Sax. In old English law . A kind of customary tenant or inferior tenant of a manor. Spelman.
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LANDFILL
Environmentally acceptable waste disposal to fill a depression in the earth. Typically, non- hazardous waste is layered and compressed over a specific area of land. At the end of each […]
LANDFILL GAS
Anaerobic decomposition of organic waste at landfill sites causes gases, like methane, to occur.
LANDGRAVE
A name formerly given to those who executed justice ou behalf of the German emperors, with regard to the internal policy of the country. It was applied, by way of […]
LANDIMER
In old Scotch law . A measurer of land. Skene.
LANDING
A place on a river or other navigable water for lading and unlading goods, or for the reception and delivery of passengers; the terminus of a road on a river […]
LANDING ACCOUNT
Warehouse keeper issues this document to a recently landed shipment’s consignee as the shipment is stored in the warehouse. The document gives details of the shipment and the date when […]
LANDIRECTA
poods, they, as well as the patent searchers, are to certify the shipping thereof on the debentures. Enc. Lond.
LANDLOCKED
An expression sometimes applied to a piece of laud belonging to one person uud surrounded by land belonging to other persons, so that it cannot be ap- proached except over […]
LANDLOCKED STATE
Condition of acreage having no direct access to the sea, being totally surrounded by other unique land areas. An example is Switzerland.
LANDLORD
lie of whom lands or tenements are hold on. He who, being the owner of an estate in land, has leased the same for a term of years, on a […]
LANDLORD’S LIEN
Non-payment of rent and/or other charges gives rights to the lessor/owner to seize and sell a tenant’s assets.
LANDLORDS PROTECTIVE LIABILITY
Insurance coverage for a property owner renting/leasing to a tenant, acting as the landlord.
LANDMARK
A monument or erection set up on the boundary line of two adjoining estates, to fix such boundary. The removing of a landmark is a wrong for which an action […]
LANDMARK CASE
a term used to describe a case of importance that it will establish a new law and set new precedents.
LANDRUM-GRIFFIN ACT
the name of a federal law that affords rights to members of unions.
LANDS
This term, the plural of “land,” is said, at common law , to be a word of less extensive signification than either “tenements” or ” hereditaments .” But in some […]
LANDSLAGH
In Swedish law. A body of common law, compiled about the thirteenth century, out of the particular customs of every province; being analogous to the common law of England. 1 […]
LANDWARD
In Scotch law. Rural. 7 Bell, App. Cas. 2.
LANGEMAN
A lord of a manor. 1 Inst. 5.
LANGEOLUM
An undergarment made of wool, formerly worn by the monks, which reached to their knees. Alon. Angl. 419.
LANGUAGE
Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech, or the expression of ideas by written characters. The letter, or grammatical im- port, of a document or instrument , […]
LANGUIDUS
(Lat. Sick.) In practice . The name of a return made by the sheriff when a defendant, whom he has taken by virtue of process, is so dangerously sick that […]
LANHAM ACT
Regulations on commercial activities involving trademarks. Federal regulations that ensure trademarks are unique to their users. It intends to reduce consumer confusion seeking to identify well-known goods or services. Also […]
LANIS DE CRESCENTIA WA1LM TRADUCENDIS ABSQUE CCSTllMA
etc. An ancient writ that lay to the customer of a port to permit one to pass wool without paying custom, he having paid it before in Wales. Reg. Orig. […]