LICENSEE. One to whom a license¹ has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n.

LICENTIA CONCORDANDI, estates, conveyancing, practice. When an action is brought for the purpose of levying² a fine, the defendant⁴, knowing himself to be in the wrong, is supposed to make overtures⁵ of accommodation to the plaintiff, who accepts them; but having given pledges to prosecute⁶ his suit, applies to the court, upon the return of the writ⁷ of covenant⁸, for leave to make the matter up; this, which is readily granted, is called the, licentia concordandi. 5 Rep. 39; Cruise, Dig. tit. 35, c. 2, 22.

LICENTIA LOQUENDI. Imparlance. (q. v.)

LICENTIOUSNESS⁹. The doing what one pleases without regard to the rights of others; it differs from liberty in this, that the latter is restrained by natural or positive law, and consists in doing whatever we please, not inconsistent, with the rights of others, whereas the former does not respect those rights. Wolff, Inst. §84.

LICET SAEPIUS REQUISITUS, pleading. practice. Although often requested. It is usually alleged¹⁰ in the declaration that the defendant, licet saepius requisitus, &c., he did not perform the contract, the violatioin of which is the foundation of the action. The allegation is generally sufficient when a request is not parcel of the contract. Indeed, in such cases it is unneccssary even to lay a general request, for the bringing of the suit is itself a sufficient request. 1 Saund. 33, n. 2; 2 Saund, 118 note 3; Plowd. 128; 1 Wils. 33; 2 H. BI. 131; 1 John. Cas. 99, 319; 7 John. R. 462; 18 John. R. 485; 3 M. & S. 150. Vide Demand.

LICET. It is lawful¹¹; not forbidden by law. Id omne licitum est, quod non est legibus prohibitum; quamobrem, quod, lege permittente, fit, poenam non meretur.

LICITATION. A sale at auction¹²; a sale to the highest bidder¹³.

LIDFORD LAW. Vide Lynch Law.

TO LIE. That which is proper, is fit; as, an action on the case lies for an injury committed without force; corporeal¹⁴ hereditaments lie in livery, that is, they pass by livery; incorporeal¹⁵ hereditaments lie in grant, that is, pass by the force of the grant, and without any livery. Vide Lying in grant.

LIEGE, from the Latin, ligare, to bind¹⁶. The bond subsisting¹⁷ between the subject and chief, or lord and vassal¹⁸, binding¹⁹ the one to protection and just government, the other to tribute and due subjection. The prince or chief is called liege lord; the subjects liege men. The word is now applied²⁰ as if the liegance or bond were only to attach the people to the prince. Stat. 8 Hen. VI. c. 10; 14 Hen. VIII. c. 2; 1 Bl. Com. 367.

LIEGE POUSTIE, Scotch²¹ law. The condition or state of a person who is in his ordinary health and capacity, and not a minor²², nor cognosced as an idiot or madman, nor under interdiction²³. He is then said to be in Iiege poustie, or in legitima potestati, and he has full power of disposal of his property. 1 Bell's Com. 85, 5th ed.; 6 Clark & Fin³. 540. Vide Sui juris.