KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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LYT^E

LUXURY

LUXURY. Excess and extravagance which was formerly an offense against the public economy, but is not now punishable. Wharton. LYCH-GATE. The gate into a church yard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for' burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton. LYEF-GELD. Sax. In old records. Lief silver or money; a small fine paid by the customary tenant to the lord for leave to plow or sow, etc. Somn. Gavelkind, 27. LYING BY. A person "who, by his pres ence and silence at a transaction which af fects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, is said to be pre vented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. LYING IN FRANCHISE. A term de scriptive of waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or ac tion. LYING IN GRANT. A phrase applied to incorporeal rights, incapable of manual tra dition, and which must pass by mere deliv ery of a deed. LYING IN "WAIT. Lying in ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a sudden and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, where there are sev eral degrees of murder, lying in wait is made evidence of that deliberation and premeditat

ed intent which is necessary to characterize murder in the first degree. This term is not synonymous with "con cealed." If a person conceals himself for the purpose of shooting another unawares, he is lying in wait; but a person may, while con cealed, shoot another without committing the crime of murder. People v. Miles. 55 CaL 207. LYNCH LAW. A term descriptive of the action of unofficial persons, organized bands, or mobs, who seize persons charged with or suspected of crimes, or take them out of the custody of the law, and inflict sum mary punishment upon them, without legal trial, and without the warrant or authority of law. See State v. Aler, 39 W. Va. 549, 20 S. E. 585; Bates' Ann. St. Ohio, 1904, § 4426. LYNDHURST'S (LORD) ACT. This statute <5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders mar riages within the prohibited degrees abso lutely null and void. Theretofore such mar riages were voidable merely. LYON KING OF ARMS. In Scotch law. The ancient duty of this officer was to car ry public messages to foreign states, and it is still the practice of the heralds to make all royal proclamations at the Cross of Edin burgh. The officers serving under him are heralds, pursuivants, and messengers. Bell. LYT.ffi. In old Roman law. A name given to students of the civil law in the fourth year of their course, from their being supposed capable of solving any difficulty in law. Tayl. Civil Law, 39.