Document content interpreted based solely on its textual basis, that is it actual words and phrases, and without extrapolation on its deemed or stated purpose. Also known as strict construction […]

the term given to the proof that is offered as written evidence.

Pertaining to polite learning ; connected with the study or use of books and writings. The word “literary,” having no legal signification , is to be taken in its ordinary […]

the term applied to a manuscript that is published and the rights belong to the author.

Written words, numbers, or symbols in any medium, but not audio visually, expresses an intellectual content.

In English ecclesiastical law . one who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished iu classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, […]

“Ad lit era tit ram po- ncrc” means to put children to school. This liberty was anciently denied to those parents who were servile tenants, without the lord’s consent. The […]

In Roman law. The contract of nomen, which was constituted by writing, (seripturd.) It was of two kinds, viz.: (1) A re in personam , when a transaction was transferred […]

A party to a lawsuit; one engaged in litigation ; usually spoken of active parties, not of nominal ones.

Lat. To litigate; to carry on a suit, (litem ayere,) either as plaintiff or defendant; to claim or dispute by action; to test or try the validity of a claim […]

To dispute or contend In form of law; to carry on a suit.

A judicial controversy . A contest in a court of justice, for the purpose of enforcing a right.

In Scotch law. The pendency of a suit; it is a tacit legal prohibition of alienation, to the disappointment of an action, or of diligence, the direct object of which […]

Span. Litigious; the subject of litigation ; a term applied to property which is the subject of dispute iu a pending suit. White v. Gay, 1 Tex. 3SS.

That which is the subject of a suit or action; that which is contested in a court of justice. In another sense, “litigious” signifies fond of litigation ; prone to […]

Lat. In the civil and canon law. Contestation of suit ; the process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to […]

Lat. In the civil law . The process by which a purchaser of property, who is sued for ils possession or recovery by a third person , falls back upon […]

Lat. In the civil law . Ownership, control, or direction of a suit. A fiction of law by which the employment of au attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit […]

Lat. The measure of damages .

An obsolete term for the time during which a lawsuit is going on. LITISPENDENCE A 733 LOAN

In Spanish law. Litispendence ‘. The condition of a suit pending iu a court of justice.

Fr. A measure of capacity in the metric system , being a cubic decimetre, equal to 01.022 cubic inches, or 2.1 13 American pints, or 1.70 Englishr pints. Webster.

Solid waste lost to waste handling system, discarded carelessly, becoming uncollectible .

Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corre- sponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. […]

Lat. In the civil law . An obliteration or blot in a will or other instrument . Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.