Category: L

A division or district peculiar to the county of Kent. Spelman.

Excess and extravagance which was formerly an offense against the public economy, but is not now punishable. Wharton.

A level above travel class. Most pricey accommodations.

Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated “quadragesimalia.” Wharton.

The gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton.

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.

A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, is said to lie prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by.

A term descriptive of waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action.

A phrase applied to incorporeal rights, incapable of manual tra- dition, and which must pass by mere delivery of a deed.

Lying In ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a suddeu and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, where there are several 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 “concealed.” If a person conceals himself for the purpose of shooting another unawares, he is lying iu wait; but a person may, while con- cealed, shoot another without committing the crime of murder. People v. Miles. 55 Cal. 207.