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  • LIBELEE
    A party against whom a libel has been filed in an ecclesiastical court or in admiralty.
  • LIBELLUS
    Lat. In the civil law. A little book. Libellus supplex, a petition, especially to the emperor, all petitions to whom must be in writing. Li bell urn rescribere, to mark on such petition the answer to it JW-bcllum agerc, to assist or counsel the emperor in regard to such petitions. More...
  • LIBELOUS
    Defamatory; of the nature of a libel; constituting or involving libel. -Libelous per se. A defamatory publication is libelous per se when the words are of such a character that an action may be brought upon them without the necessity of showing any special damage, the imputation being such that More...
  • LIBER
    n. Lat A book, of whatever material composed; a main division of a lit* erary work. -Liber assisarnm. The Book of Assises. A collection of cases that arose on assizes and other trials in the country. It was the fourth volume of the reports of the reign of Edward III. More...
  • LIBER
    adj. Lat Free; open and accessible, as applied to courts, places, etc; of the state or condition of a freeman, as applied to persons. -Liber bancus. In old English law. Free bench. Bract, fol. 976.-Liber" et legalis homo. In old English law. A free and lawful man. A term applied More...
  • LIBERA
    A livery or delivery of so much corn or grass to a customary tenant, who cut down or prepared the said grass or corn, and received some part or small portion of it as a reward or gratuity. Cowell.
  • LIBERA
    Lat (Feminine of liber, adj.) Free; at liberty; exempt; not subject to toll or charge. -Libera batella. In old records. A free boat; the right of having a boat to fish in a certain water; a species of free fishery.-Libera cbasea babenda. A judicial writ granted to a person for More...
  • LIBERAM LEGEM AMITTERE
    To lose one's free law, (called the. villainous judgment,) to become discredited or disabled as juror and witness, to forfeit goods and chattels and lands for life, to have those lands wasted, houses razed, trees rooted up, and one's body committed to prison. It was anciently pronounced against conspirators, but More...
  • LIBERARE
    Lat In tbe civil law. To free or set free; to liberate; to give one his liberty. Calvin. In old English law. To deliver, transfer, or hand over. Applied to writs, panels of jurors, etc. Bract fols. 116, 1766. Liberata peonnia non liberat offer-entem. Co. Litt 207. Money being restored More...
  • LIBERATE
    In old English practice. An original writ issuing out of chancery to the treasurer, chamberlains, and barons of the exchequer, for the payment of any annual pension, or other sum. Reg. Orig. 193; Cowell. A writ issued to a sheriff, for the delivery of any lands or goods taken upon More...
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