法律英语大全

  • LAW, COMMON. The common law is that which derives its force and authority from the universal consent and immemorial practice of the people. It has nev...

  • LAW, ARBITRARY. An arbitrary law is one made by the legislator simply because he wills it, and is not founded in the nature of things; such law, for e...

  • LAST SICKNESS. That of which a person died.2. The expenses of this sickness are generally entitled to a preference, in payment of debts of an insolven...

  • LARGE. Broad; extensive; unconfined. The opposite of strict, narrow, or confined. At large, at liberty.LAS PARTIDAS. The name of a code of Spanish law...

  • LANGUIDUS, practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff, when a defendant whom he has taken by virtue of process is so dangerously sick that to ...

  • LANGUAGE. The faculty which men possess of communicating their perceptions and ideas to one another by means of articulate sounds. This is the definit...

  • LAND. This term comprehends any found, soil or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, waters, marshes, furze and heath. It has an indefinite e...

  • LABEL. A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal.L...

  • KNAVE. A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning.2. To call a ma...

  • KING'S BENCH. The name of the supreme court of law in England. It is so called because formerly the king used to sit there in person, the style of...