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Landeshoheit
Landeshoheit (territorial superiority) was the non-sovereign territorial autonomy of the Holy Roman Empire's Imperial Estates, confirmed by the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, distinct from full sovereignty.
Landlord
Landlord: the owner of land or buildings who grants a tenant occupancy for rent. Traces to English feudal tenure; now governed by landlord-tenant law covering leases, habitability, and eviction.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is a UK Act whose Part II gives business tenants in England and Wales security of tenure and a right to renew commercial leases, unless the parties contract out before the lease is granted.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (1985 c. 70), England and Wales residential landlord-tenant statute in force 1 April 1986: implies section 11 repairing obligations into leases under seven years, limits and regulates service charges (sections 18 to 30), fitness for habitation, insurance rights, and building safety.
Landlord harassment
Landlord harassment is landlord conduct meant to make tenants feel unsafe or leave, via utility shutoffs, lockouts, withheld repairs, or threats. It is a criminal offence under England's Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and regulated by US quiet-enjoyment doctrine and local anti-harassment ordinances.
Landlord–tenant law
Landlord–tenant law governs rental housing relationships: tenancy creation, habitability, deposits, rent increases, and eviction. Covers feudal common-law origins, US implied warranty of habitability, and England's Renters' Rights Act 2025 reforms effective 1 May 2026.
Lands Tribunal (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Lands Tribunal (England, Wales and Northern Ireland): UK specialist land-valuation tribunal under the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, abolished in England and Wales on 1 June 2009 with functions moved to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), while the separate Northern Ireland Lands Tribunal of 1964 continues.
Lands Tribunal for Scotland
Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS): statutory tribunal, est. 1 March 1971 under the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, handling title conditions, land register appeals, compensation and RCI disputes; co-located with the Scottish Land Court, being merged into an expanded Land Court.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison (JVA Landsberg am Lech), Bavarian prison built 1905–1908; Hitler's 1923–24 Festungshaft site where he wrote Mein Kampf, then US War Criminal Prison No. 1 with 252+ executions, now a prison for first-time male offenders.
Landya B. McCafferty
Landya B. McCafferty (born 1962) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in New Hampshire since 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Langa massacre
Langa massacre (Uitenhage massacre): 21 March 1985 shooting by South African Police on mourners marching from Langa township to KwaNobuhle near Uitenhage, Eastern Cape; 20 killed, many wounded, on the 25th Sharpeville anniversary.
Lange v Atkinson
Lange v Atkinson, New Zealand defamation case series (1997-2000): former PM David Lange sued Joe Atkinson and ACP; courts extended qualified privilege to political discussion, later superseded by Durie v Gardiner.
Lanham Act
The Lanham Act, also the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.), is the primary U.S. federal trademark statute, signed July 5, 1946, establishing national registration, infringement, and dilution protection.
Lanny Davis
Lanny J. Davis, American lawyer and crisis manager; Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton 1996-98, later attorney for Michael Cohen and registered foreign agent for clients including Dmytro Firtash.
Lara E. Montecalvo
Lara E. Montecalvo (born 1974) is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the First Circuit since 2022, after serving as Rhode Island's public defender.
Larceny
Larceny, a common law property crime also called stealing or theft, is the trespassory taking and carrying away of another's personal property without consent, with intent to permanently deprive the owner; graded as petit or grand larceny by value.
Larry Eyler
Larry W. Eyler, the 'homosexual highway killer,' murdered young men in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin in the early 1980s. Released in 1983 after evidence was excluded, he killed again, was sentenced to death in 1986, and died of AIDS in 1994 after confessing to 21 murders.
Larry Gallo
Larry Gallo, also known as Lawrence Gallo, was a Brooklyn mobster and operational leader of the Gallo faction in the Profaci crime family. He died in 1968.
Larry Gene Bell
Larry Gene Bell (1948–1996), American murderer executed in South Carolina's electric chair for the 1985 kidnappings and murders of Shari Faye Smith and Debra May Helmick; in 2025 Charlotte police also named him in Sandee Cornett's 1984 killing.
Larry Hoover
Larry Hoover (born 1950) is co-founder and "Chairman" of the Gangster Disciples street gang of Chicago, who led it from prison. Convicted of 1973 murder (150-200 years) and 1997 federal criminal enterprise (life); Trump commuted the federal sentence May 28, 2025; the Illinois term stands.
Larry Lawton
Larry Lawton, American ex-jewel thief and Reality Check Program founder, robbed about 20 East Coast jewelry stores of $15-18 million, served 11 years in federal prison after a 1996 FBI arrest, then became a youth-crime-prevention speaker, honorary police officer, and author of Gangster Redemption.
Larry Ray (criminal)
Lawrence "Larry" Ray (a.k.a. Lawrence Grecco) is an American ex-convict who moved into his daughter's Sarah Lawrence College housing in 2010 and ran an extortion, sex trafficking, and forced labor scheme; convicted 2022, sentenced to 60 years, affirmed on appeal in 2025.
Lascivious behavior
Lascivious behavior (lewd and lascivious conduct): a criminal-law category for lewd, obscene sexual conduct, defined variously by US state statutes such as Florida §798.02 and Kansas §21-5513, with penalties from misdemeanor to felony.
LaShann M. D. Hall
LaShann M. D. Hall, born 1970, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2015.
LaShonda A. Hunt
LaShonda Annette Hunt is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Lateran Treaty
Lateran Treaty (Patti Lateranensi, Pacta Lateranensia): 1929 agreement between Italy and the Holy See, signed by Gasparri and Mussolini, creating Vatican City, ending the Roman Question, with a financial convention and concordat, revised in 1984.
Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP, founded 1934 in Los Angeles by Dana Latham and Paul Watkins, is a global law firm with 31 offices in 14 countries, $8.3 billion 2025 revenue, and #2 rank in the 2026 Am Law 100.
Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty
Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty (Latvijas–Krievijas miera līgums), also called the 1920 Treaty of Riga: peace treaty signed at Riga 11 August 1920, by which Soviet Russia recognized Latvian independence, renounced all sovereign rights, and paid 4,000,000 gold roubles.
Laura Coates
Laura Coates (born 1979) is an American attorney, CNN chief legal analyst and anchor of Laura Coates Live, SiriusXM host, and author of You Have the Right and Just Pursuit.
Laura M. Provinzino
Laura M. Provinzino, born 1975, is an American jurist and United States district judge in Minnesota since 2024, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney there for over a decade.