Part 6497

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Leze majesty</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Leze` maj"es*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>lese-majest\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laesus</ets>, fem. <ets>laesa</ets>, injured (see <er>Lesion</er>) + <ets>majestas</ets> majesty; that is, <ets>crimen laesae majestatis</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lese majesty</asp>.]</altsp> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Any crime committed against the sovereign power.</def> <-- now usually lese or l\'8ase . also (2) any affront to dignity -->

<h1>Lherzolite</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lher"zo*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Lherz</ets>, a place in the Pyrenees + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).</def>

<h1>Li</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Chinese measure of distance, being a little more that one third of a mile.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See <er>Cash</er>.</def>

<h1>Liability</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Liabilities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being liable; <as>as, the <ex>liability</ex> of an insurer; <ex>liability</ex> to accidents; <ex>liability</ex> to the law.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.</def> Specifically, in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, <def>the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to <contr>assets</contr>.</def>

<cs><col>Limited liability</col>. <cd>See <cref>Limited company</cref>, under <er>Limited</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Liable</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From F. <ets>lier</ets> to bind, L. <ets>ligare</ets>. Cf. <er>Ally</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; <as>as, the surety is <ex>liable</ex> for the debt of his principal</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with <ptcl>to</ptcl> and an infinitive or noun; <as>as, <ex>liable</ex> to slip; <ex>liable</ex> to accident.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Accountable; responsible; answerable; bound; subject; obnoxious; exposed.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Liable</er>, <er>Subject</er>. <i>Liable</i> refers to a future possible or probable happening which may not actually occur; as, horses are <i>liable</i> to slip; even the sagacious are <i>liable</i> to make mistakes. <i>Subject</i> refers to any actual state or condition belonging to the nature or circumstances of the person or thing spoken of, or to that which often befalls one. One whose father was <i>subject</i> to attacks of the gout is himself <i>liable</i> to have that disease. Men are constantly <i>subject</i> to the law, but <i>liable</i> to suffer by its infraction.</usage>

<blockquote>Proudly secure, yet <b>liable</b> to fall. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All human things are <b>subject</b> to decay. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Liableness</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being liable; liability.</def>

<h1>Liage</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>liage</ets> a bond. See <er>Liable</er>.]</ety> <def>Union by league; alliance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lialson</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li`al`son"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ligatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. See <er>Ligature</er>, and cf. <er>Ligation</er>.]</ety> <def>A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.</def>

<h1>Liane, Liana</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw><hw>Li*ane"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Li*a"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>liane</ets>; prob. akin to <ets>lien</ets> a band, fr. L. <ets>ligamen</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. Cf. <er>Lien</er>, <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.</def>

<h1>Liar</h1> <Xpage=847>