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Lubricum linguae non facile trahen dnm est in poenam. Cro. Car. 117. A slip of the tongue ought not lightly to be sub jected to punishment LUCID INTERVALS. In medical ju risprudence. Intervals occurring in the men tal life of an insane person during which he is completely restored to the use of his reason, or so far restored that he has suffi cient intelligence, judgment, and will to enter into contractual relations, or perform other legal acts, without disqualification by reason of his disease. See INSANITY. LUCRA NUPTIALIA. Lat In Roman law. A term including everything which a husband or wife, as such, acquires from the estate of the other, either before the mar riage, or on agreeing to it, or during its continuance, or after its dissolution, and whether the acquisition is by pure gift, or by virtue of the marriage contract, or against the will of the other party by law or statute. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 5S0. LUCRATIVA CAUSA. Lat. In Roman law. A consideration which is voluntary; that is to say, a gratuitous gift, or such like. It was opposed to onerosa causa, which de noted a valuable consideration. It was a principle of the Roman law that two lucra tive causes could not concur in the same per son as regarded the same thing; that is to say, that, when the same thing was bequeath ed to a person by two different testators, he could not have the thing (or its value) twice over. Brown. Lat. This species of usucapio was permitted in Roman law only in the case of persons taking pos session of property upon the decease of its late owner, and in exclusion or deforcement of the heir, whence it was called "usucapio pro hwrede." The adjective "lucrativa" de noted that property was acquired by this usucapio without any consideration or pay ment for it by way of purchase; and, as the possessor who so acquired the property was a maid fide possessor, his acquisition, or usu capio, was called also "improba," (t. e., dis honest;) but this dishonesty was tolerated (until abolished by Hadrian) as an incentive to force the hwres to take possession, in or der that the debts might be paid and the sacrifices performed; and, as a further in centive to the hceres, this usucapio was com plete in one year. Brown. LUCRATIVE. Yielding gain or profit; profitable; bearing or yielding a revenue or salary. —Lucrative bailment. See BAILMENT.— Lu crative office. One which yields a revenue (in the form of fees or otherwise) or a fixed salary to the incumbent; according to some au thorities, one which yields a compensation sup posed to be adequate to the services rendered LUCRATIVA USUCAPIO.

promised or agreed to pay, any valuable con sideration for the chance of obtaining such property, or a portion of it, or for any share of or interest in such property, upon any agreement, understanding, or expectation that it is to be distributed or disposed of by lot or chance, whether called a "lottery," a "raffle," or a "gift enterprise," or by what ever name the same may be known. Pen. Code Cal. § 319; Pen. Code Dak. § 373. See, also, Dunn v. People, 40 111. 467; Cha vannah v. State, 49 Ala. 397; Stearnes v. State, 21 Tex. 692; State v. Lovell, 39 N. J. Law, 461; State v. Mumford, 73 Mo. 650, 39 Am. Rep. 532; U. S. v. Politzer (D. C.) 59 Fed. 274; Fleming v. Bills, 3 Or. 289; Com. v. Manderfleld, 8 Phila. (Pa.) 459. Lou le ley done chose, la ceo done remedie a vener a ceo. 2 Rolle, 17. Where the law gives a right, it gives a remedy to recover. LOUAGE. Fr. This is the contract of hiring and letting in French law, and may be either of things or of labor. The varieties of each are the following: 1. Letting of things,— bail a loyer being the letting of houses; bail a ferme being the letting of lands. 2. Letting of labor,— loyer being the let ting of personal service; bail a cheptel being the letting of animals. BBOWN. LOURCURDUS. A ram or bell-wether. Cowell. LOVE-DAY. In old English law. The day on which any dispute was amicably set tled between neighbors; or a day on which one neighbor helps another without hire. Wharton. LOW JUSTICE. In old European law, jurisdiction of petty offenses, as distinguish ed from "high justice," (q. v.) LOW WATER. The furthest receding point of ebb-tide. Howard v. Ingersoll, 13 How. 417, 14 L Ed. 189. —Low-water mark. See WATEE-MABK. LOWBOTE. A recompense for the death of a man killed in a tumult. Cowell. LOWERS. Fr. In French maritime law. Wages. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 14, art. 16. LOYAL. Legal; authorized by or con forming to law. Also faithful in one's polit ical relations; giving faithful support to one's prince or sovereign or to the existing government LOYALTY. Adhereuce to law. Faith fulness to one's prince or sovereign or to the existing government.