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LOMBARDS

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A name given to the merchants of Italy, numbers of whom, during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, were established as merchants and bankers in the principal cities of Europe. … [Read more...]

LODGINGS

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Habitation in another's house; apartments in another's house, furnished or unfurnished, occupied for habitation; the occupier being termed a "lodger." … [Read more...]

LONDRES

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Fr. London. Yearb. P. 1 Edw. II. p. 4. … [Read more...]

LODS ET VENTES

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In old French and Canadian law. A fine payable by a roturter on every change of ownership of his land; a mutation or alienation fine. Steph. Lect 351. … [Read more...]

LONG

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In various compound legal terms (see infra) this word carries a meaning not essentially different from its signification in the vernacular. In the language of the stock exchange, a broker or speculator is said to be "long" on stock, or as to a particular security, when he has in his possession or control an abundant supply of it, or a supply exceeding the amount which he has … [Read more...]

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