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Lat. A letter. The letter of a law, as distinguished from its spirit See Letter. Litera Pisana. The Pisan letter. A term applied to the old character in which the copy of the Pandects formerly kept at Pisa, in Italy, Was written. Spelman. … [Read more...] about LITERA

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

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

The name of an Italian coin, of the value of about eighteen cents. … [Read more...] about LIRA

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