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LESCHEWES

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Trees fallen by chance or wind falls. Brooke, Abr. 341. … [Read more...]

LETRADO

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In Spanish law. An advocate. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 1, c. 1, i 3, note. … [Read more...]

LESE MAJESTY

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The old English and Scotch translation of "Iaesa majestas," or high treason. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6. … [Read more...]

LETTER

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1. One of the arbitrary marks or characters constituting the alphabet and used in written language as the representatives of sounds or articulations of the human organs of speech. Several of the letters of the English alphabet have a special significance in Jurisprudence, as abbreviations and otherwise, or are employed as numerals. 2. A dispatch or epistle; a written or printed … [Read more...]

LESION

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contracts. In the civil law this term is used to signify the injury suffered. Fr. Damage; Injury; detriment. Kelham. A term of the Scotch law. In the civil law. The injury suffered by one who does not receive a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutative contract Civil Code La. art. 1860. Inequality in contracts. Poth. Obi., no. 33. In medical jurisprudence. Any change … [Read more...]

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