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LIBERTY OF THE PRESS

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The right to print and publish the truth, from good motives, and for justifiable ends. 3 Johns. Cas. 394. 2. This right is secured by the constitution of the United States. Amendments, art. 1. The abuse of the right is punished criminally, by indictment; civilly, by action. Vide Judge Cooper's Treatise on the Law of Libel, aud the Liberty of the Press, passim; and article … [Read more...] about LIBERTY OF THE PRESS

LICENSEE

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A person to whom a license has been granted. In patent law. One who has had transferred to him, either in writing or orally, a less or different interest than either the Interest in the whole patent, or an undivided part of such whole interest, or an exclusive sectional Interest Potter v. Holland, 4 Blatchf. 211, Fed. Cas. No. 11,329. … [Read more...] about LICENSEE

Liberty U. L. Rev.

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Liberty University Law Review … [Read more...] about Liberty U. L. Rev.

LICENSING ACTS

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This expression is applied by Hallam (Const. Hist c. 13) to ," acts of parliament for the restraint of print g ing, except by license. It may also be ap i plied to any act of parliament passed for the purpose of requiring a license for doing any I act whatever. But, generally, when we speak t of the licensing acts, we mean the acts regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. … [Read more...] about LICENSING ACTS

LIBERUM MARITAGIUM

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In old English law. Frank marriage. Bract, fol. 21. … [Read more...] about LIBERUM MARITAGIUM

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