Kinkaid, 40 Neb
178, 58 N. W. 700.—Geo to. In a statute, will, or other instrument, a direction that property shall “go to” a designated person means that it shall pass or proceed to
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KLEPTOMANIA
perform in protecting the rights of the crown; c€. g., by instituting proceedings for the recovery of land by writs of intrusion, (g. v.,.) and for the recovery of legacy and succession duties; but of late years administrative changes have lessened...
Ky
468, 78 S. W. 163, 111 Am. St. Rep. 259; 183. 134, 44 S. W. 444; Railroad-Co. v. Smith, 71 Ark. 189, 71 S. W. 947; State v. New 769, 57 S. W. 501, 50 L. R. A. 383; Parks. v. State, 159 Ind. 211, 64 N. E. 862, 59 L. R.. A. 190. 312, 68 8S. W. 187;...
L. BEd
356; Ex abi Garland, 4 Wall. 387, 19 L. Ed. 366; People vy. Hayes, 140 N. Y. 484, 35 N. BD 951, 23 L. R. A. 830,37 Am. St.
L. R. A. 809, 26 Am. St. Rep
325; Metzger v. Schnabel, 23 Misc. Rep. 698, 52 N. Y¥. Supp.’ 1035; Pollock v. Landis, 86 Iowa, 652.
L. R. A. 884
PAWN, v. To deliver personal property to another in pledge, or as security for a debt or sum borrowed.
L. Sc
133. Unjustly detaining from me. He is said to withhold A me (from me) who has obtained possession of my property unjustly. Calvin.
La. Ann
991. 45. 598, 7 South. 125; State v. Bryan, 112 N. C. 848, 16 S. E. 909. 20.—Fiscal officers. Those cha with the collection and distribution of public money, as, the money of a state, county, or municipal corporation. Rev. St. Mo. ; 5833 (Ann. S...
La. Ann, 1411,'27 South
796. res Public lands of a state set apes by the state (or by congress in a territory) to create, by the proceeds of their sale, a fund for the establishment and maintenance of public schools.—Seated land. Land that is occupied, cultivated, improve...
Lacy v. Telerook Ala
LADING, BILL OF. See BIL
LADY. In English law. The title be longing to the wife of a peer, and (by cour tesy) the wife of a baronet or knight, and als0 to any woman, married or sole, whose father was a nobleman of a rank not lower than that of earl. ‘ —Lady-court. In Eng...
Land Office Com’r, 87 Mich
353, 49 N. W. 600,) and to the fractional paper currency issued by the United States during the period of the Civil War.
LANDA
a lawnd or lawn. Cowell;
LANDAGENDE, LANDHLAFORD, or
LANDRICA. In Saxon law. A proprietor of land; lord of the soil. Anc. Inst. Eng.
Landl. & Ten
232; Zimmerman v. Shreeve, 59 Md. 363; Lawrence v. Hunter, 9 Watts (Pa.) 78; Livingston v. Reynolds, 2 Hill (N.
LANDLOCKED
da necesstias,” (g. v.;) quasi land ree Cowell. .
Larceny is
the taking of personal property,
Lat
(You go to the sheriff.) A writ formerly directed to the coroners of a county in England, commanding them to go to the sheriff, where the latter had suppressed and neglected to return a writ of pone, and to deliver a writ to him requiring him to retu...
LATENS
Lat. Latent; hidden; not ap parent. See AMBIGUITAS. LATENT. Hidden; concealed; that does
LATIFUNDIUM
Lat. In the civil law. Great or large possessions; a great or large field; a common. A great estate made up of smaller ones, (fundis,) which began to be common in the latter times of the empire.
Latin dominium, (qg
v.) Dominio alto, eminent domain; dominio directo, immediate ownership; dominio utile, beneficial ownership. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 556.
Laud
c. 5. A maxim of the common law of England, now superseded by the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 106, § 9. See Broom, Max. 530.
LAUDARE
Lat. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one’s title or authority. Calvin.
LAUNCH
1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
Law Gloss. See Boyd v.. Emmons, 103 Ky
393, 45 &§ W. 864; Tinsley v. Rice, 105 Ga. 285, 81 S. B. 174; Bowen vy. Kirkland, 17 Ter.
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 property attached under it fo...
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 others. Kittanning
Law, 17, 26 Atl
306: State v. Slingerland, 19
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 of the estoppel being to preve...
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.