Lion of Sweden.
Johan Gustafsson Banér, the Swedish Field-Marshal (1595-1641), was so called.
Lion of the North.
The sobriquet of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1611-32).
Lion Rouge, Le.
Marshal Ney was so called from his red hair.
Lion’s Mouth.
See Bocca di Leone.
Liquidation, Law of.
A law passed in Egypt in 1881, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of England, France, Italy, Germany and Austria, settling the conditions on which the debts due by the State on December 31, 1880, were to be regulated, and providing for the future apportionment of the revenue to the service of particular debts, and to general purposes.