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Name Term description
NameLitser/lister/litstar/litster Term description

Dyer: one who dyes cloth and prepares dyes

NameLockman Term description

A hangman

NameLocksmith Term description

One who makes and tends locks and keys

NameLord Term description

Title of noble rank or of senior judge or administrator

NameLord Clerk Register/Registrar Term description

1. Title of noble rank or of senior judge or administrator. 2. One who keeps a register, of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, etc.

NameLord Elemosinar to the King Term description

Almoner

NameLord Lyon Term description

Chief officer of arms of Scotland

NameLord Lyon King-at Arms Term description

Chief officer of arms of Scotland?

NameLord provost Term description

Chairman of a town or burgh council and chief magistrate of

NameLorimer Term description

Maker of metal horse harness parts

NameLoun Term description

Boy

NameLymemaker Term description

Worker with lime for use in paint or agriculture

NameLymeman Term description

Worker with lime for use in paint or agriculture

NameLyon King-at-Arms Term description

Chief officer of arms of Scotland?

NameLW Term description

Last Will

NameLatter W Term description

Latter Will

NameLTD/LD Term description

Limited

NameL. Term description

Lawful

NameLate Term description

Formerly, deceased

NameLegator Term description

The person to whom a legacy is left.

NameLeillie and treullie Term description

Legally and honestly (in later testaments the word used was 'faithfully').

NameLie Term description

This word is used to introduce local names used in documents, or any Scots word or phrase brought into a Latin document.

NameLiferent Term description

A right entitling a person (called a 'liferenter') to use and enjoy another's property for life, providing this was done without wasting it; the liferent might be a sum of money paid yearly, or the income from a piece of land.

NameLiquidat Term description

In relation to debts or other due payments, it meant fixed in advance at a definite sum, or specified exactly; judicially assessed; having a monetary equivalent prescribed by decreet of court and appointed to be so paid.

NameLippie Term description

A unit of dry capacity, which varied from place to place and depending on what was being measured. Also known as a forpet. For more information, see our guide on <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>.