This term, when used in statutes forbidding the sale of liquors, refers only to spirituous or Intoxicating liquors.See INTOXICATING LIQUOR; SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR. Liquor dealer. Dne who carries on the business of selling intoxicating liquors, either at wholesale or retail, and irrespective of whether the liquor sold is produced or manufactured by himself or by others; but there … [Read more...] about LIQUOR
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LITERAE
Letters. A term applied in old English law to various instruments in writing, public and private. Litem dimissorisB. Dimissory letters, (q. v.) Liters humaniores. A term including Greek, Latin, general philology, logic, moral philosophy, metaphysics; the name of the principal course of study in the University of Oxford. Wharton. Literae mortuss. Dead letters ; fulfilling words … [Read more...] about LITERAE
LIRA
The name of an Italian coin, of the value of about eighteen cents. … [Read more...] about LIRA
LITERAL
According to language; following expression in words. A literal construction of a document adheres closely to its words, without making differences for extrinsic circumstances; a literal performance of a condition is one which complies exactly with its terms. Literal contract. In Roman law. A species of written contract, in which the formal act by which an obligation was … [Read more...] about LITERAL
LIS
A suit; an action; a controversy in court; a dispute. Lat. A controversy or dispute; a suit or action at law. Lis alibi pendens. A suit pending elsewhere. The fact that proceedings are pending between a plaintiff and defendant in one court in respect to a given matter is frequently a ground for preventing the plaintiff from taking proceedings in another court against the same … [Read more...] about LIS