Lit de Justice.
A royal sitting of the States-General of France, when the King attended to enforce by edict an ordinance or law to which the States had refused their consent.
Literati.
In China those who have passed the public examinations in literature, qualifying them for official positions under the State.
Lithsmen.
A guild of shipowners and merchants in London, which was in existence in the time of the Danish Kings.
Little Gentleman in Velvet.
A favourite Jacobite toast in the reign of Queen Anne. The allusion is to the death of William III, which was accelerated by an accident caused by his horse stumbling over a molehill.
Little Parliament.
See Barebone’s Parliament.