Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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LAZZI. A Saxon term for persons of a servile condition. LE CONGEES. A species of proof on charges of impotency in France, coitus co ram testibus. Abolished A. D. 1677. Le eontrat fait la loi. The contract makes the law. LE GUIDON DE LA MEB. The title of a French work on marine insurance, by an unknown author, dating back, probably, to the sixteenth century, and said to have been prepared for the merchants of Kouen. It is noteworthy as being the earliest treatise on that subject now extant. Le ley de Dieu et ley de terre sont tout tin; et Fun et Pautre preferre et favour le common et publique bien del terre. The law of God and the law of the land are all one; and both preserve and favor the common and public good of the land. Keilw. 191. Le ley est le plus haut enheritance que le roy ad, oar per le ley 11 mesme et touts ses sujets sont rules; et, si le ley ne fuit, mil roy ne nul enheritance serra. 1 J. H. 6, 63. The law is the high est inheritance that the king possesses, for by the law both he and all his subjects are ruled; and, if there were no law, there would be neither king nor inheritance. LE BOI, or BOY. The old law-French words for "the king." LE BOI VEUT EN DELIBEBEB. The king will deliberate on it. This is the formula which the king of the French used when he intended to veto an act of the legis lative assembly. 1 Toullier, no. 42. LE BOY (or LA BEINE) LE VEUT. The king (or the queen) wills it. The form of the royal assent to public bills in parlia ment. LE BOY (or LA BEINE) BEMEBCIE SES LOYAL SUJETS, ACCEPTE LEUB BENEVOLENCE, ET AINSI LE VEUT. The king (or the queen) thanks his (or her) loyal subjects, accepts their benevo lence, and therefore wills it to be so. The form of the royal assent to a bill of supply. LE BOY (or LA BEINE) S'AVI SEBA. L. Fr. The king (or queen) will advise upon it. The form of words used to express the refusal of the royal assent to pub lic bills in parliament. 1 Bl. Comm. 184. This is supposed to correspond to the judicial

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Chit. Bl. Comm. 184, note. Le salut du peuple est la supreme loi. Montesq. Esprit des Lois, 1. xxvii. c. 23. The safety of the people is the highest law. LEA, or LEY. A pastura Co. Litt. 4b. LEAD. The counsel on either side of a litigated action who is charged with the prin cipal management and direction of the party's case, as distinguished from his juniors or subordinates, is said to "lead in the cause," and is termed the "leading counsel" on that side. LEADING A USE. Where a deed was executed before the levy of afineof land, for the purpose of specifying to whose use the fine should inure, it was said to "lead" the use. If executed after the fine, it was said to "declare" the use. 2 Bl. Comm. 363. LEADING CASE. Among the various cases that are argued and determined in the courts, some, from their important character, have demanded more than usual attention from the judges, and from this circumstance are frequently looked upon as having settled or determined the law upon all points in volved in such cases, and as guides for sub sequent decisions, and from the importance they thus acquire are familiarly termed "lead ing cases." Brown. LEADING COUNSEL. That one of two or more counsel employed on the same side in a cause who has the principal man agement of the cause. LEADING QUESTION. A question put or framed in such a form as to suggest the answer sought to be obtained by the per son interrogating. Questions are leading which suggest to the wit ness the answer desired, or which embody a ma terial fact, and may be answered by a mere neg ative or affirmative, or which involve an answer bearing immediately upon the merits of the cause, and indicating to the witness a representation which will best accord with the interests of the party propounding them. 8 Smedes & M. 104. A question is leading which puts into a witness' mouth the words that are to be echoed back, or plainly suggests the answer which the party wishes to get from him. 4 Wend. 229,247. LEAGUE. 1. A treaty of alliance be tween different states or parties. It may be offensive or defensive, or both. It is offensive when the contracting parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive when the parties agree to act in concert in de

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