Lat. License; leave; permission. Licentia coneordandi In old practice and conveyancing. License or leave to agree; one of the proceedings on levying a fine of lands. 2 Bl. Comm. 350. Licentia loquendt In old practice. Leave to speak, i.e., with the plaintiff;) an imparlance; or rather leave to imparl. 3 Bl. Comm. 299. Licentia serengedi In old English practice. License to … [Read more...]

A person who advocates for personal freedoms of thought, expression, action and rights. … [Read more...]

In real law. Freehold. Frank tenement. In pleading. A plea of freehold. A plea by the defendant in an action of trespass to real property that the locus in quo is his freehold, or that of a third person, under whom he acted. 1 Tidd, Pr. 645. … [Read more...]

estates, conveyancing, practice. When an action is brought for the purpose of levying a fine, the defendant, knowing himself to be in the wrong, is supposed to make overtures of accommodation to the plaintiff, who accepts them; but having given pledges to prosecute his suit, applies to the court, upon the return of the writ of covenant, for leave to make the matter up; this, … [Read more...]

Lat. Liberty; freedom; a privilege; a tranchise. Libertas ecclesiastica. Church liberty, or ecclesiastical immunity. Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur. Co. Litt 116. Liberty is that natural faculty which permits every one to do anything he pleases except that which is restrained by law or force. Libertas … [Read more...]