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...]

(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...]

That state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions. Webster. The sum of the forces by which death is resisted. Bichat. Life annuity. An engagement to pay an income yearly during the life of some person; also the sum thus promised. Life estate. An … [Read more...]

A person who advocates for personal freedoms of thought, expression, action and rights. … [Read more...]

In real law. Freehold. Frank tenement. In pleading. A plea of freehold. A plea by the defendant in an action of trespass to real property that the locus in quo is his freehold, or that of a third person, under whom he acted. 1 Tidd, Pr. 645. … [Read more...]