Chapter Les Anguilles de Melun to Letters of the Sepulchre of L by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

and gives the vowel the sound of a French eu, as in peu, etc.; but over the vowel u it gives it the sound of the French u in dût.

Letters Missive An order from the Lord Chancellor to a peer to put in an appearance to a bill filed in chancery.

Letters Overt The same as letters patent (q.v.).

Letters Patent So denominated because they are written upon open sheets of parchment, with the seal of the sovereign or party by whom they were issued pendent at the bottom. Close letters are folded up and sealed on the outside. (Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy.)

Letters at the Foot of a Page Printers affix a letter to the first page of each sheet; these letters are called signatures. They begin with B, and sometimes, but not always, omit J, V, W. A is reserved for the title and preface. After Z, the alphabet is used double- thus, A A or 2 A- and then trebled, quadrupled, etc., as necessity demands. Sometimes figures, 1, 2, 3, etc., are used instead of letters. (See Sheet .)

Letters of Administration The legal instrument granted by the Probate Court to a person appointed administrator to one who has died intestate.

Letters of Bellerophon (See Bellerophon .)

Letters of Horning (See under Horn, Horns .)

Letters of Junius (See Junius .)

Letters of the Sepulchre The laws made by Godfrey and the Patriarchs of the court of Jerusalem. There were two codes, one respecting the privileges of the nobles, and the other respecting the rights and duties of the burghers. They were kept in a coffer laid up in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.