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Latin: To be lawful; to be allowed or permitted by law. Calvin. … [Read more...] about LICERE

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

Latin: In Roman law. To offer a price for a thing; to bid for it … [Read more...] about LICERE, LICERI

A destroyer of liberty. … [Read more...] about LIBERTICIDE