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  • LYING IN GRANT
    A phrase applied to incorporeal rights, incapable of manual tradition, and which must pass by mere delivery of a deed.
  • LYING IN WAIT
    Lying in ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a sudden and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, where there are several degrees of murder, lying In wait Is made evidence of that deliberation and premeditated intent which More...
  • LYNCH LAW
    A term descriptive of the action of unofficial persons, organized bands, or mobs, who seize persons charged with or suspected of crimes, or take them out of the custody of the law, and inflict summary punishment upon them, without legal trial, and without the warrant or authority of law. See More...
  • LYNDHURST'S (LORD) ACT
    This statute (5 A 0 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders marriages within the prohibited degrees absolutely null and void. Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely.
  • LYON KING OF ARMS
    In Scotch law. The ancient duty of this officer was to carry public messages to foreign states, and it Is still the practice of the heralds to make all royal proclamations at the Cross of Edinburgh. The officers serving under him are heralds, pursuivants, and messengers. Belt
  • LYTAE
    In old Roman law. A name given to students of the civil law in the fourth year of their course, from their being supposed capable of solving any difficulty in law. Tayl.. Civil Law, 39.
  • M.
    This letter, used as a Roman numeral, stands for one thousand. It was also, In old English law, a brand or stigma impressed upon tbe brawn of the thumb of a person convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy. This letter was sometimes put on the face More...
  • M. D.
    An abbreviation for "Middle District," in reference to the division of the United States into judicial districts. Also an abbreviation for "Doctor of Medicine."
  • M. R.
    An abbreviation for "Master of the Rolls."
  • M. T.
    An abbreviation for "Michaelmas Term."
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