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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...] about LITERATE

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

"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...] about LITERATURA

Ft. A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimetre, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints. Webster. … [Read more...] about LITRE

Ascertained; determined; fixed; settled; made clear or manifest. Cleared away; paid; discharged. Liquidated account. An account whereof the amount is certain and fixed, either by the act and agreement of the parties or by operation of law; a sum which cannot be changed by the proof; it is so much or nothing; but the term does not necessarily refer to a writing. Nisbet v. … [Read more...] about LIQUIDATED