31. Libel
Written form of defamation
32. Liability
Any legal obligation,either due now or at some time in the future.
33. Lex Situs
Latin, a conflict of law rule that selects the applicable law based on the location of something
34. Lex Scripta
Latin, written law; statutes.
35. Lex Non Scripta
Latin, unwritten law; the common or custom law; as opposed to lex scripta.
36. Lex Loci
Latin, the law of a place as in where a right was acquired or a liability incurred.
37. Lex Fori
The law applicable to particular legal proceedings; Latin, for the law of the forum.
38. Lex Causae
Latin, law of the cause. The law which has precedence, where there is a conflict of laws, to dispose of an action.
39. Letters Rogatory
A request of a judge in one jurisdiction to a court of another, to examine a specific witness.
40. Lessor
The person who grants a lease, usually the owner of the thing leased.