(adjective) - Latin: Free; open and accessible, as applied to courts, places, etc; of the state or condition of a freeman, as applied to persons. Liber bancus. In old English law. Free bench. Bract, fol. 976. Liber" et legalis homo. In old English law. A free and lawful man. A term applied to a juror, from the earliest period. Liber homo. A free man; a freeman lawfully … [Read more...] about LIBER
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LEZE-MAJESTY
An offense against sovereign power; treason; rebellion. … [Read more...] about LEZE-MAJESTY
LIBER ASSISARUM
The book of assizes, or pleas of the crown; being the fifth part of the Year Books. … [Read more...] about LIBER ASSISARUM
LIABILITY
The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice to do, pay, or make good something; legal responsibility. … [Read more...] about LIABILITY
LIBER FEUD RUM
A code of the feudal law, which was compiled by direction of the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and published in Milan, in 1170. It was called the Liber Feudorum, and was divided into five books, of which the first, second, and some fragments of the other's still exist and are printed at the end of all the modern editions of the Corpus Juris Civilis. … [Read more...] about LIBER FEUD RUM