING INDICATORS
Financial market, economic indicators that only change following economic change to a new trend or pattern. Usually six months precedes a shift in these indicators, trailing behind the overall economic […]
LAGU
In old English law . Law; also used to express the territory or district in which a particular law was in force, as Dena lagu. Mercna lagu, etc.
LAHLSLIT
A breach of law. Cowell. A mulct for an offense, viz., twelve “ores.”
LAHMAN, or LAGEMANNUS
An Old word for a lawyer. Domesday, I. 189.
LAIA
A roadway in a wood. Mon. Angl. t 1, p. 483.
LAICUS
Lat. A layman. One who is not in holy orders , or not engaged in the ministry of religion.
LAIRWITE, or LAIRESITE
A fine for adultery or fornication , anciently paid to the lords of some manors. 4 Inst. 206.
LAIS GENTS L
Fr. Lay people; a jury.
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
An economic philosophy that suggest government involvement in finances is not necessary. The market will balance itself out naturally.
LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP
Leadership style that is non-authoritarian. Such leaders give minimal guidance to subordinates, controlling with less obvious means. People are expected to excel, being left alone to respond to their responsibilities […]
LAITY
In English law . Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. They are divided into three states: (1) Civil, including all the nation, except the clergy, […]
LAKE
A large body of water, contained iu a depression of the earth’s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Webster. See Jones v. Lee, […]
LAMANEUR
Fr. In French marine law. A pilot Ord. Mar. liv. 4, tit. 3.
LAMATERIAL
Fusing or joining sheets of different materials into one sheet. Properties are better that the collective properties of the constituent materials.
LAMB
A sheep, ram, or ewe under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216.
LAMBARD’S ARCHAIONOMIA
A work printed in 1568, containing the Anglo- Saxon laws, those of William the Conqueror, and of Henry I.
LAMBARD’S EIRENARCHA
A work upon the office of a justice of the peace , which, having gone through two editions, one in 1579, the other in 1581, was reprinted in English in […]
LAMBETH DEGREE
In English law . A degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in prejudice of the universities. 3 Steph. Comm. 65; 1 Bl. Comm. 381.
LAME DUCK
A cant term on the stock exchange for a person unable to meet his engagements.
LAMMAS DAY
The 1st of August It is one of the Scotch quarter days, aud is called a ” conventional term.”
LAMMAS LANDS
Lands over which there is a right of pasturage by persons other than the owner from about Lammas, or reaping time, until sowing time. Wharton.
LAN INTERNETWORK
Experienced as a single enterprise system by its users. Geographically dispersed, solidly interconnected and varied computer systems.
LANA
Lat. In the civil law . Wool. See Dig. 32, 60, 70, 88.
LANCASTER
f., when a vendor had not received half the value of property sold, or the purchaser had paid more than double value . Colq. Rom. Civil Law,