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Magna Carta et Carta de Foresta sont appelles les deux grandes chartres

two great charters.) 'The two famous charters of English liberties, magna carta and carta de foresta' (4 Bl. Com. 423).

Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de

was to try the matter of right. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, 3 Bl. Com. 351.

Lying in franchise

in franchise, waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action, 3 Steph. Com.

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Liege homage

Liege homage, an acknowledgement which included fealty and the services consequent upon it, 1 Br. & Had. Com. 442

Libel

consists in using language which others knowing the circumstances would reasonably think to be defamatory of the person complaining of any injured by it.' The term also legally includes such writings as are of a blasphemous, treasonable,

Lex non scripta

Lex non scripta, the unwritten or Common Law, which includes general and particular customs, and particular local laws; 1 Steph. Com. See Common Law.

Lex hostilia de furtis

law which provided that a prosecution for theft might be carried on without the owner's intervention, 4 Steph. Com.

Lex mercatoria

Lex mercatoria, the mercantile law or general body of European usages in commercial matters, 1 Steph. Com.

Lex Julia majestatis

Lex Julia majestatis, a law promulgated by Augustus C'sar among the Romans, comprehending all the ancient laws that had before been enacted to punish transgressors against the State, 4 Steph. Com.

Letters of marque

Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable by the Secretaries

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Magna Carta et Carta de Foresta sont appelles les deux grandes chartres

two great charters.) 'The two famous charters of English liberties, magna carta and carta de foresta' (4 Bl. Com. 423).

Magna assisa eligendia, Writ de

was to try the matter of right. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, 3 Bl. Com. 351.

Lying in franchise

in franchise, waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action, 3 Steph. Com.

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Liege homage

Liege homage, an acknowledgement which included fealty and the services consequent upon it, 1 Br. & Had. Com. 442

Libel

consists in using language which others knowing the circumstances would reasonably think to be defamatory of the person complaining of any injured by it.' The term also legally includes such writings as are of a blasphemous, treasonable,

Lex non scripta

Lex non scripta, the unwritten or Common Law, which includes general and particular customs, and particular local laws; 1 Steph. Com. See Common Law.

Lex hostilia de furtis

law which provided that a prosecution for theft might be carried on without the owner's intervention, 4 Steph. Com.

Lex mercatoria

Lex mercatoria, the mercantile law or general body of European usages in commercial matters, 1 Steph. Com.

Lex Julia majestatis

Lex Julia majestatis, a law promulgated by Augustus C'sar among the Romans, comprehending all the ancient laws that had before been enacted to punish transgressors against the State, 4 Steph. Com.

Letters of marque

Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable by the Secretaries

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