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Lammas lands. Lands over which there is a several right of either arable or meadow crop but as soon as the crop has been taken a commonable right of pasturage arises generally from about Lammas (1st August) (reaping time), until 25th march (sowing time), in which the holders who had the several rights are included. No right by grant exists except in a corporation or other trustees for the benefit of the inhabitants, the latter being an indefinite body unascertainable at the time of grant. See the (English) Repealed Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. C. 62), s. 13; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Tithe,' as to commutation of tithe thereon, and see Baylis v. Tyssen Amherst, (1877) 6 Ch D 500....
Lammas
The first day of August called also Lammas day and Lammastide...
Lammas
Lammas [said to be derived from a custom by which the tenants of the Archbishop of York were obliged, at the time of Mass, on the 1st of August, to bring a live lamb to the altar. In Scotland they are said to wear lambs on this day. It may be corrupted from latter-math. Others derive it from a Saxon word, signifying loaf-mass, because on that day our forefathers made an offering of bread composed of new wheat], the gule or 1st of August, and the second of the four cross quarter-days of the year, Encyc. Londin.; Wheat. Com. Pr....
lend
lend lent lend·ing vt 1 : to give for temporary use on condition that the same or its equivalent be returned 2 : to let out (money) for temporary use on condition of repayment with interest vi : to make a loan lend·able adj lend·er n ...
predatory lending
predatory lending abusive lending practices that include a mortgage loan to someone who does not have the ability to repay. It also pertains to repeated refinancing of a loan charging high interest and fees each time. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
truth-in-lending
truth-in-lending a federal law obligating a lender to give full written disclosure of all fees, terms, and conditions associated with the loan initial period and then adjusts to another rate that lasts for the term of the loan. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
truth-in-lending act
truth-in-lending act A federal act assuring that every individual who has need for consumer credit is given full disclosure of the terms and cost of the credit. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601) Source: FindLaw ...
lease lend
Same as lend lease...
Lend
To allow the custody and use of on condition of the return of the same to grant the temporary use of as to lend a book opposed to borrow...
Lendes
See Lends...
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