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LITERARY WORKS

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Works of authorship under copyright law which are expressed verbally or numerically such as a novel, computer source code. … [Read more...]

LITISPENDENCE

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An obsolete term for the time during which a lawsuit is going on. The part of an action being depending and undetermined; the time during which an action is pending. See Lis pendens. … [Read more...]

LITERATE

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In English ecclesiastical law. One who qualifies himself for holy orders by presenting himself as a person accomplished in classical learning, etc., not as a graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, etc … [Read more...]

LITISPENDENCIA

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In Spanish law. Litispendency. The condition of a suit pending in a court of justice. … [Read more...]

LITERATURA

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"Ad literaturam po nei'e" means to put children to school. This liberty was anciently denied to those parents who were servile tenants, without the lord's consent. The prohibition against the education of sons arose from the fear that the son, being bred to letters, might enter into holy orders, and so stop or divert the services which he might otherwise do as heir to his … [Read more...]

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