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  • 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
  • LESTAGE, LASTAGE
    A custom for carrying things in fairs and markets. Fleta. 1. 1, c. 47; Termes de la Ley.
  • LESTAGEFRY
    Lestage free, or exempt from the duty of paying ballast money. CowelL
  • LESTAGIUM
    Lastage or lestage; a duty laid on the cargo of a ship. Cowell.
  • LESWES
    Pastures. Domesday; Co. Litt 4o. A term often inserted in old deeds and conveyances. Cowell.
  • LET
    v. In conveyancing. To demise or lease. "To let and set" is an old expression. In practice. To deliver. "To let to ball" is to deliver to bail on arrest In contracts. To award to one of several persons, who have submitted proposals therefor, the contract for erecting public works More...
  • LET
    n. In old conveyancing. Hindrance; obstruction; interruption. Still occasionally used in the phrase "without any let, suit, trouble," etc.
  • LET IN
    In practice. To admit a party as a matter of favor; as to open a judgment and "let the defendant in" to a defense.
  • LETHAL WEAPON
    In Scotch law. A deadly weapon. See State v. Godfrey, 17 Or. 300, 20 Pac. 625, 11 Am. St Rep. 830.
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