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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...]

LIE

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(1) That which is proper, is fit; as, an action on the case lies for an injury committed without force; corporeal hereditaments lie in livery, that is, they pass by livery; incorporeal hereditaments lie in grant, that is, pass by the force of the grant, and without any livery. Vide Lying in grant. (2) To subsist; to exist; to be sustainable; to be proper or available. Thus the … [Read more...]

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