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One taken on a point not proper to decide the action; for example, if in an action of debt on bond, conditioned for the payment of ten dollars and fifty cents at a certain day, the defend ant pleads the payment of ten dollars according to the form of the condition, and the plaintiff, instead of demurring, tenders issue upon the payment, it is manifest that, whether this issue … [Read more...] about LMMATERIAL ISSUE

One who engages in lobbying. … [Read more...] about LOBBYIST

Spanish meaning Litigious; the subject of litigation; a term applied to property which is the subject of dispute or a pending suit. … [Read more...] about LITIGIOSO

estates. A delivery of possession of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, unto one entitled to the same. This was a ceremony used in the common law for the conveyance of real estate; and the livery was in deed, which was performed by the feoffor and the feoffee going upon the land, and the latter receiving it from the former; or in law, where the game was not made on the land, … [Read more...] about LIVERY OF SEISIN

That which is the subject of a suit or action; that which is contested in a court of justice. In another sense, litigious signifies a disposition to sue; a fondness for litigation. … [Read more...] about LITIGIOUS