nulla poena sine lege 'no penalty without law'. This principle opposes, among other things, arbitrary punishment and retrospec- tive legislation.

• lay days
• LC
• LCJ
• leading question
• lease
• leasehold
• leasing
• leave to enter the UK
• legacy
• legal
• legal aid
• legal aid franchise quality standard
• legal charge
• legalese
• legal executive
• legal interest
• legal rights
• Legal Services Commission
• legislation
• legislature
• legitim
• lenocinium
• lesion
• letters of administration
• letters of request