Category: L

current is flowing through this part of electrical wiring. Contrast to a ground wire or a neutral wire. Also known as hot wire.

A coin used in France before the Revolution. It is to be computed in the ad valorem duty on goods, etc., at eighteen and a half cents. Act Cong. March. 2, 1708,

See INSURANCE.

In Roman law. The injury sustained by one of the parties to an onerous contract when he had been overreached by the other to the extent of more than one- half of the value of the subject-matter; e. L.ESIONE FIDEL G93

Maintenance; support.

The reduplicated form of the abbreviation “L.” for “law,” used as a plural. It is generally used in citing old collections of statute law; as “LL. Hen. I.”

1. In English law. Delivery of possession of their lands to the king’s tenants in capite or tenants by knight’s service. 2. A writ which may be sued out by a ward in chivalry, on reaching his majority, to obtain delivery of the possession of his lands out of the hands of the guardian. 2 Bl. Comm. OS. 3. A particular dress or garb appropriate or peculiar to certain persons, as the mem- bers of a guild, or. more particularly, the servants of a nobleman or gentleman. 4. The privilege of a particular guild or company of persons, the members thereof being called “livery-men.” 5. A contract of hiring of work-beasts, particularly horses, to the use of the hirer. It is seldom used alone in this sense, but appears in the compound, “livery-stable.”

Abbreviations used to denote, respectively, the three aca- demic degrees in law,

Carrying passengers using a rented vehicle. Typically an automobile insurance policies’ exclusion.

Livestock is insured using this commercial form. Farm coverage often carries this as an add-on.