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LOGS

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Stems or trunks of trees cut into convenient lengths for the purpose of being afterwards manufactured into lumber of various kinds; not including manufactured lumber of any sort, nor timber which is squared or otherwise shaped for use without further change in form. Kolloch v. Pareher, 52 Wis. 393, 9 N. W. 67. And see Haynes v. Hayward, 40 Me. 148; State v. Addington, 121 N. C … [Read more...]

LOOPHOLE

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An unintentionally ambiguous area of a law, statute or contract which allows for a person or party to conduct an activity that was either not intended to occur or which may not have been considered and which is usually only to the beenfit of one party. … [Read more...]

LOI

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Letter Of Intent … [Read more...]

LOPWOOD

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A right in the inhabitants of a parish within a manor, in England, to lop for fuel, at certain periods of the year, the branches of trees growing upon the waste lands of the manor. Sweet. … [Read more...]

LOITERING

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A criminal charge of vagrancy. Wasting time being idle. … [Read more...]

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