to lie

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TO LIE. That which is proper, is fit; as, an action on the case lies for an 
injury committed without force; corporeal hereditaments lie in livery, that 
is, they pass by livery; incorporeal hereditaments lie in grant, that is, 
pass by the force of the grant, and without any livery. Vide Lying in grant. 
    

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