XABATJD. 643 LABERIUS DECIMUS. berg and Berlin. In 1SG4 he went to Kiinigs- herg as professor, and eight years afterwards to Strassburg. His special provinces arc constitu- tional and commercial law. In 1880 he founded, with Stoerk, the Archiv fiir offentUches Heclit, and be was long editor of the Deutsche Juristen- ZeituiKj. His earlier works are on the sources of Cicrnian law, such as licilriiye zur Kundc des Schitabenipiegcis (ISGl) and Jura I'ruienoruin (1806). More important are the following: Dns Dudgetrecht nach den licxtimmungeti dcr preus- sischen Verfas.tungsurKunde (1871) ; Das Finaiiz- recht dcs dculachen Ifeichs (1873) ; and his mas- terpiece. Daft Klnalsrcrht des dculsclicii I'cichs (last edition i!)01). which appeared in abbrevi- ated form in .Marquardsen's Handhuch des iiffent- lirhcn Ucchts dcr (icgenuart (1883). LABBE. lab. Philippe (1007-07). A French Je-uit scholar. He was born at Bourges, entered the .Society of .Jesus (1623). attained high rank as a scholar and distinguished hini.self by his col- lection of ihe acts in, the Churcli councils from 34 to 1417 (18 vols., Paris. 1672), a work which .served as the basis of the later collections of Hardouin and Mansi. A full list of his numerous writings is given in Backer, Bibliolluque dcs ccrivaiiis de la Compagnie dc Jesus (Paris, 1870). LABE, Ui'ba'. Louise, known as 'La belle Cor- difrc' I tin- l)cautiful ropemaker) . ( ? — 1.500). The most celebrated of the sixteenth-century French women poets. She was born at Lyons between I.tIo and 1524, and was highly educated. At the age of sixteen she fought at the siege of Perpi- gnan (1.542) as 'Capitaine Loys.' About thirteen years after this she married Aymon Perrin. a rope manufacturer of Lyons, and her salon be- came a meeting-place for cultivated people. She was the suljject of much scandal, most of which seems to have been undeserved. Besides poems, she WTote a prose play, Debat de folie et d'amour. The first edition of lier works appeared in 1.5.5.5, and there was one in 1887. Consult Gonon, Documents historii/ues sur la vie et Jes mocurs de Louise Labc (Lyons, 1844). LA BEDOLLIERE, la ba'dA'lyAr', Emile OinAiLT DE (1812S3). A French publicist and historian, born at Amiens, and educated at the F.ciile des Chartes. After the publication of his ilrst book. Vie politique du marquis de Lit Fayette (1833). he was engaged in compilation, transla- tion, and journalism. His later works include: Beautis des lictoires et des conquetes drs Fran- cats (2 vols., 2d ed. 1847) ; flistoiro dcs mneurs et de la tie priv^e des Francois (1847): His- toire de la garde nationale (1848); llistoire d'Jtalie (185!)): Le nouveau Paris and Bis- toire des environs du nourcau Paris (1800); Histoire de la guerre du Mej-ique (1801-68); Londres et les Anglais (1862); Le domaine de Saint-Pierre (1865) : Histoire complete <lc la guerre d'Allemaqne et d'ltalic (1866) ; and llis- toire de la quer're ISlO-ll (1872). LABEDOYERE, la'ba'dwa'y;'ir'. Charles Ax- Gti.iQiE llrciiKT, Count (1780-1815). A French soldier. He was born in Paris, and entered the army at an early age. He was adjutant to Mar- shal Lanncs in Spain in 1808. received a wound at Tudela. joined the army in Germany after his recovery, was Murat's adjutant at the battle of Aspern, and fought well at Borodino, the Bercsina, Liitzen, and Bautzen. Returning to France in the autumn of 1813, he received the command of a regiment, and was posted near Vizelle when Napoleon returned from Elba. He immediately joined him, and was made a lieu- tenant-general and a peer of France. He fought with great gallantry at Waterloo. He intended to emigrate to America after the second return of the Bourbons; l>ut imprudently came to Paris, was seized, tried, and shot, August 19, 1815. LABEIi (OF. label, labeau, lambel, lembel, lambcau, Fr. lambeau, shred, from OHG. lappa, Ger. Lappen, rag, AS. Iwppa, lappa, Eng. lap; probably connected with Gk. X6i3oj, /o6o.5. lobe, Lat. labi, to fall, Skt. lamb, ramb, to hang down). In heraldry, the mark of cadency which distin- guishes the eldest son in his father's lifetime. See C.DEXcy. LABEL. In its ordinary sense, a ribbon or other narrow slip, as of cloth, parchment, or paper. In law, specifically applied: (a) formerly to a narrow strip of pajx-r attached as a rider to a document to supplement it, as a codicil to a will; (b) a strip of material attached to a deed to carry the seal; (c) the usual meaning now, a. strip or small piece of paper, sheet metal, cloth, or other material, attached to a package to de- scribe it in some way, as to tell its nature, the maker, the weight, destination, or any other in- formation concerning it. A label is. in itself, not a trademark, although a trademark may con- sist of a label which has the qualities essential to constitute a trademark. A label as such can- not be patented or copyrighted, unless it has those qualities that bring it within the subject- matter for which the i)atent or copyright is granted. Practically sjx-aking. this protection is afforded in any case where likelihood of fraud or deception of the public as a result can be shown. Of course, if the reading matter or de- sign of the latiel is protected by copyright or patent, the usual protection against infringement will be afforded. See Tradem.rk; Copyright; Patent, and consult the authorities there re- ferred to. See also Uxiox Label. LA BELLA, l;i belTa (It., the beauty). A renowned painting by Titian in the Pitti Gallery at Florence. It was painted about 1.535. and is the portrait of a noble lady, probably Eleopora, Duchess of L'rbino. LA'BEO, iLvRcus Axtistius (c.53 b.c.-a.». 17). A Roman jurist. He was the son of a lawyer of marked Republican sentiments, who killed himself after the battle of Pharsalia. The son was also a Republican, and, according to Dio Cassius and Suetonius, dared to oppose .Augustus. He was probably an innovator in private law. but very conservative in constitutional law. He ba<l some fame as a philologist, and applied his knowl- edge of old Latin forms to legal diflicultif's. He did not himself form a school, although he was strongly opposed to Capito: but his pupil Pro- culus was founder of the Proculeian school. La- beo's many works are largely quoted in the Pan- dects, and these excerpts are edited by Bremer, Jurisprudential Antchadriance qu(F Supcrsant (1898). Consult Pemice, J/. A. Labeo. i.-iii. (Halle, 1873-92). LABERIUS DECIMUS, l,^be'ri-us desf mils ( n.c. 10.5-43). A celebrated Roman writer of iiiiiiirx (farces). Having, as it is thought, of- fended .Julius Cspsar. he was ordered by him to appear in person on the stage, at the age of
