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LAW OF PRESCRIPTION

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See "prescription" - the effect of how the passage of time may create or destroy rights. The law of prescription is commonly understood as a statute of limitations. A popular example of prescription in the United States is adverse possession" where there is a presumption of abandonment of land after an extended period of time passes without being inhabited or openly claimed. … [Read more...]

LYCH-GATE

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The gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for' burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton. … [Read more...]

LYEF-GELD

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Sax. In old records. Lief silver or money; a small fine paid by the customary tenant to the lord for leave to plow or sow, etc. Somn. Gavelkind, 27. … [Read more...]

LYING BY

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A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, is said to be prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. … [Read more...]

LYING IN FRANCHISE

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A term descriptive of waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action. … [Read more...]

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