KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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LEX SCRIPTA 81 OESSET

LIBEL

Lex scripta si cesset, id custodiri •portet quod moribus et consuetndine inductum est; et, si qua in re hoc de fecerit, tune id quod prozimnm et con* sequens ei est; et, si id non appareat, tunc jus quo urbs Romana utitur servari oportet. 7 Coke, 19. If the written law be silent, that which is drawn from man ners and custom ought to be observed; and, if that is in any manner defective, then that which is next and analogous to it; and, if that does not appear, then the law which Rome uses should be followed. This maxim of Lord Coke is so far followed at the present day that, in cases where there is no precedent of the English courts,,the civil law is always ' heard with respect, and often, though not necessarily, followed. Wharton. Lex semper dabit remedium. The law will always give a remedy. Branch, Princ.; Broom, Max. 192. lies semper intendit quod convenit ra tion!. Co. Litt. 786. The law always in tends what is agreeable to reason. Lex spectat naturae ordinem. The law regards the order of nature. Co. Litt 197&. Lex suceurrit ignorant!. Jenk. Cent. 15. The law assists the ignorant. Lex suceurrit minoribus. The law aids minors. Jenk. Cent. p. 51, case 97. Lex uno ore oznnes alloquitur. The law addresses all with one [the same] mouth or voice. 2 Inst. 184. Lex vigilantibus, non dormientibus, subvenit. Law assists the wakeful, not the — Ley civile. In old English law. The civil or Roman law. Yearb. H. 8 Edw. III. 42. Otherwise termed "ley escrtpte," the written law. Yearb. 10 Edw. III. 24.— Ley gager. Law wager; wager of law; the giving of gage or security by a defendant that he would make or perfect his law at a certain day. Litt. § 514; Co. Litt. 2946, 295a. — Leyes de Estilo. In Spanish law. A col lection of laws usually published as an appen dix to the Fuero Real; treating of the mode of conducting suits, prosecuting them to judg ment, and entering appeals. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 74. LEZE-MAJESTT. An offense against sovereign power; treason; rebellion. LIABILITT. The state of being bound or obliged in law or justice to do, pay, or make good something; legal responsibility. Wood v. Currey, 57 Cal. 209; McMfresh v. sleeping. 1 Story, Cont § 529. LET. L. Fr. Law; the law. LET. Sp. In Spanish law. A law; the law; law in the abstract

Kirkendall, 36 Iowa, 225; Benge v. Bowling, 106 Ky. 575, 51 S. W. 151; Joslin v. New Jersey Car-Spring. Co., 36 N. J. Law, 145. LIABLE. 1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; chargeable; answerable; compellable to make satisfaction, compensa tion, or restitution. 2. Exposed or subject to a given contin gency, risk, or casualty, which is more or less probable. —Limited liability. The liability of the mem bers of a joint-stock company may be either unlimited or limited; and, if the latter, then the limitation of liability is either the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares, (in which case the limit is said to be "by shares,") or such an amount as the members guaranty in the event of the company being wound up, (in which case the limit is said to be "by guaranty.") Brown.— Personal liability. The liability of the stockholders in corporations, under certain statutes, by which they may be held individu ally responsible for the debts of the corporation, either to the extent of the par value of their respective holdings of stock, or to twice that amount, or without limit, or otherwise, as the particular statute directs. LIABD. An old French coin, of silver or copper, formerly current to a limited extent in England, and there computed as equiva lent to a farthing. LIBEL, v. In admiralty practice. To pro ceed against, by filing a libel; to seize under admiralty process, at the commencement of a suit. Also to defame or injure a person's reputation by a published writing. LIBEL, n. In practice. The initiatory pleading on the part of the plaintiff or com plainant in an admiralty or ecclesiastical cause, corresponding to the declaration, bill, or complaint. In the Scotch law it is the form of the complaint or ground of the charge on which either a civil action or criminal prosecution takes place. Bell. In torts. That which is written or print ed, and published, calculated to injure the character of another by bringing him into ridicule, hatred, or contempt Palmer v. Con cord, 48 N. H. 211, 97 Am. Dec. 605; Negley v. Farrow, 60 Md. 175, 45 Am. Rep. 715;. Weston v. Weston, 83 App. Div. 520, 82 N. Y. Supp. 351; Collins v. Dispatch Pub. Co., 152 Pa. 187, 25 Atl. 546, 34 Am. St. Rep. 636; Hartford v. State, 96 Ind. 463, 49 Am. Rep. 185. Libel is a false and unprivileged publica tion by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye which exposes any person to hatred, contempt ridi cule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupation. Civ. Code Cal. § 45. A libel is a false and malicious defamation of another, expressed in print or writing or pictures or signs, tending to injure the repu- j