Law terms starting with L

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"lame duck" session When Congress (or either chamber) reconvenes in an even-numbered year following the November general elections to consider various items of business.
'Legal Document Repository' or 'Litigation Document Repository' An electronic system for data retrieval of documents in connection with litigation. Features may include external hosting, search, retrieval and security.
Laboratory a facility (1) employing at least two full-time employees who are qualified DNA analysts and (2) having and maintaining the capability to perform the DNA…
Laboratory Director (or Administrative) Case File Review a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on…
Laboratory Personnel ADFS members with specific laboratory responsibilities.
Laboratory Satellite a member of a laboratory system that is managed by, but is physically separated from, a parent or regional laboratory.
Laboratory support personnel employees who perform laboratory duties exclusive of analytical techniques on database and/or known samples.
Laboratory System an organization containing at least two physically separate laboratory facilities that are independently managed under the control of a single superior in…
Lacerations anything that has been torn roughly for example: a rough cut.
LAN (Local Area Network) A network of computers that generally spans a small area, such as a single building.
Landscape Mode The image is represented on the page or monitor such that the width is greater than the height.
Lapse Date The date when a patent is no longer enforceable in a jurisdiction due to a failure to pay renewal (maintenance) fees.
Lapsed gift A gift made in a will to a person who has died prior to the will-maker's death.
Larceny Obtaining property by fraud or deceit.
Laser Disc Same as an optical CD, except 12 in diameter.
Laser Printing A beam of light hits an electrically charged drum and causes a discharge at that point. Toner is then applied which sticks to the non-charged areas.
Late Return This is when the plaintiff does not return to the court, at least three days before the hearing, proof of proper service.
Latency The time it takes to read a disc (or jukebox), including the time to physically position the media under the read/write head, seek the correct address and…
Latent Data Latent or ambient data are deleted files and other data that are inaccessible without specialized forensic tools and techniques.
latent prints A latent print expert examines all types of fingerprints found at a crime scene, whether visable or not.
Law As used in the Texas Election Code, means a constitution, statute, city charter, or city ordinance.
Law Blank A printed legal form available for preparing documents.
Law Clerk A lawyer (or law school student) employed to do legal research.
law clerk (or staff attorney) Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
lawsuit An action or proceeding in a civil court; term used for a suit or action between two parties in a court of law.
lawyer -- see attorney
Lay Advocate A lay advocate is someone who is trained in housing law and housing court procedure-but who is not an attorney.
layover Informal term for a period of delay required by rule. For example, when a bill or other measure is reported from committee, it may be considered on the…
Leading question A question that suggests the answer desired of the witness. A party generally may not ask one's own witness leading questions.
Leading/Ledding The amount of space between lines of printed text.
leave to sit Permission for a committee to meet during the proceedings of the parent chamber.
Legacy Custodian Former employees, participants and Individual Custodians who are no longer with the company.
Legacy Data Information in the development process that may have significant resources invested into it that has been produced and/or stored on software and/or…
Legacy System Generated Custodian ESI generated from a legacy enterprise application such as financial systems, dynamic monitoring systems and more may not have a clear Custodian.
Legal aid Professional legal services available to persons or organizations unable to afford such services.
Legal custody a form of child custody that grants one parent the right to make decisions about the child's upbringing.
Legal Document Management To capture and manage of legal documents within a law firm or other organization.
Legal Hold A legal hold is a communication issued as a result of current or anticipated litigation, audit, government investigation or other such matter that…
Legal Hold Auditing In matters of high risk or complexity, the corporation may conduct an internal or external audit of the scope and compliance with the legal hold.
Legal Hold Development Developing the preservation scope, description and criteria is based in the work done in the Identification phase interpreted in light of the opposing…
Legal Hold Enforcing Legal Holds may be in place for years and a source may be under multiple holds.
Legal Hold Issuance Issuing hold notices to custodians and systems.
Legal Hold Tracking Legal Hold tracking may be done on simple documents (Word/Excel) or in a dedicated application to record notices and actions of the Legal Hold.
Legal process A formal paper that is legally valid; something issuing from the court, usually a command such as a writ or mandate.
Legal Software Software which helps lawyers to organize and index case files, helps to arrange/schedule docket numbers or catalogue court dates, or assists in the…
Legal texts Books that cover specific areas of the law, usually dealing with a single topic.
Legislation The act of giving or enacting laws; the power to make laws via legislation in contrast to courtmade laws.
legislative day A "day" that starts when the Senate meets after an adjournment and ends when the Senate next adjourns.
legislative session That part of the Senate's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Legitimate That which is legal, lawful, recognized by law or according to law.
Leniency Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
letters patent -- see patent
Level Coding Used in Bibliographical coding to facilitate different treatment, such as prioritization or more thorough extraction of data, for different categories of…
Level of Ordinary Skill The level of skill in the art(s) to which an invention pertains that is used in judging whether a disclosure or claim is enabling. MPEP 2141.03.
Lex Law.
Lex domicili Law of the dominion.
Lex loci The law or custom of a place.
Lex scripta Law by statute.
Lexbe Web-based case and document management service. Features include searchable PDF-based document review, automatic OCR, hosted online access, shared…
Ley de prescripción El período de tiempo dentro del cual se debe iniciar una acción judicial. El dejar de presentar una demanda dentro del término prescrito impide la…
LFP IPRO Techs image cross reference file; an ASCII delimited text file required for cross-reference of images to data.
Liabilities A person's debts and other financial obligations.
Liable Responsible or answerable by law; legally obligated.
Libel Published defamation which tends to injure a person's reputation.
Liber Book; a book of records, as of deeds.
Libertad condicional La liberación condicional de un prisionero bajo supervisión antes de la terminación de la sentencia de encarcelamiento.
LIBRARIAN Meets the informational needs of the judges and lawyers.
License a contract in which the owner of the patent grants another person or company permission to make, use, or sell the patented invention.
licensee The entity which is granted rights to intellectual property by the owner of that property.
Licensing boards State agencies created to regulate the issuance of licenses, i.e., to contractors, cosmetologists, realtors, etc.
licensor The owner of intellectual property which grants rights to another (the licensee) through a license.
LIE Legal Instruments Examiner - a position classification for USPTO employees charged with docketing cases and other administrative processing that support…
Lien Legal claim against a property. Once the property is sold, the lien holder is then paid the amount that is owed.
life of a patent 20 years from the date of filing.
Lifecycle The records lifecycle is the life span of a record from its creation or receipt to its final disposition.
likelihood of confusion a statutory basis (Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d), TMEP §1207 et seq.
Limine See "in limine" in Foreign Words Glossary.
Limitation Language in a claim that constrains the breath of a claim.
Limited Access access limited to personnel authorized by the laboratory director.
Limited divorce the termination of cohabitation, also known as a separation.
Limited Jurisdiction Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
Line Screen The number of half-tone dots that can be printed per inch. As a general rule, newspapers print at 65 to 85 lpi.
link See Hyperlink.
liquidated claim A creditor's claim for a fixed amount of money.
liquidation The process through which the assets backing a defaulted loan are sold for cash.
Lis pendens A pending lawsuit.
Literal Infringement See Infringed Literally.
Litigant A party to a lawsuit.
litigation A lawsuit; a legal action, including all proceedings therein.
Litigation Case Management Method of controlling and managing cases within the litigation process, usually with the aid of specially designed case management software to help work…
Litigation Lifecycle The litigation lifecycle is the processes and practices commonly used to define a legal event.
Litigation Lifecycle Management The policies, processes, practices and tools used to handle a case in the through the litigation lifecycle in the most appropriate and cost effective…
Litigation Software Software to help lawyers prepare and present cases in court. Features include indexing and organizing documents, database, hierarchical folders, and…
Litigation Support Manager Person within a law firm who administers automated litigation support.
Litigation Support Services All activities designed to prepare a lawyer to try a case, including interviewing witnesses, document review, and case preparation.
Litigation Support Software and Systems Software and systems to assist lawyers in preparing and presenting cases for trial.
Litigation Support Specialist An individual who manages the litigation support services within a law firm. Litigation support specialist duties combine aspects of the paralegal and…
Litispendencia Un juicio pendiente. La jurisdicción, el derecho o control que adquieren los tribunales sobre bienes en acción judicial pendiente de sentencia…
LiveNote Transcript and deposition management software, with features including transcript text searches, transcript annotation, exhibit hyper linking and network…
Living trust A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. (Also called inter vivos trust.)