LAW, COMMON. The common law is that which derives its force and authority from the universal consent and immemorial practice of the people. It has nev...
LAW, ARBITRARY. An arbitrary law is one made by the legislator simply because he wills it, and is not founded in the nature of things; such law, for e...
LAST SICKNESS. That of which a person died.2. The expenses of this sickness are generally entitled to a preference, in payment of debts of an insolven...
LARGE. Broad; extensive; unconfined. The opposite of strict, narrow, or confined. At large, at liberty.LAS PARTIDAS. The name of a code of Spanish law...
LANGUIDUS, practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff, when a defendant whom he has taken by virtue of process is so dangerously sick that to ...
LANGUAGE. The faculty which men possess of communicating their perceptions and ideas to one another by means of articulate sounds. This is the definit...
LAND. This term comprehends any found, soil or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, waters, marshes, furze and heath. It has an indefinite e...
LABEL. A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal.L...
KNAVE. A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning.2. To call a ma...
KING'S BENCH. The name of the supreme court of law in England. It is so called because formerly the king used to sit there in person, the style of...