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Labourers, Statute of (English), 31 Edw. 3, c. 7 (repealed as long obsolete by Statute Law Revision Act, 1863), whereby justices of the peace had power to regulate the rate of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