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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

Lat. In Roman law. Freedman. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with their former master, who was now called their "patron;" the latter term describing the status of the same persons in the general social economy of Rome. … [Read more...] about LIBERTI, LIBERTINI

A portion of ground containing four oxgangs, and every oxgang fourteen acres. Cowell. This is the same with what in Scotland was called "pound land" of old extent Wharton. … [Read more...] about LIBRATA TERRAE