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LIGAN, LAGAN

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Goods cast into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are so denominated. When goods are cast into the sea in storms or shipwrecks, and remain there, without coming to land, they are distinguished by the barbarous names of "jetsam," "flotsam," and "ligan." 5 Coke, 108; Harg. State Tr. 48; 1 Bl. Comm. 292. … [Read more...]

LIFE INTEREST

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A person who has an interest in or claim to property until the death of the person who has the interest in the property. … [Read more...]

LIGARE

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To tie or bind. Bract, fol. 369&. To enter into a league or treaty. Spelman. … [Read more...]

LIFE SENTENCE

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A prison sentence for the term of one's natural life. … [Read more...]

LIGEA

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In old English law. A liege woman; a female subject. Reg. Orig. 3126. … [Read more...]

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