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...] about LIE DETECTOR TEST
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LIE TO
To adjoin. A cottage must have had four acres of land laid to it. See 2 Show. 279. … [Read more...] about LIE TO
LIEFTENANT
An old form of "lieutenant," and still retained as the vulgar pronunciation of the word. … [Read more...] about LIEFTENANT
LIBERTI or LIBERTINI
These two words were, at different times, made to express among the Romans, the condition of those who, having been slaves, had been made free. 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 99. There is some distinction between these words. By libertus, was understood the freedman, when considered in relation to his patron, who had bestowed liberty upon him and he was called libertinus, when considered … [Read more...] about LIBERTI or LIBERTINI
LIBRARIUS
In Roman law. A writer or amanuensis; a copyist Dig. 50, 17, 92. … [Read more...] about LIBRARIUS