1. To hire, to lease; to grant the use and possession of something for a compensation. 2. This term is applied to real estate and the words to hire are more commonly used when speaking of personal estate. See Hire, Hirer, and Letter. 3. Letting is very similar to selling; the difference consists, in this; that instead of selling the thing itself, the letter sells only the use … [Read more...] about LET
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LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY
A legal doctrine granting legislators immunity from lawsuits as a result of their performance and decisions made in the course of their service to government. This immunity does not include acts that would be included in a criminal prosecution. … [Read more...] about LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY
LEGULEIUS
A person skilled in law, (in legibus versatus;) one versed in the forma of law. Calvin. … [Read more...] about LEGULEIUS
LEGISLATIVE INTENT
Drafting proposing debating and enacting a particular statute based on the design plan and purpose the legislature had. … [Read more...] about LEGISLATIVE INTENT
LEIDGRAVE
An officer under the Saxon government, who had jurisdiction over a lath. Enc. Lond. See Lath. … [Read more...] about LEIDGRAVE