Category: L
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Lands
English Law: Lands in the Past According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom. Co. Litt. 1 b, 65 a; 2 Bl. Com. 105. Developments The ancient law about warranties of land was full […]
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Liberty
English Law: Liberty in the Past In the English law, by liberty is meant a privilege held by grant or prescription, by which some men enjoy greater benefits than ordiuary subjects. A liberty is also a territory, with some extraordinary privilege. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] […]
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Lawless Court
Concept of Lawless Court Traditional meaning of lawless court [1] in the English common law history: A court held on King’s-Hill, Rochford, Essex, on Wednesday after old Michaelmas day, at cock-crowing. They speak in whispers, have no candle, nor pen and ink, but a coal; and he that owes suit […]
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Lawless Court
Concept of Lawless Court Traditional meaning of lawless court [1] in the English common law history: A court held on King’s-Hill, Rochford, Essex, on Wednesday after old Michaelmas day, at cock-crowing. They speak in whispers, have no candle, nor pen and ink, but a coal; and he that owes suit […]
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Lay
English Law: Lay in the Past That which relates to people or things not ecclesiastical. In the United States of America the people are not, by law, divided, as in England (see more about this legal system) , into ecclesiastical and lay. There is further information on this topic in this legal […]
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Lay
English Law: Lay in the Past That which relates to people or things not ecclesiastical. In the United States of America the people are not, by law, divided, as in England (see more about this legal system) , into ecclesiastical and lay. There is further information on this topic in this legal […]
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Letters Close
English Law: Letters Close in the Past Close letters are grants, of the king and being of private concern, they are therefore, distinguished from letters patent. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about letters close is based on […]
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Letters Close
English Law: Letters Close in the Past Close letters are grants, of the king and being of private concern, they are therefore, distinguished from letters patent. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about letters close is based on […]
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Liverpool Court Of Passage
The Liverpool Court of Passage Name The Liverpool Court of Passage is the standarized name of one of the England and Wales Subordinate and Other Courts (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Liverpool Court […]
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Liverpool Court Of Passage
The Liverpool Court of Passage Name The Liverpool Court of Passage is the standarized name of one of the England and Wales Subordinate and Other Courts (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Liverpool Court […]
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Vulnerability To Burglary
Relative Vulnerability to Burglary and the Crime Drop in England and Wales Andromachi Tseloni, from the Nottingham Trent University, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime and Society,” under the title “Relative […]
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Vulnerability To Burglary
Relative Vulnerability to Burglary and the Crime Drop in England and Wales Andromachi Tseloni, from the Nottingham Trent University, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime and Society,” under the title “Relative […]
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Lincoln’s Inn Visitors
The Lincoln’s Inn Visitors Name The Lincoln’s Inn Visitors is the standarized name of one of the UK Tribunals and Government Offices (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Lincoln’s Inn Visitors in the UK). […]
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Levying War
English Law: Levying War in the Past The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part however minute or however remote from the scene of action and who are leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in […]
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Levari Facias
English Law: Levari Facias in the Past A writ of execution against the goods and chattels of a clerk. Also the writ of execvtion on a judgment at the suit of the crown. When issued against an ecclesiastic, this writ is in effect the writ of fieri facias directed to the bishop of the diocese,…