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place. Iu lieu of, instead, in the place of.
This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had; its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place... more
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat. 2. The state of animated beings, while they possess the power of feeling and... more
An annual income to be paid during the continuance of a particular life.
An insurance of a life, upon the payment of a premium; this may be for the whole life, or for a limited time. On... more
Vide Estate for life, and 3 Saund. 338, h. note; 2 Kent Com. 285; 4 Kent, Com. 23.; 1 Hov. Suppl. to Ves. jr.... more
Scotch law. A right to use and enjoy a thing during life, the substance of it being preserved. A life-rent cannot, therefore, be constituted... more
LIGAN or LAGAN
Goods cast into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are so denominated. When goods are... more
The true and faithful obedience of a subject to his sovereign, of a citizen to his government. It signifies also the territory of a soverqign.... more
The owner or manager of a lighter. A lighterman is considered as a common Carrier. See Lighters.
commerce. Small vessels employed in loading and unloading larger vessels. 2. The owners of lighters are liable, like other common carriers for hire; it... more
Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light, than to look out of. 6 Moore, C. B. 47;... more
Those members of a man which may be useful to him in flight, and the unlawful deprivation of which by another amounts to a... more
estates. When an estate is so expressly confined and limited by the words of its creation, that it cannot endure for a longer time than... more
f, and in relation to the common ancestor, is a direct line; it becomes collateral when placed along side of another line below the common... more
measures. A line is a lineal measure containing the one twelfth part of a on inch.
estates. The division between two estates. Limit; border; boudary. 2. When a line is mentioned in a deed as ending at a particular monument, (q.... more
Properly speaking lineage is the relationship of persons in a direct line; as the grandfather, the father, the son, the grandson, &c.
That which comes in a line. Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from... more
old English law. A warranty by the heir, when he derived title to the land warranted, either from or through, the ancestor who made... more