Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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L. Ii. This letter, as a Roman numeral, standa for the number "fifty." It is also used as an abbreviation for "law," "liber," (a book,) "lord," and some other words of which it is the initial. L. 6. An abbreviation of "Long Quinto," one of the parts of the Tear Books. L. C. An abbreviation which may stand either for "Lord Chancellor," "Lower Cana da," or "Leading Cases." Ii. J. An abbreviation for "Law Judge;" also for "Law Journal." L. L. (also L. Lat.) and L. P. (also L. Fr.) are used as abbreviations of the terms "Law Latin" and "Law French." L. R. An abbreviation for "Law Re ports. " L. S. An abbreviation for " Locus sigilli, " the place of the seal, i. «., the place where a seal is to be affixed, or a scroll which stands instead of a seal. LL. The reduplicated form of the abbre viation "L," for "law," used as a plural. It is generally used in citing old collections of statute law; as "LL. Hen. I." LL.B., LL.M., and LL.D. Abbrevia tions used to denote, respectively, the three academic degrees in law,—bachelor, master, and doctor of laws. LA. Fr. The. The definite article in the feminine gender. Occurs in some legal terms and phrases; as "Termes de la Ley," terms of the law. LA. Fr. There. An adverb of time and place; whereas. LA CHAMBRE DES ESTEILLES. The star-chamber. La conscience est la plus changeante des regies. Conscience is the most change able of rules. Bouv. Diet. La ley favour la vie d'un home. The law favors the life of a man. Yearb. M. 10 Hen. VI. 51. La ley favour Penheritance d'un home. The law favors the inheritance of a man. Yearb. M. 10 Hen. VI. 51. La ley voct plus tost suffer un mis cheife que un inconvenience. The law

will sooner suffer a mischief than an incon* venience. Litt. § 231. It is holden for an inconvenience that any of the maxims of the law should be broken, though a private man suffer loss. Co. Litt. 1526. LAAS. A net, gin, or snare. LABEL. Anything appended to a larger writing, as a codicil; a narrow slip of paper or parchment affixed to a deed or writ, in or der to hold the appending seal. In the vernacular, the word denotes a printed or written slip of paper affixed to a manufactured article, giving information as to its nature or quality, or the contents of a package, name of the maker, etc. A copy of a writ in the exchequer. 1 Tidd, Pr. 156. LABINA. In old records. Watery land. LABOR. Work; toil; service. Contin ued exertion, of the more onerous and infe rior kind, usually and chiefly consisting in the protracted expenditure of muscular force, adapted to the accomplishment of specific use ful ends. It is used in this sense in several legal phrases, such as "a count for work and labor," "wages of labor," etc. "Labor," "business," and "work" are not syn onyms. Labor may be business, but it is not necessarily so; and business is not always labor. Labor implies toil; exertion producing weariness; manual exertion of a toilsome nature. Making an agreement for the sale of a chattel is not within a prohibition of common labor upon Sunday, though it is (if by a merchant in his calling) within a pro hibition upon business. 2 Ohio St. 887. LABOR A JURY. In old practice. To tamper with a jury; to endeavor to influence them in their verdict, or their verdict gener ally. LABORARIIS. An ancient writ against persons who refused to serve and do labor, and who had no means of living; or against such as, having served in the winter, refused to serve in the summer. Reg. Orig. 189. LABORER. One who, as a means of livelihood, performs work and labor for those who employ him. In English statutes, this term is generally understood to designate a servant employed in husbandry or manufact ures, and not dwelling in the home of hi» employer. Wharton; Mozley & Whitley. A laborer, as the word is used in the Pennsylva nia act of 1872, giving a certain preference of lien.

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