The American Printer: A Manual of Typography / Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

by Thomas MacKellar

L’étoile du nord.—The north star.

Lettre de cachet.—A sealed letter; a royal warrant.

Levari facias.—That you cause to be levied; a writ of execution.

Levée.—A morning visit or reception.

Lex loci.—The law of the place.

Lex magna est, et prævalebit.—The law is great, and will prevail.

Lex non scripta.—The unwritten or common law.

Lex scripta.—Statute law.

Lex talionis.—The law of retaliation.

Lex terræ, lex patriæ.—The law of the land.