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LEGITIMI HAEREDES

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Latin: In Bo man law. Legitimate heirs; the agnate relations of the estate leaver; so called because the inheritance was given to them by a law of the Twelve Tables. … [Read more...]

LEOHT-GESCEOT

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A tax for supplying the church with lights. Anc. Inst. Eng. … [Read more...]

LEGISLATIVE

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Making or giving laws; pertaining to the function of law making or to the process of enactment of laws. Legislative department. That department of; government whose appropriate function is the making or enactment of laws, as distinguished from the judicial department, which interprets and applies the laws, and the executive department, which carries them into execution and … [Read more...]

LEGITIMUS

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Lawful; legitimate. Legitimus haeres et filius est quern nuptice demonstrant, a lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage points out to be lawful. Bract fol. 63. … [Read more...]

LEGISLATIVE ACT

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the term that describes an act and states what the future law will be for cases arising from it. … [Read more...]

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