A laundry or place to wash in; a place in the porch or entrance of cathedral churches, where the priest and other officiating ministers were obliged to wash their hands before they proceeded to divine service. … [Read more...] about LAVATORIUM
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LAW FIRM
A collective or partnership of lawyers who work together under one umbrella company. … [Read more...] about LAW FIRM
LATERARE
To lie sideways, in opposition to lying endways; used in descriptions of lands. … [Read more...] about LATERARE
LAUDARE
Lat. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one's title or authority. Calvin. In feudal law. To determine or pass upon judicially. Law dam en turn, the finding or award of a jury. 2 Bl. Comm. 285. … [Read more...] about LAUDARE
LATH, LATHE
The name of an ancient civil division in England, intermediate between the county or shire and the hundred. Said to be the same as what, in other parts of the kingdom, was termed a "rape." 1 Bl. Comm. 116; Cowell; Spelman. Lathreve. An officer under the Saxon government, who had authority over a lathe. Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 116. … [Read more...] about LATH, LATHE