ligamen

  • 81u̯ei-1, u̯ei̯ǝ- : u̯ī- —     u̯ei 1, u̯ei̯ǝ : u̯ī     English meaning: to turn, bend, wind, *branch out     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, biegen”; vielfach von biegsamen Zweigen, Flechtwerk, Rankengewächsen     Note: Root u̯ei 1, u̯ei̯ǝ : u̯ī : “to turn, bend, wind,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 82feudum ligium — A liege fee,–a fee or feud held directly of the king, with no intermediate lord. Allegiance is the tie, or ligamen, which binds the subject to the king, in return for that protection which the king affords the subject. See 1 Bl Comm 366 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 83alloy — [16] The notion of ‘mixing’ in alloy originated in the idea of ‘binding’ in Latin ligāre ‘tie’ (source of English ligament, ligature, and lien – via Old French loien from Latin ligāmen ‘bond’). Addition of the prefix ad gave alligāre ‘bind one… …

    Word origins

  • 84lien — [lēn, lē′ən] n. [Fr < L ligamen, a band < ligare, to bind, tie: see LIGATURE] Law a claim on the property of another as security for the payment of a just debt …

    English World dictionary

  • 85lien — n. Law a right over another s property to protect a debt charged on that property. Etymology: F f. OF loien f. L ligamen bond f. ligare bind …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 86lyam — ˈlīəm noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English lyame, lyeme, from Middle French liem leash, bond, from Latin ligamen band, tie more at lien archaic : leash …

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