A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal. Anything appended to a larger writing, as a codicil; a narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed or writ, in order to hold the appending seal. In the vernacular, the word denotes a printed or written slip of paper affixed to a … [Read more...] about LABEL
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L.
This letter, as a Roman numeral, stands for the number "fifty." It is also used as an abbreviation for "law," "Uber" (a book,) "lord," and some other words of which it is the initial. … [Read more...] about L.
LABINA
In old records. Watery land. … [Read more...] about LABINA
L. C.
An abbreviation which may stand either for "Lord Chancellor," "Lower Canada," or "Leading Cases." … [Read more...] about L. C.
LABOR
Continued operation; work. 2. The labor and skill of one man is frequently used in a partnership, and valued as equal to the capital of another. 3. When business has been done for another, and suit is brought to recover a just reward, there is generally contained in the declaration, a count for work and labor. 4. Where penitentiaries exist, persons who have committed crimes are … [Read more...] about LABOR