Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

LINEAGE

LIS ALIBI FENDEKS

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LINEAGE. Race; progeny; family, as eending or descending. LINEAL. That which comes in a line; especially a direct line, as from father to son. Collateral relationship is not called "lineal," though the expression "collateral line," is not unusual. LINEAL CONSANGUINITY. That kind of consanguinity which subsists between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other; as between a particular person and his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and so upward, in the direct as cending line; or between the same person and his son, grandson, great-grandson, and so downwards in the direct descending line. 2 81. Comm. 203. LINEAL DESCENT. Descent in a right line, as where an estate descends from ancestor to heir in one line of succession, as opposed to collateral descent. LINEAL WARRANTY. A warranty by an ancestor from whom the title did or might have come to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 801; Rawle, Cov. 30. LINES AND CORNERS. In survey ing and conveyancing. Boundary lines and their terminating points, where an angle is formed by the next boundary line. LINK. A unit in a connected series; anything which serves to connect or bind to gether the things which precede and follow it. Thus, we speak of a "link in the chain of title." LIQUERE. Lat. In the civil law. To be clear, evident, or satisfactory. When a judex was in doubt how to decide a case, he represented to the praetor, under oath, slbi non liquere, (that it was not clear to him,) and was thereupon discharged. Calvin. LIQUET. It is cle*ar or apparent; it ap pears. Satis liquet, it sufficiently appears. 1 Strange, 412. LIQUIDATE. To adjust or settle an in debtedness; to determine an amount to be paid; to clear up an account and ascertain the balance; to fix the amount required to satisfy a judgment. To clear away; to lessen; to pay. "To liquidate a balance means to pay it." 8 Wheat. 338, 362. LIQUIDATED. Ascertained; deter mined; fixed; settled; made clear or manifest. Cleared away; paid; discharged.

LIQUIDATED ACCOUNT. An ac count whereof the amount is certain and fixed, either by the act and agreement of the parties or by operation of law; a sum which cannot be changed by the proof; it is so much or nothing; but the term does not necessari ly refer to a writing. 1 Ga. 287. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. Agreed or settled damages; a specific sum of money ex pressly stipulated by the parties to a bond or other contract, as the amount of damages to be recovered by either party for a breach of the agreement by the other. It is generally distinguished from a penalty. LIQUIDATED DEBT. A debt is liqui dated when it is certain what is due and how much is due. 20 Ga. 562. LIQUIDATED DEMAND. A demand is a liquidated one if the amount of it has been ascertained—settled—by the agreement of the parties to it, or otherwise. 20 Ga. 53. LIQUIDATING PARTNER. The partner who upon the dissolution or insolv ency of the firm, is appointed to settle its accounts, collect assets, adjust claims, and pay debts. LIQUIDATION. The act or process of settling or making clear, fixed, and determi nate that which before was uncertain or un ascertained. As applied to a company, (or sometimes to the affairs of an individual,) liquidation is used in a broad sense as equivalent to "wind ing up;" that is, the comprehensive process of settling accounts, ascertaining and adjust ing debts, collecting assets, and paying off claims. LIQUIDATOR. A person appointed to carry out the winding up of a company. LIQUOR. This term, when used in stat utes forbidding the sale of liquors, refers only to spirituous or intoxicating liquors. 18 N". J. Law, 811; 20 Barb. 246; 8 Denio, 407. LIQUOR-SHOP. A house where spirit uous liquors are kept and sold. 6 Baxt. 534. LIRA. The name of an Italian coin, of the value of about eighteen cents. LIS. Lat. A controversy or dispute; a suit or action at law. LIS ALIBI PENDENS. A suit pend ing elsewhere. The fact that proceed i ngs are pending between a plaintiff and defendant in one court in respect to a given matter is frequently a ground for preventing the plain

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