See Commission of Aebay. … [Read more...] about LIEUTENANCY, COMMISSION OF
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LIDFORD LAW
A sort of lynch law, whereby a person was first punished and then tried. Wharton. … [Read more...] about LIDFORD LAW
LIEUTENANT
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...] about LIEUTENANT
LIBERI
In Saxon law. Freemen; the possessors of allodial lands. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. In the civil law. Children. The term included "grandchildren." … [Read more...] about LIBERI
LIBERUM SOCAGIUM
In old English law. Free socage. Bract, fol. 207; 2 Bl. Comm. 61, 62. … [Read more...] about LIBERUM SOCAGIUM