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LEVEE
An embankment or artificial mound of earth constructed along the margin of a river, to confine the stream to its natural channel or prevent Inundation or overflow. State v. New Orleans ft N. El R. Co., 42 La. Ann. 138, 7 South. 226; Royse v. Evansville ft T. H. R. More...

An embankment or artificial mound of earth constructed along the margin of a river, to confine the stream to its natural channel or prevent Inundation or overflow. State v. New Orleans ft N. El R. Co., 42 La. Ann. 138, 7 South. 226; Royse v. Evansville ft T. H. R. Co., 160 Ind. 502, 67 N. E. 446. Also (probably by an extension of the foregoing meaning) a landing place on a river or lake; a place on a river or other navigable water for lading and unlading goods and for the reception and discharge of passengers to and from vessels lying in the contiguous waters, which may be either a wharf or pier or the natural bank. See Coffin v. Portland (C. C.) 27 Fed. 415; St. Paul v. Railroad Co., 63 Minn. 330,68 N. W. 458, 34 L. R. A. 184; Napa v. How-land, 87 Cal. 84, 25 Pac. 247. -Levee distriot. A municipal subdivision of a state (which may or may not be a public corporation) organized for the purpose, and charged with the duty, of constructing and maintaining such levees within its territorial limits as are to be built and kept up at public expense and for the general public benefit. See People v. Levee Dist No. 6, 181 Cal. 30, 63 Pac. p76. Less...
LEVIABLE
That which may be levied. That which is a proper or permissible subject for a levy; as, a "leviable interest" in land. See Bray v. Ragsdale, 53 Mo. 172.

That which may be levied. That which is a proper or permissible subject for a levy; as, a "leviable interest" in land. See Bray v. Ragsdale, 53 Mo. 172. Less...
LEVIR
In Roman law. A husband's brother; a wife's brother-in-law. Calvin.

In Roman law. A husband's brother; a wife's brother-in-law. Calvin. Less...
LEVIS
Lat. Light; slight; trifling. Levis culpa, slight fault or neglect. Levis-sima culpa, the slightest neglect Levis note, a slight mark or brand. See Brand v. Schenectady ft T. R. Co., 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 378.

Lat. Light; slight; trifling. Levis culpa, slight fault or neglect. Levis-sima culpa, the slightest neglect Levis note, a slight mark or brand. See Brand v. Schenectady ft T. R. Co., 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 378. Less...
LEVITICAL DEGREES
Degrees of kindred within which persons are prohibited to marry. They are set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus.

Degrees of kindred within which persons are prohibited to marry. They are set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus. Less...
LEVY
v. To raise; execute; exact; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (raise or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to. levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution, i.e., to levy or collect a sum of money on an More...

v. To raise; execute; exact; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (raise or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to. levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution, i.e., to levy or collect a sum of money on an execution. In reference to taxation, the word "levy" is used in two different senses. In the first place, and more properly, it means to lay or Impose a tax. This is a legislative function, and includes a determination that a tax shall be imposed, and also the ascertainment of the amount necessary or desirable to be raised, the amount or rate to be imposed, and the subjects or persons to contribute to the tax. The obligation resulting from a "levy" in this sense falls upon the collective body of taxpayers or the community, not (as yet) upon individuala But in another sense, it means the imposition of the tax directly upon the person or property involved (probably by analogy to the "levy" of an execution or other writ), and includes the assessment of persons or property, the entering of their several dues on the tax books, and the entire process of collecting the taxes. See State v. Lakeside Land Co., 71 Minn. 283, 78 N. W. 070; Morton v. Comptroller General, 4 Rich. (S. C.) 430; Emeric v. Alvarado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac. 418; Moore v. Foote, 32 Miss. 479; Valle v. Fargo, 1 Mo. App. 347; Perry County v. Railroad Co., 58 Ala. 5o9; Rhoads v. Given, 5 Houst. (Del.) 186; U. S. v. Port of Mobile (O. C.) 12 Fed. 770. Less...
LEVY
n. In practice. A seizure; the raising of the money for which an execution has been issued. -Equitable levy. The lien in equity created by the filing of a creditors bill to subject real property of the debtor, and of a lis pendens, is sometimes so called. Miller v. Sherry, More...

n. In practice. A seizure; the raising of the money for which an execution has been issued. -Equitable levy. The lien in equity created by the filing of a creditors bill to subject real property of the debtor, and of a lis pendens, is sometimes so called. Miller v. Sherry, 2 Wall. 249, 17 L. Ed. 827; Mandeville v. Campbell, 45 App. Div. 512, 61 N. Y. Supp. 443; George v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 44 Fed. 120. Less...
LEVY COURT
A court formerly existing in the District of Columbia. It was a body charged with the administration of the ministerial and financial duties of Washington county. It was charged with the duty of laying out and repairing roads, building bridges, providing poor-houses, laying and collecting the taxes necessary to enable More...

A court formerly existing in the District of Columbia. It was a body charged with the administration of the ministerial and financial duties of Washington county. It was charged with the duty of laying out and repairing roads, building bridges, providing poor-houses, laying and collecting the taxes necessary to enable it to o discharge these and other duties, and to pay the other expenses of the county. It had capacity to make contracts in reference to any of these matters, and to raise money to meet such contracts. It had perpetual succession, and its functions were those which, in the several states, are performed by "county commissioners," "overseers of the poor," "county supervisors," and similar bodies with other designations. Levy Court v. Coroner, 2 Wall. 507, 17 L. Ed. 851. In Delaware, the "levy court" is an administrative board elected and organized in each county, composed of from five to thirteen "commissioners," who, in respect to taxation, perform the functions of a board of equalization and review and also of a board to supervise the assessors and collectors and audit and adjust their accounts, and who also have certain powers and special duties in respect to the administration of the poor laws, the system of public roads and the officers in charge of them, the care of Insane paupers and convicts, the government and administration of jails, school districts, and various other matters of local concern. See Rev. St. Del. 1893, c 8; Mealey v. Buckingham, 6 Del. Oh. 356, 22 Atl. 357. Less...
LEVYING WAR
In criminal law. The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in levying More...

In criminal law. The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in levying war, within the meaning of the constitution. Const art. 3, | 3; Ex parte Bollman, 4 Cranch, 75, 2 L. Ed. 554. Less...
LEWDNESS
Licentiousness; an offense against the public economy, when of an an open and notorious character; as by frequenting houses of 111 fame, which is au indictable offense, or by some grossly scandalous and public indecency, for which the punishment at common law is fine and imprisonment. Wharton. See Brooks v. More...

Licentiousness; an offense against the public economy, when of an an open and notorious character; as by frequenting houses of 111 fame, which is au indictable offense, or by some grossly scandalous and public indecency, for which the punishment at common law is fine and imprisonment. Wharton. See Brooks v. State, 2 Yerg. (Tenn.) 483; U. S. v. Males (D. C.) 51 Fed. 42; Comm. v. Wardell, 128 Mass. 54, 35 Am. Rep. 357; State v. Bauguess, 106 Iowa, 107, 76 N. W. 508. -Open lewdness. Lewd or lascivious behavior practised without disguise, secrecy, or concealment The adjective relates to the quality of the act not to the place nor to the number of spectators. State v. Juneau, 88 Wis. 180. 50 N. W. 580, 24 L. R. A. 857, 43 Am. St. Rep. 877; State v. Millard, 18 Vt. 574, 46 Am. Dec. 170; Comm. v. Wardell, 128 Mass. 52, 35 Am. Rep. 357. Less...

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