The faculty which men possess of communicating their perceptions and ideas to one another by means of articulate sounds. This is the definition of spoken language; but ideas and perceptions may be communicated without sound by writing, and this is called written language. By conventional usage certain sounds have a definite meaning in one country or in certain countries, and … [Read more...] about LANGUAGE
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LARDARIUS REGIS
The king's larderer, or clerk of the kitchen. Cowell. … [Read more...] about LARDARIUS REGIS
LANGUIDUS
(Lat. Sick.) In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff when a defendant whom he has taken by virtue of process, is so dangerously sick that to remove him would endanger his life or health. 3 Chit Pr. 249, 358. … [Read more...] about LANGUIDUS
LARDING MONEY
In the manor of Bradford, in Wilts, the tenants pay to their lord a small yearly rent by this name, which is said to be for liberty to feed their hogs with the masts of the lord's wood, the fat of a hog being called "lard;" or it may be a commutation for some customary service of carrying salt or meat to the lord's larder. Mon. Angl. t 1, p. 321. … [Read more...] about LARDING MONEY
LANHAM ACT
The name for the federal statute governing trademarks, service marks and unfair competition. Its goals are to eliminate deception, unfair competition and consumer confusion as to trademarks and servicemarks in the workplace. … [Read more...] about LANHAM ACT