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

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

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...] about LIEGE

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...] about LIEGE POUSTIE

Latin: From the verb "licere," Although; notwithstanding. Importing, in this sense, a direct affirmation. Also, it is allowed, it is permissible. Licet ssepius requisitus. (Although often requested.) In pleading. A phrase used in the old Latin forms of declarations, and literally translated in the modern precedents. Yel. 66; 2 Chit. PI. 90; 1 Chit. PL 331. The clause in a … [Read more...] about LICET