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LOCKDOWN

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The confinement of prisoners to their cells so as to restore order. … [Read more...]

LOCUS POENITENTIAE

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contracts, crim. law. Literally this signifies a place of repentance; in law, it is the opportunity of withdrawing from a projected contract, before the parties are finally bound; or of abandoning the intention of committing a crime, before it has been completed, 2 Bro. C. R. 569; Ersk. Laws of Scotl. 290. Vide article Attempt. … [Read more...]

LJ

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Common abbreviation for "Law Judge" and "Law Journal." … [Read more...]

LOAN CONSOLIDATION

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The process of combining several loans into one loan, usually for the purpose of reducing interest payments by paying off the high interest rate loans with a loan at a lower rate. … [Read more...]

LL.

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The reduplicated form of the abbreviation "L." for "law," used as a plural. It is generally used in citing old collections of statute law; as "LL. Hen. I." … [Read more...]

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