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LIFE BENEFICIARY

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A person who receives lifetime benefits pursuant to a trust or by will. See AB trust. … [Read more...]

LIE TO

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To adjoin. A cottage must have had four acres of land laid to it. See 2 Show. 279. … [Read more...]

LIEFTENANT

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An old form of "lieutenant," and still retained as the vulgar pronunciation of the word. … [Read more...]

LIEGE

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In feudal law. Bound by a feudal tenure; bound in allegiance to the lord paramount, who owned no superior. In old records. Full; absolute; perfect; pure. Liege widowhood was pure widowhood. Cowell. Liege homage. Homage which, when performed by one sovereign prince to another, included fealty and services, as opposed to simple homage, which was a mere acknowledgment of tenure. … [Read more...]

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