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  • Lumley V. Gye

    Definition of Lumley V. Gye ((1853), 2 E. & B. 216). It is an actionable wrong at common law knowingly to induce a person to commit a breach of contract with another.The plaintiff engaged Miss Wagner to sing for him at his theatre for three months. The defendant knowingly induced her to break […]

  • Lunatic

    Definition of Lunatic Defined by the Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 341, as an idiot or person of unsound mind. The word is used to denote (1) a person who has attacks of intermittent insanity separated by lucid intervals, or suffers from delusions ; (2) a person who from unsoundness of mind is […]

  • Lynch V. Nurdin

    Definition of Lynch V. Nurdin ((1841), 1 Q. B. 29). The contributory negligence of a child is no defence to an action by him for injury caused by the defendant’s negligence, if the plaintiff’s conduct was of a kind, to be expected from a child.The defendant’s servant having left a cart and […]

  • Lumley V. Gye

    Definition of Lumley V. Gye ((1853), 2 E. & B. 216). It is an actionable wrong at common law knowingly to induce a person to commit a breach of contract with another.The plaintiff engaged Miss Wagner to sing for him at his theatre for three months. The defendant knowingly induced her to break […]

  • Lyndhurst's Act, (Lord)

    Definition of Lyndhurst’s Act, (Lord) The Marriage Act, 1835, which provided that any marriage after 1835 between persons within the prohibited degrees of affinity should be null and void Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Lyndhurst’s Act, (Lord) in […]

  • Lord High Admiral

    Definition of Lord High Admiral See Admiral Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Lord High Admiral in the Dictionaries, Lord High Admiral in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

  • Luby V. Lord Wodehouse

    Definition of Luby V. Lord Wodehouse ((1865), 17 Ir. C. L. R. 618). Held, that no action is maintainable against the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during his continuance in office for any act done by him in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Lord Mayor's Court

    Definition of Lord Mayor’s Court See Mayor’s Court of London Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Lord Mayor’s Court in the Dictionaries, Lord Mayor’s Court in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]

  • Lord High Steward

    Definition of Lord High Steward When a person is impeached, or when a peer is tried on indictment for treason or felony before the House of Lords, one of the lords is appointed Lord High Steward, and acts as speaker pro temporc. If the House of Lords is not sitting, the indictment is removed […]

  • Lord Privy Seal

    Definition of Lord Privy Seal The officer who affixed the Privy Seal to documents, especially letters patent, which were to pass the Great Seal. The Great Seal Act, 1884, s. 3, abolished the use of the Privy Seal, and the Lord Privy Seal has now no official duties. The office carries cabinet […]