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  • LEPORARIUS
    A greyhound. Cowell.
  • LEPORIUM
    A place where hares are kept Mon. Angl. t 2, p.'1035.
  • LEPROSUS
    L. Lat A leper. -Lcproso anoveaao. An ancient writ that lay to remove a leper or lasar, who thrust himself into the company of his neighbors in any parish, either in the church or at other public meetings, to their annoyance. Reg. Orig. 237.
  • LESCHEWES
    Trees fallen by chance or wind-falls. Brooke, Abr. 841.
  • LESE MAJESTY
    The old English and Scotch translation of "Icssa majestas," or high treason. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6.
  • LESION
    Fr. Damage; Injury; detriment Kelham. A term of the Scotch law. In tne civil law. The injury suffered by one who does not receive a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutative contract Civil Code La. art 1860. Inequality in contracts. Poth. Obi., no. 83. In medical jurisprudence. More...
  • LESPEGEND
    An inferior officer in forests to take care of the vert and venison therein, eta Wharton.
  • LESSEE
    He to whom a lease is made. He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. Viterbo v. Friedlander, 120 U. S. 707, 7 Sup. Ct. 962, 30 L. Ed. 776.
  • LESSOR
    He who grants a lease. Viterbo v. Friedlander. 120 TJ. S. 707, 7 Sup. Ct. 962, 30 I* Ed. 776. -Lessor of the plaintiff. In the action of ejectment, this was the party who really and in effect prosecuted the action and was interested in its result. The reason of More...
  • LEST
    Fr. In French maritime law. Ballast. Ord. Mar. liv. 4, tit. 4, art. L
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