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LITERARY PROPERTY

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This name has been given to the right which authors have in their works. This is secured to them by copyright. … [Read more...]

LITIS DOMINIUM

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Latin: In the civil law. Ownership, control, or direction of a suit A fiction of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit was authorized or justified, he being supposed to become, by the appointment of his principal (dominus) or client, the donv inus litis. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit 10, {$ 1246, 1247. Litis nomen omnem actionem signif icat, … [Read more...]

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...]

LIQUID ASSETS

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Property that can be quickly and easily converted into cash such as bonds and assets in a bank that is convertible into cash. … [Read more...]

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