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In Roman law. A weigher or balance holder. The person who held a brazen balance in the ceremony of emancipation per ws et libram. Inst. 2, 10, 1. Librornnt appellatione continentnr omnia volumina, sive in charta, sive in membrana sint, sive in qnavis alia materia. Under the name of books are contained all volumes, whether upon paper, or parchment, or any other material. Dig. … [Read more...] about LIBRIPENS

Privileged districts exempt from the sheriffs jurisdiction; as, "gaol liberties" or "Jail liberties." See GAOL. Libertinnm ingratnm leges eiviles la pristiaam servitutem redigunt; sed leges Anglim semel manamissum semper libernm judieant. Co. Litt 137. The civil laws reduce an ungrateful freedman to his original slavery; but the laws of England regard a man once manumitted as … [Read more...] about LIBERTIES

In Spanish law. An attorney or advocate; particularly, a person admitted to the degree of "Licentiate in Jurisprudence" by any of the literary universities of Spain, and who is thereby authorized to practice in all the courts. Escriche. … [Read more...] about LICENCIADO

1. Freedom ; exemption from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of the individual without restraint, coercion, or control from other persons. 1. "Liberty," as used in the provision of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution, forbidding the states to … [Read more...] about LIBERTY

(A) contracts. A right given by some competent authority to do an act, which without such authority would be illegal. The instrument or writing which secures this right, is also called a license. 2. A license is express or implied. An express license is one which in direct terms authorizes the performance of a certain act; as a license to keep a tavern given by public … [Read more...] about LICENSE