Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
liePronunciation:
'lIFunction:
intransitive verbInflected Forms:
lay /'lA/;
lain /'lAn/;
ly·ing : to be sustainable or capable of being maintained
: have grounds under the law
lie —Scott v. Bradford, 606 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 554 (1979)> lie for misstatements of opinion —W. L. Prosser and W. Pacific Reporter Keeton> lie to the…Circuit Court —D. Q. Posin>—lie in grant : to be transferable legally only by grant