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Lot of ground
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Lot of groundA small piece of land in a town or city usually employed for building, a yard, a garden or such other urban use. Lots are in-lots, or those within the boundary of the city or town, and out-lots, those which are out of such boundary, and which are used by some of the inhabitants of such town or city.
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Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
Building
Estates. An edifice erected by art, and fixed upon or over the soil, composed of stone, brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance.
Yard
1) A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches.2) Estates.A piece of land enclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside
Garden
A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers.
Urban
Relating to a city; but in a more general sense it signifies relating to houses.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Loss in insurance
Contracts. A loss is the injury or damage sustained by the insured in consequence of the happening of one or more of the accidents or misfortunes against which the insurer, in consideration of the premium, has undertaken to indemnify the insured.
Lost
What was once possessed and cannot now be found.
Lost or not lost
These words are sometimes inserted in policies of marine insurance. They are used when the underwriter undertakes that if the ship or goods should be lost at the time of the insurance, still the underwriter is liable, provided there is no fraud.
Lost papers
When a paper containing an agreement between parties, a will, and the like, has been so mislaid, that after a diligent search it cannot be found, it is said to be lost.
Lot
Anything on which depends the accidental determination of a right by which we acquire or lose something; or it is that which fortuitously deter-mines what we are to acquire. When it can be certainly known what are our rights, we ought never to resort to a decision by lot; but when it is impossible to tell what actually belong to us, as if an estate is divided into three parts and one part given to each of three persons, the proper way to ascertain each one's part is to draw lots.
Lot of ground
Louisiana
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the act of congress, entitled "An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state," approved April 8, 1812.
Low water mark
That part of the shore of the sea to which the waters re- cede when the tide is the lowest.
Lowballing
Placing an unusually low bid to win the business. Often with the intent to inflate the price later with extras or change orders. Also can indicate a defective Request for Proposal.
Lowenfeld, andreas f.
Prescient author of articles on conflicts of law, especially international arbitration and international business law, and of Conflict of Laws.
Loyal
Legal; according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage; at- tached to the existing law.
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Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
Building
Estates. An edifice erected by art, and fixed upon or over the soil, composed of stone, brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance.
Yard
1) A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches.2) Estates.A piece of land enclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside
Garden
A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers.
Urban
Relating to a city; but in a more general sense it signifies relating to houses.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
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Loss in insurance
Contracts. A loss is the injury or damage sustained by the insured in consequence of the happening of one or more of the accidents or misfortunes against which the insurer, in consideration of the premium, has undertaken to indemnify the insured.
Lost
What was once possessed and cannot now be found.
Lost or not lost
These words are sometimes inserted in policies of marine insurance. They are used when the underwriter undertakes that if the ship or goods should be lost at the time of the insurance, still the underwriter is liable, provided there is no fraud.
Lost papers
When a paper containing an agreement between parties, a will, and the like, has been so mislaid, that after a diligent search it cannot be found, it is said to be lost.
Lot
Anything on which depends the accidental determination of a right by which we acquire or lose something; or it is that which fortuitously deter-mines what we are to acquire. When it can be certainly known what are our rights, we ought never to resort to a decision by lot; but when it is impossible to tell what actually belong to us, as if an estate is divided into three parts and one part given to each of three persons, the proper way to ascertain each one's part is to draw lots.
Lot of ground
Louisiana
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the act of congress, entitled "An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state," approved April 8, 1812.
Low water mark
That part of the shore of the sea to which the waters re- cede when the tide is the lowest.
Lowballing
Placing an unusually low bid to win the business. Often with the intent to inflate the price later with extras or change orders. Also can indicate a defective Request for Proposal.
Lowenfeld, andreas f.
Prescient author of articles on conflicts of law, especially international arbitration and international business law, and of Conflict of Laws.
Loyal
Legal; according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage; at- tached to the existing law.
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