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back, or plainly suggests the answer which the party wishes to get from hinl. People v. Ma ther, 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 229, 247, 21 Am. Dec. 122. 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 defending each other against an enemy. Wharton. 2. A measure of distance, varying In differ ent countries. The marine league, marking the limit of national jurisdiction on the high seas, is equal to three geographical (or ma rine) miles of 6,075 feet each. In Spanish and Mexican law, the league, as a legal measure of length, consisted of 5,000 varas, and a vara was equivalent to 33% English inches, making the league equal to a little more than 2.63 miles, and the square league equal to 4,428 acres. This is its meaning as used in Texas land grants. United States v. Perot, 98 U. S. 428, 25 L. Ed. 251; Hunter v. Morse, 49 Tex. 219. "League and labor," an area of land equiva lent to 4,605 acres. Ammons v. Dwyer, 78 Tex. 639, 15 S. W. 1049. See LABOB. The waste or diminution of a liquid caused by its leaking from the cask, barrel, or other vessel in which it was placed. Also an allowance made to an importer of liquids, at the custom-house, in the collection of duties, for his loss sustained by the leak ing of the liquid from its cask or vessel. LEAKAGE. LEAN. To incline in opinion or prefer ence. A court is sometimes said to "lean against" a doctrine, construction, or view contended for, whereby it is meant that the court regards it with disfavor or repugnance, because of its inexpedience, injustice, or in consistency. eru dite; versed in the law. In statutes pre scribing the qualifications of judges, "learned in the law" designates one who has received a regular legal education, the almost invari able evidence of which is the fact of his ad mission to the bar. See Jamieson v. Wiggin, 12 S. D. 16, 80 N. W. 137, 46 L. R. A. 317, 76 Am. St Rep. 585; O'Neal v. McKinna, 116 Ala. 620, 22 South. 905. LEAF-YEAR. See BISSEXTILE. LEARNED. Possessing learning; LEAL. L. Fr. Loyal; that which be longs to the law. LEALTE. L. Fr. Legality; the condi tion of a legalis homo, or lawful man.

liament.— lie roy (or la reine) remercie ses loyal snjets, accepte lenr benevolence, et ainsi le vent. The king (or the queen) thanks his (or her) loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and therefore wills it to be so. The form of the royal assent to a bill of sup ply.—lie roy (or la reine) s'avisera. The king (or queen) will advise upon it. The form of words used to express the refusal of the royal assent to public bills in parliament 1 Bl. Comm. 184. This is supposed to correspond to the judicial phrase "curia advisari vult," (q. v.) 1 Chit. Bl. Comm. 184, note. Le saint dn penple est la' supreme loi. Montesq. Esprit des Lois, 1. xxvii, c. 23. The safety of the people is the highest law. The counsel on either side of a litigated action who is charged with the prin cipal management and direction of the par ty'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. Where a deed was executed before the levy of a fine of 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. 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. That one of two or more counsel employed on the same side In a cause who has the principal manage ment of the cause. A question put or framed in such a form as to suggest the answer sought to be obtained by the person interrogating. Coogler v. Rhodes, 38 Fla. 240, 21 South. Ill, 56 Am. St. Rep. 170; Gunter v. Watson, 49 N. C. 456; Railway Co. v. Hammon; 92 Tex. 509, 50 S. W. 123; Franks v. Gress Lumber Co., Ill Ga. 87, 36 S. E. 314. Questions are leading which suggest to the witness the answer desired, or which embody a material fact, and may be answered by a mere negative or affirmative, or which involve an an swer bearing immediately upon the merits of the cause, and indicating to the witness a repre sentation which will best accord with the in terests of the party propounding them. Tur ney v. State, 8 Smedes & M. (Miss.) 104, 47 Am. Dec. 74. A question is leading which puts into a wit ness' mouth the words that are to be echoed BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)—45 LEA, or LEY. A pasture. Co. Litt. 46. LEAD. LEADING A USE. LEADING CASE. LEADING COUNSEL. LEADING QUESTION.

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Legal doctrine. 1 Leon. 77.