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  • LATOR
    Lat. In the civil law. A bearer; a messenger. Also a maker or giver of laws.
  • LATRO
    Lat. In the civil and. old English law. A robber. Dig. 50, 16, 116; Fleta, lib. 1, c 88, 11. A thief.
  • LATROCINATION
    The act of robbing; a depredation.
  • LATROCINIUM
    The prerogative of adjudging and executing thieves; also larceny; theft; a thing stolen.
  • LATROCINY
    Larceny.
  • LATTER-MATH
    A second mowing; the aftermath.
  • LAUDARE
    Lat. In the civil law. To name; to cite or quote; to show one's title or authority. Calvin. In feudal law. To determine or pass upon judicially. Law dam en turn, the finding or award of a jury. 2 Bl. Comm. 285.
  • LAUDATIO
    Lat. In Roman law. Testimony delivered In court concerning an accused person's good behavior and integrity of life. It resembled the practice which prevails In our trials of calling persons to speak to a prisoner's character. The least number of the laudatores among the Romans was ten. Wharton.
  • LAUDATOR
    Lat. An arbitrator; a witness to character.
  • LAUDEMEO
    In Spanish law. The tax paid by the possessor of land held by quit-rent or emphyteusis to the owner of the estate, when the tenant alienates his right in the property. Escriche.
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