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Lay people

Lay people, jurymen. Obsolete.

Nun

female bound by vows of celibacy, living in company with other nuns in a nunnery or convent. An obsolete (English) Act of 1285 (13 Edw. 1,c. 6) (Statute of Westminster the Second) punishes the abduction of a

Ochiern

Ochiern, a name of dignity; a freeholder, Skene. Obsolete.

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Old machinery

general adjective viz. 'old' being restricted to a sense analogous to the less general adjectives 'discarded, unserviceable or obsolete'. In order to fall within the expression 'old machinery' occurr-ing in the entry, the machinery must be old

Lease and release

lie in grant as well as in livery, and the conveyance by lease and release has thus become obsolete.

Inspection

of it, it was decided by the judges of the Court upon the evidence of their own senses. Obsolete. See 3 Bl. Com. 331. As to inspection by a judge or jury, see (English) R.S.C, Order L.

Lawless Court

a coal; and he that owes suit or service there, and appears not, forfeits double his rent.'-Cam. Brit. Obsolete.

Lagh

Lagh [fr. laga, Sax.], law. Obsolete.

Labourers, Statute of

Labourers, Statute of (English), 31 Edw. 3, c. 7 (repealed as long obsolete by Statute Law Revision Act, 1863), whereby justices of the peace had power to regulate the rate of

Journey's accounts

Journey's accounts, the shortest possible time between an abatement of one writ and the issuing of another. Obsolete, 6 Rep. 10.

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