the  peace.  After  verdict,  the  judg-
ment was  arrested,  the  publication
not  being  libellous  per  se,  and  the
declaration  containing  no  prefatory
averment,  connected  with  the  publi-
cation to  support  the  innuendo.  Adams
v.  Meredew, .  417

See  Vol  3.
LIEN.
See  Solicitor  &  Client.
1 .  A.  is  employed  for  some  time  by
Messrs*  B.  as  their  attorney,  and  in
the  course  of  such  employment  a  con-
siderable debt  becomes  due  to  him ;
Messrs.  B.  contract  to  sell  an  estate
to  C,  who  pays  to  them  a  part  of
the  purchase  money,  and  A,  is  em-
ployed in  preparing  the  contract  and
making  out  the  title.  The  solicitor
of  C.  prepares  the  draft  of  the  con-
veyance, which  is  sent  to  A,,  and  ap-
proved by  him,  on  behalf  of  Messrs.
/?.,  and  the  engrossment  is  afterwards
executed  by  Messrs.  B.,  and  deliver-
ed by  them  to  A.,  for  the  purpose  of
being  handed  over  to  C  on  payment
of  the  rcmabider  of  the  purchase  mo-
ney. Before  tin's  is  done,  Messrs  B.
become  bankrupts,  and  the  contract
is  rescinded: — Held,  that  A.  has  no
lien  on  the  deeds  for  the  debt  due  to
him  from  Messrs.  B.,  hut  that  C.  is
entitled  to  have  the  deeds  delivered  to
him.     Oxenham  v.  Esdailc,         493

2.  The  rules  with  respect  to  lien
are  the  same  in  equity  as  at  law.  Ibid,

LIMITATION,  STATUTE  OF.
See  Debtor  &  Creditor.
Statute  of  Limitations.
LORDS'  ACT.
Where  a  defendant  has  been  in  cus-
tody for  a  year,  upon  a  judgment  for
a  debt  not  exceeding  20/.,  the  Court
will  discharge  him,  under  the  48  Geo,
3,  c.  123,  although  he  be  entitled  to
an  annuity  sufficient  to  satisfy  the
judgment.     Wood  v.  Kelmerdinc,    1 0


MEMORANDA.
See  Promotions.
MILK.
