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Common Law: The body of law based on custom, usage and court decisions.

Common Law Employment Test: Refers to the IRS’s 20-question common law test which examines the level of control exercised over a worker by an employer in order to determine whether the individual is an employee or an i . . . View Full Definition

Lawn Tennis: Regular tennis, as opposed to table tennis or real tennis, the game from which tennis is derived.

Lawrence Welk: A 1-2-3 double play. This occurs when the bases are loaded and the batter hits a ground ball to the pitcher (No. 1 position), who throws it to the catcher (No.2 position) to force out the ru . . . View Full Definition

Lawn Ornaments: Decorations placed on people’s lawns. Popular lawn ornaments are Santa Claus, Reindeer, Rudolph, Sleighs, Mangers and Elves.

Lawrencium (Lr): Atomic number: 103, Atomic mass: (262) g.mol -1, Electronegativity: unknown, Density: unknown, Melting point: unknown, Boiling point: unknown, Vanderwaals radius: unknown, Ionic radius: unkn . . . View Full Definition

Law Of The Minimum: Holds that population growth is limited by the resource in shortest supply.

Law Of One Price: An economic rule stating that a given security must have the same price no matter how the security is created. If the payoff of a security can be synthetically created by a package of other . . . View Full Definition

Law School Admissions Test (LSAT): Test taken as an admission requirement for a Law degree program.

Malawi: Most Malawi (a small country west of Mozambique, Africa) coffee to reach the United States is grown on larger estates and distinguished by a rather soft, round profile.