See Also: SAEVETIA(law)

lentor (iou) and SAEVETIA (law)


lentor (iou)



lentor noun. E17.
[Latin = viscosity, from lentus: see LENT adjective, -OR. Sense 2 cf. Old & mod. French lenteur.]
Clamminess, tenacity, or viscidity of the blood etc. E17-M19.
b. A viscid component of the blood. Only in E18.
Slowness, lack of vitality. M18.

SAEVETIA (law)


SAEVETIA. Cruelty. (q.v.) It is required in order to constitute saevetia that there should exist such a degree of cruelty as to endanger the party' s that there should exist such a degree of cruelty as to endanger the party' s suffering bodily hurt. 1 Hagg. Cons. R. 85; 2 Mass. 150; 3 Mass. 821; 4 suffering bodily hurt. 1 Hagg. Cons. R. 85; 2 Mass. 150; 3 Mass. 821; 4 Mass. 587. Mass. 587.