Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. Livery; money paid for the delivery or use of a thing. In old Scotch law. Livery; a fee given to a servant or officer. Skene. Money, meat, drink, clothes, etc., yearly given and delivered by the lord to his domestic servants. Blount

In old English law. Livery; money paid for the delivery or use of a thing. In old Scotch law. Livery; a fee given to a servant or officer. Skene. Money, meat, drink, clothes, etc., yearly given and delivered by the lord to his domestic servants. Blount Less...

In the civil law. The extinguishment of a contract, by which he who was bound becomes free or liberated. Wolff, Inst. Nat. i 749. Synonymous with payment" Dig. 50, 16, 47.

In the civil law. The extinguishment of a contract, by which he who was bound becomes free or liberated. Wolff, Inst. Nat. i 749. Synonymous with payment" Dig. 50, 16, 47. Less...

In Saxon law. Freemen; the possessors of allodial lands. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. In tbe civil law. Children. The term included "grandchildren."

In Saxon law. Freemen; the possessors of allodial lands. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. In tbe civil law. Children. The term included "grandchildren." Less...

Lat. Liberty; freedom; a privilege; a franchise. -Libertas ecclest<""tiea* Church liberty, or ecclesiastical immunity. Libertas est natnralis facultas ejus qnod oniq.no faeere libet, nisi qnod de jure ant vi p^ohibetar. Co. Litt. 116. Liberty is that natural faculty which permits every one to do anything be pleases except that which More...

Lat. Liberty; freedom; a privilege; a franchise. -Libertas ecclest<""tiea* Church liberty, or ecclesiastical immunity. Libertas est natnralis facultas ejus qnod oniq.no faeere libet, nisi qnod de jure ant vi p^ohibetar. Co. Litt. 116. Liberty is that natural faculty which permits every one to do anything be pleases except that which is restrained by law or force. Libertas inestimabilis res ast. Liberty is an inestimable thing; a thing above price. Dig. 50, 17, 106. Libertas non reeipit sestimationem. Freedom does not admit of valuation. Bract fol. 14. Libertas omnibus rebns favorabilior est. Liberty is more favored than all things, [anything.] Dig. 50, 17, 122. Libertates regales ad coronam speo-tantes ex oonoessione regnm A coronA exlerunt. 2 Inst. 496. Royal franchises relating to the crown have emanated from the crown by grant of kings. Less...

A writ lying for a citizen or burgess, impleaded contrary to his liberty, to have his privilege allowed. Reg. Orig. 262.

A writ lying for a citizen or burgess, impleaded contrary to his liberty, to have his privilege allowed. Reg. Orig. 262. Less...

An ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit of an attorney for the defense of another's liberty. Reg. Orig. 10.

An ancient writ whereby the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit of an attorney for the defense of another's liberty. Reg. Orig. 10. Less...

Lat In Roman law. Freedman. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with their former master, who was now called their "patron;" the latter term describing the status of the same persons in More...

Lat In Roman law. Freedman. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with their former master, who was now called their "patron;" the latter term describing the status of the same persons in the general social economy of Rome. Less...

A destroyer of liberty.

A destroyer of liberty. Less...

Privileged districts exempt from the sheriffs jurisdiction; as, "gaol liberties" or "Jail liberties." See GAOL. Libertinnm ingratnm leges eiviles la pristiaam servitutem redigunt; sed leges Anglim semel manamissum semper libernm judieant. Co. Litt 137. The civil laws reduce an ungrateful freedman to his original slavery; but the laws of England More...

Privileged districts exempt from the sheriffs jurisdiction; as, "gaol liberties" or "Jail liberties." See GAOL. Libertinnm ingratnm leges eiviles la pristiaam servitutem redigunt; sed leges Anglim semel manamissum semper libernm judieant. Co. Litt 137. The civil laws reduce an ungrateful freedman to his original slavery; but the laws of England regard a man once manumitted as ever after free. Less...

1. Freedom; exemption from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of the individual without restraint, coercion, or control from other persons. See Booth v. Illinois, 184 U. S. 425, 22 Sup. More...

1. Freedom; exemption from extraneous control. The power of the will, in its moral freedom, to follow the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts of the individual without restraint, coercion, or control from other persons. See Booth v. Illinois, 184 U. S. 425, 22 Sup. Ct. 425, 46 L. Ed. 623; Munn v. Illinois, 04 U. S. 142, 24 L. Ed. 77; People v. Warden of City Prison, 157 N. Y. 116, 51 N. E. 1006, 43 L. R. A. 264, 68 Am. St. Rep. 763; Bessette v. People, 193 111. 334, 62 N. E. 215, 56 L. R. A. 558; State v. Continental Tobacco Co., 177 Mo. 1, 75 S. W. 737; Kuhn v. Detroit City Council, 70 Mich. 534, 88 N. W. 470; People v. Judson, 11 Daly (N. T.) 1. "Liberty," as used in the provision of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution, forbidding the states to deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, includes, it seems, not merely the right of a person to be free from physical restraint, but to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties in all lawful ways; to live and work where he will; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling; to pursue any livelihood or avocation; and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper, necessary, and essential to carrying out the purposes above mentioned. Allgeyer v. State of Louisiana, 17 Sup. Ct. 427, 165 U. S. 578. 41 L. Ed. 832. ". The word also means a franchise or personal privilege, being some part of the sovereign power, vested in an individual, either by grant or prescription. 3. In a derivative sense, the term denotes the place, district, or boundaries within which a special franchise is enjoyed, an immunity claimed, or a jurisdiction exercised. In this sense, the term is commonly nsed in the plural; as the "liberties of the city," 'the northern liberties of Philadelphia." -Civil liberty. The liberty of a member of society, being a man's natural liberty, so. far restrained by human laws (and no further) as is necessary and expedient for the general a< vantage of the public 1 Bl. Comm. 125 ; 2 Steph. 487. The power of doing whatever the laws permit 1 Bl. Comm. 6; Inst. 1, 3.1. See People v. Berberrich, 20 Barb. (N. Y.) 231; In re Ferrier, 103 III. 372, 43 Am. Rep. 10; Dennis v. Moses, 18 Wash. 537, 52 Pac. 333, 40 L. R. A. 302; State v. Kreuteberg, 114 Wis. 530. 90 N. W. 1098, 58 L. R. A. 748, 91 Am. St Rep. 934; Hayes v. Mitchell, 69 Ala.' 454; Bell v. Gaynor, 14 Misc. Rep. 334, 36 N. Y. Supp. 122. The greatest amount of absolute liberty which can, in the nature of things, be equally possessed by every citizen in a state. Bouvier.. Guarantied protection against interference with the interests and rights held dear and important by large classes of civilised men, or by all the members of a state, together with an effectual share in the making and administration of the laws, as the best apparatus to secure that protection. Ueber, Civ. Lib. 24.-Liberty of a port. In marine insurance. A license or permission incorporated in a marine policy allowing the vessel to touch and trade at a designated port other than the principal port of destination. See Allegre v. Maryland Ins. Co., 8 Gill A J. (Md.) 200, 29 Am. Dec. 536.-Liberty of conscience. Religious liberty, as defined below.-Liberty of speech. Freedom accorded by the constitution or laws of a state to express opinions and facts by word of mouth, uncontrolled by any censorship or restrictions of government-Liberty of tbe globe. In marine insurance. A license or permission incorporated in a marine policy authorising the vessel to go to any part of the world, instead^ of being confined to a particular port of destination. See Eyre v. Marine Ins. Co., 6 Whart. (Pa.) 254.-Liberty of tbe press. The right to print and publish tbe truth, from good motives and for justifiable ends. People v. Croswell, 3 Johns. Cas. 394. The right freely to publish whatever the citizen may please, and to be protected against any responsibility for so doing except so far as such publications, from their blasphemy, obscenity, or scandalous character,, may be a public offense, or as b? their falsehood and malice they may injuriously affect the standing, reputation, or pecuniary interests of individuals. Cooley, Const Lim. p. 422. It is said to consist in this: "That neither courts of justice, nor any judges whatever, are authorized to take notice of writings intended for the press, but are confined to those which are actually printed" De Lolme, Eng. Const. 254.-Liberty of tbe rules. A privilege to go out of the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons within certain limits, and there reside. Abolished by 5 & 6 Vict c. 22.-Liberty to bold pleas. The liberty of having a court of one's own. Thus certain lords had the privilege of holding pleas within their own manors. -Natural liberty. The power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature. 1 Bl. Comm. 125. The right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons and property after the manner they judge most consistent with their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limitB of the law of nature, and so as not to interfere with an equal exercise of the same rights by other men. Bur-lamaqui. c. 3, ft 15: 1 Bl. Comm. 125.-Personal liberty. The right or power of locomotion; of changing situation, or moving one's person to whatsoever place one's own Inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint, unless by due course of law. 1 Bl. Comm. 134. Civil Rights Cases. 109 U. S. 3. 3 Sup. Ct 42, 27 L. Ed. 835; Piakerton v. Verbcrg, 78 Mich. 073, 44 N. W. 579, 7 LR A. 507, 18 Am. St Rep. 473-Political liberty. Liberty of the citizen to participate in the operations of government, and particularly in the making and administration of the laws. -Religious liberty. Freedom from dictation, constraint, or control in matters affecting the conscience, religious beliefs, and the practice of religion; freedom to entertain and express any or no system of religious opinions, and to engage in or refrain from any form of religious observance or public or private religious worship, not inconsistent with the peace and good order of sociecy and the general wel- . fare. See Frazee's Case, 63 Mich. 396, 30 N. W. 72, 6 Am. St. Rep. 310; State v. White, 64 N. H. 48, 5 Atl. 828. Liberum oorpms nullam reeipit aastt-matinnem. Dig. 9, 3, 7. The body of a freeman does not admit of valuation. Liberum est ouique apud se ezplorare aa expediat sibi consilium. Every one Is free to ascertain for himself whether a recommendation Is advantageous to his interests. Upton v. Vail, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 181,184, 5 Am. Dec 210. Less...