Law Reports ;—Riley’s Reports, vols
37-42 West Virginia.
Terms beginning with "L" (359 total)
Law Rev
632. “Ultra vires” is also sometimes applied to an act which, though within the wers of a corporation, is not binding on it avse the consent or agreement of the cor poration has not been given in the manner re quired...
Law, § 178; Dig
22, 6 Divided by Lord Coke into fgnorantia facté (ignorance of fact) and fgnorantia juris, (ignorance of law.) And the former, he adds, is twofold,—lectionis et lingue, (ignorance of reading and ignorance of language....
Law, § 817; Ersk. Inst
2, 9, 9. Also a river or stream. ,
Law, 1
48 Atl. 618: In re Gable’s Estate. 79 Iowa, 178, 44 N. W. 352, 9 L. R. A. 218: Steele v. Insurance Co., supra.—Ancillary attachment. One sued out in aid of an action already brought. its only office being to hold the...
Law, 108; Northern Pac. R. Co
v. Cannoa (C. C.) 46 Fed. 232.—Livery-office. An ofce appointed for the delivery of lands.--Live ery stable keeper. One whose business it is to keep horses for hire or to let, or to keep, feed, or board horses for othe...
Law, 125, note; Inst
1, 12, 1, and 2; Dig. 48, 22, 14, 1.
Law, 17, 26 Atl
306: State v. Slingerland, 19
Law, 174—Jura rerum
on ae of things; the rights of things; rights which a man may acquire over external objects or things unconnected with his person. 1 Bi. Comm. 122; 2
Law, 204, 37 Am. Dec
233. It is to be observed, however, that those corporations which serve the public or contribute to the comfort and convenience of the general public, though owned and managed by private interests, are now (and quite app...
Law, 260, 51 Atl
509, 57 L. R.A. 956, 91 Am.
Law, 34 Barb
(N. Y.) 517; Manning v.
Law, 357; People’s F. Ins. Co
v. Parker, 35 N. J. Law, 575; Mutual Ben. L. Ins. Co. vy. Utter, 34 N. J. Law, 489; Mllls v. Britton, 64 Conn. 4, 29 Atl. 231, 24 L. BR. A, 536.
Law, 441; Taggart v. Risley, 4 Or
242; Appeal of Waters, 35 Pa. 526, 78 Am. Dec. 354. —Estoppel by election. An estoppel predicated on a voluntary and intelligent action or choice of one of several things which is inconsistent with another, the effect ...
Law, 488, 47 Atl
649.—Public wrongs. Violations of public rights and duties which affect the whole community, considered as a community; crimes and misdemeanors. 3 Bl. Comm. 2; 4 Bl). Comm. 1.—Real wrong. In old English law. An injur...
Law, 5. See 1 Bl. Comm
63, 64.—Leges scripts. In English law. Written laws; stat-
Law, 647, 44 Atl
762; Robinson v. Fair, 128
Law, 656, 54 Atl
442.—Election dower. A name sometimes given to the provision which a law or statute makes for a widow in case she “elects” to reject the provision made for her in the will and take what the statute accords.
Law, b
3, c. 8& According to others, they were themselves judges. Calvin. 3, c. 9, nn. 25, 30; 38 BI. Comm. 8, -cc. 9, ne. 12.
Law, ce
12, 357.—“‘Contents unknown.’’ Words sometimes annexed to a bill of lading of goods in cases. Their meaning is that the master only means to acknowledge the shipment, in good order, of the cases, as to their ex...
LAWFUL
Law hateth new inventions and innovations. Wing. Max. p. 756, max. 204.
Lawler, 205 Pa
24, 54 Atl. 487. A joint interest is one owned by several persons in equal shares, by a title created by a single will or transfer, when expressly declared in the will or transfer to be a joint tenancy, or when granted o...
Lawrence v. Stonington Bank, 6 Conn
527; Graham vy. Duckwall, 8 Bush (Ky.) 17.
Laws N. Mex
1897, § 2184. Also property owned jointly by husband and wife under the community system. OCoMMUNITY.—Come munity property. See CoMMUNITY.—Gananocial property. See that title—General raperty. The right and propert...
Laws Oleron, art
11; 1 Pet. Adm. Append.
Laws Pa
193.—Fair pleader. S$ PLEADER.—EF'air preponderance. In the law of evidence. Such a superiority of the evidence on one side that the fact of its outweighing the evidence on the other side can be perceived if the whol...
Lawton v. Insurance Co., 2 Cush
(Mass.) 501; Earle v. Rowcroft, 8 East, 135.
Ld. Raym
1015; Scholes v. Liargreaves, 5 Term, 46; Hubbard v. Hubbard, 15 Adol. & 417; Kebl. 563. An allodial pro- _prietor, as distinguished from a vassal or feudatory. This was the sense of the term in the laws of the barbarou...
Le 148 U. 8
1, 18 Sup. Ct. 498, 37 L.
Le Big
ree of office were more frequent in practice during’ the continuance of the military, tenures than at present; and were devised by law as an authentic means to. give the king his right by solemn matter of record. Id. 2...
Le Blanc vy. INinois Cent. R. Co., 73 Miss
463, 19 South. 211.—Judicial dicta. Dicta made by a court or judge in the course of a judicial decision or opinion. Com. v. Paine, 207 Pa. 45, 56 Atl. 317. See DicruM.—Judicial district. One of the circuits or ‘pre...
Le Franc, 26 Cal
102; Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 628; Strausse v. Sheriff, 43
Le ranuce Co
103 Mass. 400, 4 Am. Rep.
LE ROI Q
LE ROL
liament.—Le roy (or la reine) remercie ses loyal sujets, accepte leur benevolence, et ainsi le veut. e king (or'the queen) thanks his (or her) loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and therefore wills it to be so....
Leach ©
L. Leach, Cases in Crown Law.
LEAGUE
1. A treaty of alliance between different states or parties. It may be offensive or defensive, or both. It is offensive when the contracting parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive when the parties ...
LEALTE
L. Fr. Legality; the condition of a legalis homo, or lawful man.
Lean, 306, 814, Fed. Cas. No
18,497. -~-Compilation. A literary production, composed of the works of others and arranged in a methodical manner.—Compiled statutes. A collection of the statutes existing and in force in a given state, all laws and p...
Leap year, consisting of 366 days
and happening every fourth year, by the addition of a day in the month of February, which in that year consists of twenty-nine days.
LEAP-YEAR. See BISSEXTILE
LEARNED. Possessing learning; erudite; versed in the law. In statutes prescribing the qualifications of judges, ‘learned in the law” designates one who has recelved a regular legal education, the almost invariable ev...
LEARNING
back, or plainly suggests the answer which the party wishes to get from him. People v. Maco 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 229, 247, 21 Am. Dec.
LEASE 106
LEASE. A conveyance of lands or fenements to a person for life, for a term of years, or at will, in consideration of a return of rent or some other recompense. The person who 80 conveys such lands or tenements is termed ...
LEAUTE
L. Fr. Legality; sufficiency in law. Britt. c 109.
LECHERWITE, LAIRWITE, or LEG
ERWITE. A fine for adultery or fornication, anciently paid to the lords of certain manors. 4 Inst. 206.
Lect
119. 491; 2 Rop. Leg. 480-578. 4. A right issuing out of a thing corpo- 372,
LECTOR DE LETRA ANTIQUA. In
Spanish law. A person appointed by competent authority to read and decipher ancient writings, to the end that they may be presented on the trial of causes as documents entitled to legal credit. Escriche.
LECTRINUM
a conveyance of the fee, have the joint operation of a single conveyance. 2 Bl. Comm. 339; 4 Kent, Comm. 482; Co. Litt. 207; Cruise,
LECTURER
LECTURER. An instructor; a reader of lectures; also a clergyman who assists rectors, etc., in preaching, etc.
Led 64 Ill
402; Phelps v. People, 72 Nu