Glossary
Terms starting with L
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- Legal Terms - Trust
- Trust information: The enforceable right to the beneficial use or enjoyment of particular and specific property, the legal title of which is actually vested in another. A trust is created by a settlor who requests a third party (the trustee) hold and manage…
- Legal Terms - Trust Fund
- Trust Fund information: The fund, asset, or other specific property that is held by the trustee of a trust for the benefit of another. This fund or asset is also called the corpus (body) of the trust.
- Legal Terms - Trustee
- Trustee information: One who receives the property of another, or responsibility for the property of another, in trust, for the benefit of another.
- Legal Terms - Truth in Lending Act
- Truth in Lending Act information: A Federal law that generally requires some level of veracity in public advertisements of products or services, and provides some minimal penalties.
- Legal Terms - Turnkey
- Turnkey information: A state of readiness that a property can be described to be in, meaning that all the new owner must do is turn the key in the door, everything else needed is in place and is immediately ready to go. A turnkey is also a slang term for a…
- Legal Terms Immigrant Visa
- Immigrant Visa information: The basic document that allows a person coming into the United States to obtain a Green Card allowing him or her to be employed. For a more complete summary on this term
- Legal Terms Income Tax Avoidance
- Income Tax Avoidance information: This is what privately employed tax lawyers are best employed to do: avoiding tax by taking full and complete advantage of all legally available income tax planning opportunities.
- Legal Terms J. D.
- . D. information: A degree conferred on graduating law students, known as a juris doctor degree. Most states require a J.D. degree as a prerequisite to taking the bar examination.
- Legal Terms Joint Account
- Joint Account information: An account in a bank or brokerage office that has more than one person in ownership of the account, such that each joint account owner has the right to possess or withdraw all of the joint funds contained in the account, and the…
- Legal Terms Joint Custody
- Joint Custody information: In divorce law, joint custody is where each divorcing parent is awarded custody of the child(ren) and thereafter share responsibility and authority for raising the child(ren). In most joint custody situations the child(ren)…
- Legal Terms Joyriding
- Joyriding information: The taking of another's automobile for the purpose of temporarily riding around, in mischief, and not to permanently deprive the owner of possession. This is usually a juvenile act.
- Legal Terms Jumping Bail
- Jumping Bail information: A common term for when the defendant released on bail leaves the jurisdiction unlawfully.
- Legal Terms Jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction information: A court's authority is described by its jurisdiction. It is subject matter limited and also limited by territory. To make a valid ruling in a case, the court must have subject matter jurisdiction of the matter in controversy…
- Legal Terms Justifiable Homicide
- Justifiable Homicide information: An excusable killing of another, by reason of self defense, or valid defense of another.
- Legal Terms Knock and Announce
- Knock and Announce information: Entry by an officer into a dwelling, on probable cause, after knocking and announcing his or her indention to do so.
- Legal Terms Mail Telephone Order Rule
- Mail/Telephone Order Rule information: This rule requires an advertiser of merchandise to have a reasonable basis for stating that merchandise can be shipped within a certain time. Direct marketers refer to this rule as the 30-day Rule.
- Legal Terms Mail/Telephone Order Rule
- Mail/Telephone Order Rule information: This rule requires an advertiser of merchandise to have a reasonable basis for stating that merchandise can be shipped within a certain time. Direct marketers refer to this rule as the 30-day Rule.
- legato
- The smooth, seamless connection of adjacent notes in a melody.
- Legitimation
- The legal process which a natural father can use to acknowledge legally his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a "child" under immigration law under these conditions: the legitimation took place according…
- Leitmotiv
- A term adopted by Wagner's disciples to designate the "leading motives" in his operas.
- Lemon
- Very sharp, acidic citrus fruit with a shiny yellow skin and sour but zingy flavour. Lemons are rich in vitamin C but with a low sugar content. They're available all year round and used in both sweet and savoury dishes. The aromatic zest or outer rind and…
- Lemon balm
- As its name suggests, this leafy, green herb has a lemony flavour and fragrance. It works well with fish, poultry and vegetables as well as in salads, stuffings and drinks. It's a member of the mint family and makes a very refreshing infusion or tea. Only…
- Lemon Laws
- The sale of new passenger cars is subject to what is called the Lemon Law. Each state will have its own version of the lemon law. The term "lemon" has long been used to refer to bad cars. Under the lemon laws, new cars that fail to conform to the warranty…
- Lemon sole
- Lemon sole is actually a flounder (the family that includes plaice and turbot) and not a sole fish at all, even though it's frequently compared to Dover sole. It's widely available and can be bought as fillets or whole. It has delicate, sweet white flesh and…
- Lemongrass
- A main ingredient in Thai and South-east Asian cuisines, lemongrass is a pale green stalk that can be used fresh, dried or powdered to impart its lemon flavour to sweet or savoury dishes. Fresh stalks are sold in many supermarkets now. If used whole, the…
- Length
- Approximately eight to nine feet. The measurement used to gauge how much one horse is in front of another.
- lens
- a curved piece of glass that brings light to a focus
- lenticular galaxy
- a galaxy possessing a large bulge and small disk
- Lepton
- A fundamental fermion that does not participate in strong interactions. The electrically-charged leptons are the electron (e-), the muon (u), the tau (t), and their antiparticles. Electrically-neutral leptons are called neutrinos (v).
- leptonema (leptotene stage)
- The first stage of prophase 1 of meiosis in which chromosomes become distinct.
- lesion
- A damaged area (a mutant site) in a gene, a chromosome, or a protein.
- lethal gene
- A gene whose expression results in the death of the individual expressing it.
- lethal-equivalent alleles
- alleles whose summed effect is that of lethality for example, four alleles each of which would be lethal 25% of the time (or to 25% of their bearers), are equivalent to one lethal allele.
- Letter of Acceptance
- When offered employment, a letter of acceptance should be sent confirming that the offer will be accepted and reiterating the conditions of employment, including salary, benefits, commencement date, working hours, areas of responsibility, etc.
- Letter of Agreement
- An outline of the conditions of employment as offered by the employer. Either the employer or the employee can initiate this. Remember that it is always best to get an offer of employment in writing, preferably in the form of a contract. Please also see…
- Letter of Recommendation
- This may be from a teacher, ex employer or other well regarded member of the community, and will support you skills, work ethics, etc. Very seldom used by job seekers nowadays but can be useful to have in circumstances where the recommendee is known to the…
- Letterboxed
- Refers to a program that is presented in or close to its original aspect ratio. The aspect ratio compares the width of the picture to the height. Standard TV broadcasts and cablecasts use a 4:3 aspect ratio, while most movies are shot in an approximately…
- Leu
- Leucine (an amino acid).
- leucine zipper
- Configuration of a DNA-binding protein in which leucine residues on two protein alpha-helices interdigitate in zipper fashion to stabilize the protein.
- leukemia
- cancer of the bone marrow resulting in excess production of leukocytes.
- level of significance
- The probability value in statistics used to reject the null hypothesis.
- LHC
- The Large Hadron Collider at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. LHC will collide protons into protons at a center-of-mass energy of about 14 TeV. When completed in the year 2004, it will be the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. It is…
- LIABILITY INSURANCE
- Insurance for what the policyholder is legally obligated to pay because of bodily injury or property damage caused to another person.
- libration
- the small oscillations in the moon’s motion that allow Earth-based observers to see slightly more than half the moon’s surface
- libretto
- A "little book" that contains the complete text of an opera, oratorio, and so forth.
- Licorice
- Treats acne, also calms allergic skin.
- Lied
- (German, "song") A vocal piece dating back to the polyphonic Lied of the fourteenth century. The solo German Lied, accompanied by piano, reached its zenith during the nineteenth century.
- LIFE Act
- Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act and amendments. This act of Congress allows foreign spouses of American citizens, the children of those foreign spouses, and spouses and children of certain lawful permanent residents (LPR) to come to the United…
- LIFE EXTENSION
- A term used to describe capital expenses which reduce operating and maintenance costs associated with continued operation of electric utility boilers. Such boilers usually have a 40 year operating life under normal circumstances.
- LIFE-CYCLE COST
- Amount of money necessary to own, operate and maintain a building over its useful life.
- LIFELINE RATES
- Rates charged by a utility company for the low income, the disadvantaged and senior citizens. The rates provide a discount for minimum necessary utilities, such as electricity requirements of typically 300 to 400 kilowatt/hours per month.
- ligand-receptor interaction
- interaction between a molecule (usually of an extracellular origin) and a protein on or within a target cell. One type of ligand-receptor interaction can be between steroid hormones and their cytoplasmic or nuclear receptors. Another can be between secreted…
- ligase
- An enzyme that can rejoin a broken phosphodiester bond in a nucleic acid.
- light pollution
- light, typically from artificial sources, that reaches the night sky, obscuring the view of faint astronomical objects
- LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR)
- A nuclear power unit that uses ordinary water to cool its core. The LWR may be a boiling water reactor or a pressurized water reactor.
- light-gathering power
- the ability of a telescope to collect light; the larger a telescope’s aperture, the greater its light-gathering power
- light-year
- the distance light travels in one year, equivalent to approximately 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km)
- LIGNITE
- Brownish black coal having qualities in between those of bituminous coal and peat. The texture of the original wood often is visible in lignite.
- limb
- the apparent edge of a celestial object
- Lime
- This small, green citrus fruit is used mainly for its juice. It can be added to savoury dishes, as in Asian cuisine, curries in particular. It has a stronger, more sour taste than lemon. Lime juice and zest can be used in marinades and salsas or just…