League

Legal Definition and Related Resources of League

Meaning of League

A measure of length, which consists of three geographical miles. The jurisdiction of the United States extends into the sea a marine league. See Acts Congress June 5, 1794 (1 Story, U. S. Laws, 352), and April 20, 1818 (3 Story, U. S. Laws, 1694) ; 1 Wait, State Papers, 195. In Criminal Law. A conspiracy to do an unlawful act. The term is but little used. In International Law. An agreement between states. Leagues between states are of several kinds: First, leagues offensive and defensive, by which two or more nations agree not only to defend each other, but to carry on war against their common enemies. Second, defensive, but not offensive, obliging each to defend the other against any foreigp invasion. Third, leagues of simple amity, by which one contracts not to invade, injure, or offend the other. This usually includes the liberty of mutual commerce and trade, and the safeguard of merchants and traders in each other’s domain. Bac. Abr. “Prerogative” (D 4). See “Confederacy;” “Conspiracy;” “Truce;” “War.”

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Synonyms of League

noun

  • accord
  • affiliation
  • agreement
  • alignment
  • alliance
  • association
  • axis
  • band
  • bloc
  • cartel
  • club
  • coalition
  • collaboration
  • combination
  • combine
  • compact
  • complicity
  • concord
  • concordat
  • concurrence
  • confederacy
  • confederation
  • conjunction
  • cooperation
  • copartnership
  • corporation
  • covenant
  • deal
  • federation
  • fellowship
  • foedus
  • fusion
  • gang
  • group
  • guild
  • mutual undertaking
  • network
  • organization
  • pact
  • pactum
  • participation
  • partnership
  • pool
  • ring
  • societas
  • society
  • sodality
  • treaty
  • trust
  • understanding
  • unification
  • union

Etimology of League

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alliance, mid-15c., ligg, from Middle French ligue “confederacy, league” (15c.), from Italian lega, from legare “to tie, to bind,” from Latin ligare “to bind” (see ligament). Originally among nations, subsequently extended to political associations (1846) and sports associations (1879). League of Nations first attested 1917 (created 1919).

Etimology of the Term (in other Meaning)

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itinerary unit in medieval England, distance of about three statute miles, late 14c., ultimately from Late Latin leuga (source also of French lieue, Spanish legua, Italian lega), which is said by Roman writers to be from Gaulish. A vague measure (perhaps originally an hour’s hike), in England it was a conventional, not a legal measure, and in English it is found more often in poetic than in practical writing.

League in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of League, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: An ancient term of measurement on land and sea, the equivalent of four Roman miles. It is 3.18 nautical miles but at sea it is usually taken as 3 nautical miles, often reduced to 6000 feet.

League in Admiralty Law

For information on league in this context, see the entry on league in the maritime law encyclopedia.

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