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LIEU CONUS

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Fr. In old pleading. A known place; a place well known and generally taken notice of by those who dwell about it, as a castle, a manor, etc. Whishaw; 1 Ld. Raym. 259. … [Read more...]

LIDFORD LAW

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A sort of lynch law, whereby a person was first punished and then tried. Wharton. … [Read more...]

LIEUTENANT

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1. A deputy; substitute; an officer who supplies the place of another; one acting by vicarious authority. Etymologically, one who holds the post or office of another, in the place and stead oi the latter. 2. The word is used in composition as part of the title of several civil and military officers, who are subordinate to others, and especially where the duties and powers of … [Read more...]

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