Common name for a polygraph test which examines the nature of a person's physiological responses to a given series of questions and determines whether the person is telling the truth based upon changes in that person's state that would indicate a nervous state or concern regarding a lie. The reliability of such tests is in great controversy and most states will not admit … [Read more...]

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

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

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...]

Scotch law. The condition or state of a person who is in his ordinary health and capacity, and not a minor, nor cognosced as an idiot or madman, nor under interdiction. He is then said to be in Iiege poustie, or in legitima potestati, and he has full power of disposal of his property. … [Read more...]