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Legal procedure Legal procedure is the body of law and rules used in the administration of justice in the court system, including such areas as civil procedure, criminal procedure, appellate procedure, administrative procedure, labour procedure, and probate. Although different kinds of legal procedure are directed towards facilitating the resolution of different kinds of legal activities, all have certain things in common.
Legal protection of access to abortion Governments sometimes take measures designed to afford legal protection of access to abortion. Such legislation often seeks to guard facilities which provide induced abortion against obstruction, vandalism, picketing, and other actions, or to protect patients and employees of such facilities from threats and harassment.
Legal psychology Legal psychology involves the application of empirical psychological research to legal institutions and people who come into contact with the law. Legal psychology is a field which takes basic social and cognitive theories and principles and applies them to issues in the legal system such as eyewitness memory, jury decision-making, investigations and interviewing.
Legal purge in Norway after World War II Following the general capitulation of Germany in Europe and in Norway on May 10, 1945, the legitimate Norwegian government moved to prosecute individuals who were suspected of treason or war crimes during the German occupation.
Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is the rapidly developing industry that outsources legal work from areas where it is costly to perform, such as the United States, to areas where it can be performed at a significantly decreased cost, primarily India.
Legal realism Legal realism is a family of theories about the nature of law developed in the first half of the 20th century in the United States (American Legal Realism) and Scandinavia (Scandinavian Legal Realism). The essential tenet of legal realism is that all law is made by human beings and, thus, is subject to human foibles, frailties and imperfections.
Legal recognition of sign languages The legal recognition of sign languages is one of the major concerns of the international Deaf community. There is no unique way in which such a recognition can be formally or legally extended; every country has its own interpretation.
Legal rights In modern English and European systems of jurisprudence and law, a right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Compare with duty, referring to behaviour that is expected or required of the citizen, and with privilege, referring to something that can be conferred and revoked.
Legal Research Foundation The Legal Research Foundation is a body affiliated with the Faculty of Law of The University of Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded in 1965 to foster legal research and links between the legal profession and the University.
Legal secretary In United States practice of law, a legal secretary is person who works in the legal profession, typically assisting lawyers. Legal secretaries help by preparing and filing legal documents, such as appeals or motions.
Legal separation Legal separation (sometimes "separate maintenance," "divorce a mensa et thoro," or "divorce from bed-and-board") is a possible step towards divorce under the laws of many countries. A couple is legally separated only if the couple has successfully petitioned a court to recognize their separation; simply living apart does not constitute separation for these purposes.
Legal status of Internet pornography Due to the international nature of the Internet, Internet pornography carries with it special issues with regard to the law. There is no one set of laws that apply to the distribution, purchase, or possession of Internet porn.
Legal status of Taiwan The legal question of which legal entity holds de jure sovereignty over the island of Taiwan is a controversial issue. Various legal claims have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (ROC), and supporters of Taiwan independence over this question, with a variety of arguments advanced by all sides.
Legal system of Hong Kong The legal system of Hong Kong is based on the rule of law and the independence of the Judiciary. The constitutional framework for the legal system is provided by the Hong Kong Basic Law Under the principle of â€one country, two systems’, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) legal system, which is different from that of the communist system of Mainland China, is based on the English common law, supplemented by local legislation.
Legal systems of the world The three major legal systems of the world today consist of civil law, common law and religious law. However, each country often develops variations on each system or incorporates many other features into the system.
Legal Services Commission The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is an executive non-departmental public body that is responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. It is sponsored by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and its work is overseen by an independent board of commissioners.
Legal Services Corporation The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. The LSC was created in 1974 with bipartisan congressional sponsorship and the support of the Nixon administration, and is funded through the congressional appropriations process.
Legal thriller The legal thriller is a sub-genre of crime fiction in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. The system of justice itself is always a major part of these works, at times almost functioning as one of the characters.
Legal Tender Modernization Act The Legal Tender Modernization Act was a bill proposed by United States Representative Jim Kolbe of Arizona in 2002. Its main goal was to stop the continual production of pennies, which were viewed as having virtually no value, yet cost the government billions of dollars to produce each year.
Legal wager In the Roman litigation system, while the Legis Actiones procedure was in force, during the early Republic, both parties had to lay down a wager at the preliminary hearing, probably to discourage frivolous litigation. It should be noted that, in some cases, if the party lost, the wager went to the other party, to compensate him for his inconvenience, rather than to the court to cover costs.
Legal writing Legal writing is a type of technical writing used by legislators, lawyers, judges, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties. Its distinguishing features include reliance on and citation to authority, importance of precedent, specialized vocabulary, and a tendency toward overformality.
Legal year In English law, the legal year is the calendar during which the judges sit in court. The years is divided into four terms: Michaelmas from October to December, Hilary from January to April, Easter from April to May and Trinity term from June to July.
Legalise Cannabis Alliance The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) was a political party registered in the United Kingdom in 1999 with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. In common with cannabis (or marijuana) partiesThe use of marijuana as an English name for cannabis can be traced to the US Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 and to US newspaper usage of the 1920s and 30s.
Legalism (theology) Legalism, in Christian theology, is a term referring to an improper fixation on law or codes of conduct, or legal ideas, usually implying an allegation of pride and the neglect of mercy, and ignorance of the grace of God. Legalism may also be alleged, in Christian theology, in criticism of theories which are perceived to be excessively dependent upon legal concepts.
Legalism (Western philosophy) Legalism, in the Western sense, is an approach to the analysis of legal questions characterized by abstract "logical" reasoning focusing on the applicable legal text, such as a constitution, legislation, or case law, rather than on the social, economic, or political context. Legalism has occurred both in civil and common law traditions.
Legality The Principle of Legality is a legal ideal that requires all law to be clear, ascertainable and non-retrospective. It requires decision makers to resolve disputes by applying legal rules that have been declared beforehand, and not to alter the legal situation retrospectively by discretionary departures from established law.
Legality of homeschooling in the United States The legality of homeschooling in the United States has been the source of debate among educators, lawmakers, and parents since the beginnings of compulsory school in Massachusetts in 1852. For decades the source of debate was focused whether it was legal for parents to withhold their children from mandated state school programs and educate them in a home setting.
Legality of the enactment of the Constitution of Ireland There was uncertainty during the 1937 adoption of the Constitution of Ireland (also known as the Bunreacht) whether or not its enactment observed legal continuity with the document that preceded it. In other words, was this a valid amendment of the Constitution of the Irish Free State, or were the terms of the earlier constitution violated in an act of peaceful revolution?
Legalization (of a document) In international law, legalization is the process of certifying a document so that it will be recognized by the legal system of a foreign country. The procedure for legalizing a foreign document varies from country to country: the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents has supplanted this procedure with the use of the apostille in countries that are signatories to that convention.
Legalize Crime Legalize Crime is the name of the debut EP by Outlaw Order (OO%) - a sideproject of Eyehategod, released as a limited edition 7" (1,500 copies were printed) in 2003, and rereleased on CD with a bonus live track on October 25 2006. The reissue is currently available through Eyehategod's webstore.
Legalized abortion and crime effect The legalized abortion and crime effect is the controversial theory that legal abortion reduces crime. Proponents of the theory generally argue that "unwanted children" are more likely to become criminals and that an inverse correlation is observed between the availability of abortion and subsequent crime.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001's Legally Blonde. It was once again produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and again starred Reese Witherspoon as Elle, as well as Luke Wilson, Sally Field, Regina King, Bruce McGill, and Bob Newhart.
Legally Blonde: The Musical Legally Blonde: The Musical will premiere at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29, 2007. The show is being produced by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, the producers of the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Legambo Legambo is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Legambo is bordered on the south by Kelala, on the southwest by Wegde, on the west by Debre Sina, on the northwest by Sayint, on the north by Tenta, on the northeast by Kutaber, on the east by Dessie Zuria, and on the southeast by Were Ilu.
Leganés Leganés is a town in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - principally working class satellite-city with a population of 184481(January 1, 2005)- it is located about 10 km southwest of the city centre
Legaran Segget Legaran Segget is a pedestrian walkway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia which is a covered-up river, Segget River. It is an urban renewal project by the Johor Bahru City Council to eliminate the terrible stench previously emitted from the river.
Legation A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. The distinction between a legation and embassy was dropped following the Second World War, as all diplomatic representative offices were now designated as embassies, or high commissions.
Legato In musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together") indicates that musical notes are played smoothly. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence.
Legatus A legatus (often anglicized as legate) was a Roman general; equivalent to a modern general officer in the Roman army. Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the dux, and he outranked all military tribunes.
Legazpi City The City of Legazpi (Bikol: Ciudad nin Legazpi; Filipino: Lungsod ng Legazpi) is a first class city in the province of Albay, Philippines. It is the capital city of Albay, and the political center of Bicol Region.
Legazpi City International Airport Legazpi City International Airport is a planned international airport that would serve Legazpi City, the capital of Albay and the regional center of Bicol Region, in the Philippines. Although the airport will serve Legazpi City, it will actually be built in the town of Daraga.
Legend A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic.
Legend (band) Legend is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band, formed 1980 in the Channel Islands. The band didn't enjoy the success of other NWOBHM bands such as Iron Maiden or Def Leppard, and their first recordings are poorly produced, although considered classics of their genre and of heavy metal in general.
Legend (novel) Legend, published in 1984, is the first and most famous novel of British fantasy writer David Gemmell. It established him as a major fantasy novelist and created the character of "Druss the Legend", who would appear in several subsequent books.
Legend (Robin of Sherwood soundtrack) Legend is a 1984 soundtrack album for the ITV television series Robin of Sherwood, by the Irish folk band Clannad. In 1985, this ablum won the BAFTA award for Best Original Television Music, making Clannad the first Irish band to win the award.
Legend Airlines Legend Airlines was an airline that flew primarily from Love Field, Dallas, Texas, USA for a matter of months, during the year 2000. The airline filed for bankruptcy five years after it was formed as a corporate entity, its initial flights having been substantially delayed by court battles with American Airlines and the City of Fort Worth.
Legend of Asahiel The Legend of Asahiel is a series of Fantasy stories from newcomer author Eldon Thompson. Starting with his first book, The Crimson Sword, Thompson has begun developing a fantasy storyline that will no doubt cover multiple volumes.
Legend of Crystania is a full-length Japanese animated motion picture, and the film was officially released on VHS and DVD in North America by ADV Films. It takes place in the same fantasy world as two other anime, Record of Lodoss War and Rune Soldier, albeit on a different continent.
Legend of Earthsea The Legend of Earthsea miniseries (later shortened to Earthsea), adapted quite loosely from the award-winning Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin, premiered as a two-night television event on the Sci-Fi Channel in December 2004.
Legend of Kage The Legend of Kage (Kage no Densetsu in Japan) is an 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary home computer systems the year after. The object is for a ninja named Kage to rescue Princess Kiri from mystical villains.
Legend of McCoy Mountain The Legend of McCoy Mountain may or may not be a true story that took place in the background of the Battle of Glorieta Pass in New Mexico, which was known as the "Gettysburg of the West" during the Civil War.
Legend of Osiris and Isis The legend of Osiris, Isis, Horus and Set became one of the most important and powerful in Egyptian mythology during the New Kingdom. It arose originally during the Middle Kingdom as a result of attempts to merge the Ogdoad and Ennead systems.
Legend of Rainbow Warriors Since the early 1970s, a legend of Rainbow Warriors inspired some environmentalists in the United States with a belief that their movement is the fulfillment of a Native American prophecy. Whether the prophecy originated from a Native American person may only be known by the author who first published the account, but the modern source of the legend is a 1962 book titled Warriors of the Rainbow by William Willoya and Vinson Brown from Naturegraph Publishers.
Legend of Sealed Book Legend of Sealed Book (Chinese: 天书奇č°, Tian Shu Qi Tan) is a Chinese animated film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is also referred to as "Book Which Came from the Sky", "Tales about the Heavenly Book" and "Secrets of the Heavenly Book".
Legend of Stafy Densetsu No Stafy (伝説ă®ă‚ąă‚żă•ă‚ŁăĽ), or Legendary Stafy, is a video game series chronicling the adventures of a starfish named Stafy and his friends (like his sister Stapy, and Kyorosuke the clam). At one point, Stafy and friends accidentally enabled the villain Ogura to escape from imprisonment, and the overreaching plot of the series is to put a stop to Ogura's evil plans, all the while helping out other undersea denizens with their problems.
Legend of the 5 Dragons "Legend of the Five Dragons" is the third episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series so-called "Lost Season", which aired after Season 4 of the series and in between its sequel Fast Forward.
Legend of the Burning Sands Legend of the Burning Sands is a collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast) in 1997. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG Legend of the Five Rings.
Legend of the Dragon (TV series) Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for a total of 39 episodes. It is produced by BKN and premiered in October 2006 as part of the Jetix block on Toon Disney.
Legend of the Five Rings Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated "L5R") is a fictional setting created by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995. The setting covers in detail the fictional land of Rokugan, and briefly many other lands and nations in the same world.
Legend of the Five Rings (collectible card game) The Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game is a collectible card game created by Alderac Entertainment Group, in 1995. Inspired by the role-playing game Bushido, L5R takes place in the nation of Rokugan from the Legend of the Five Rings setting.
Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game The Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game originally written by John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, under license from Five Rings Publishing Group, in 1997. The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.
Legend of the Ghost Lion Legend Of The Ghost Lion is an RPG released by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. One main difference of this RPG compared to other NES RPG's such as Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy is that the main character is female.
Legend of the Green Dragon Legend of the Green Dragon (abbreviated LoGD or LotGD) is a humorous text-based multi-player browser based game. It is a WWW-based implementation and homage to the classic BBS door game Legend of the Red Dragon.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja Legend of the Mystical Ninja (known as Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki in Japan), is a light-hearted action-adventure game for 1-2 players by Konami, and was released for the Super NES in 1992. It was also ported to the Game Boy Advance along with Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu only in Japan.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja (TV series) Legend of the Mystical Ninja (known as Anime Ganbare Goemon in Japan), is an animated Japanese television series, based on Konami's best-selling-in-Japan video game franchise Legend of the Mystical Ninja. The television series was produced by ADV Films, aired from 1997 to 1998, ran for 23 episodes, and 5 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD.
Legend of the Octopus The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home games in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck during a playoff run. The origins of the activity go back to the 1952 playoffs, when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series — needing to win eight games — to capture the Stanley Cup.
Legend of the Red Dragon Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) is a text-based role-playing game written in Pascal and run on Bulletin board systems as a third party door game. It was created by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies and is currently maintained by Michael Preslar.
Legend of the River King Legend of the River King (known in Japan as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri [ĺ·ťă®ă¬ă—釣り]) is a fishing-themed role playing game series by Natsume (known mostly in America for its farming game series "Harvest Moon") that has releases on over 6 video game systems. Of these, 3 have been released in America, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 and 4, dubbed "Legend of the River King" and "Legend of the River King 2" in the U.
Legend of the Shadow Warriors Legend of the Shadow Warriors (ISBN 0-14-034272-9) is a single player roleplaying gamebook written by Stephen Hand, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1991. It forms is part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 44 in the original Puffin printing and not yet included in the Wizard reissuing.
Legend of the White Cowl The Legend of the White Cowl (Russian: Легенда Đľ белом клобŃке) is a Russian Orthodox story first recorded by the monk Philotheus of Pskov in 1510. It tells of the passage of a religious relic of great significance through great danger from Rome to Constantinople and finally to Moscow, just as many Russians at the time believed the pre-eminent Christian Church in the world was now in Moscow.
Legend of Upsall Castle The Legend of Upsall Castle survives in many forms. Some can be found in historical documents, others have survived via word of mouth and one version has been converted into a children's story written by Eliza Gutch.
Legend of Zagor Legend of Zagor (ISBN 1-84046-551-4) is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1993. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series.
Legend tripping Legend tripping, in the folklore of the United States, is a name recently bestowed by folklorists and anthropologists on an adolescent rite of passage in which a usually furtive nocturnal pilgrimage is made to a site which is alleged to have been the scene of some tragic, horrific, and possibly supernatural event.
Legenda Legenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGNIT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance Satellites, which were nuclear powered.
Legendary creature A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as "fabulous creatures" in historical literature). Some — such as the dragon or the griffin — have their origin in traditional mythology and have at one time been believed to be real creatures.
Legendary Danish kings The legendary kings of Denmarks are the predecessors of Gorm the Old, half history and half legend. The accounts ot the Danish kings are confusing and contradictory, and so this presentation tries to separate the various sources from each other.
Legendary Dukes of Cornwall Duke of Cornwall here refers to the legendary dukes of Cornwall in Celtic Britain as established by such pseudo-historical authors as Nennius, Gildas, and above all Geoffrey of Monmouth. The list is extremely patchy, and it must not be assumed that every succession was unbroken.
Legendary Champions Legendary Champions was a documentary written by Harry Chapin featuring old boxers in action. There are many extra scenes that show the boxers outside the ring, including some that are the only ones of their kind.
Legendary Kings of Magadha The Magadha kingdom was reportedly established in legendary antiquity by the descedants of Puru. Jarasandha, one of the descendants of Puru, appears in the Mahabharatha as the "Magadhan Emperor who rules all India" and meets with an unceremonious ending.
Legendary Pokémon are characters in the Pokémon franchise. While the various games, anime, and manga are not entirely consistent on which Pokémon are considered legendary Pokémon, all of them are rare, to the point where some are unique, and all of them have unusual or extraordinary powers, even by Pokémon standards.
Legendary saga A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga, literally a tale of times past is a Norse saga which, unlike the Icelandic sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are however, some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga vĂĂ°förla, which takes place in the 11th century.
Legendary Stardust Cowboy The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on October 10, 1947 in Lubbock,Texas, was an incoherent rock and roll performer who invented an early example of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s. While often considered a novelty artist, he considers himself a serious performer.
Legende Legende (1906) A solo work for trumpet and piano, composed by George Enescu (1881-1955) and premiered by Merri Franquin (1848-1934), professor of cornet at the Paris Conservatoire. This piece reflects the impressionistic style of Enesco's teachers Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.
Legende du Scorpion a Quatre Queues LĂ©gende du Scorpion Ă Quatre Queues (translated: Legend of the Scorpion with Four Tails) is the second album released by De Facto, a side-project of At the Drive-In's Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Joining the duo was Jeremy Michael Ward, cousin of At the Drive-In's Jim Ward.
Legendre sieve In mathematics, the Legendre sieve is the simplest method in modern sieve theory. It applies the concept of the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find upper or lower bounds on the number of primes within a given set of integers.
Legendre transformation In mathematics, it is often desirable to express a functional relationship f(x), as a different function, whose argument is the derivative of f , rather than x . If we let p = df/dx be the argument of this new function, then this new function is written f^star(p), and is called the Legendre transform of the original function, after Adrien-Marie Legendre.
Legendre's conjecture Legendre's conjecture, proposed by Adrien-Marie Legendre, states that there is a prime number between n² and (n+1)2 for every positive integer n. The conjecture is one of Landau's problems and unproven as of 2007.
Legendrian knot In mathematics, a Legendrian knot often refers to a smooth embedding of the circle into mathbb R^3, which is tangent to the standard contact structure on mathbb R^3. More generally, Legendrian knots refer to such maps into a contact manifold.
Legends (book) Legends is a collection of short stories by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.
Legends (comics) Legends was a six issue comic book limited series published in 1986-1987 by DC Comics, which had plot threads running through several other DC comic titles, crossing over into them (each individual crossover/tie-in had a Legends Chapter # header on the cover).
Legends of Catherine II of Russia The flamboyant and central character of Russian Empress Catherine II of Russia, as well as the dramatic changes the country underwent during her long rule, gave rise to many urban legends, most putting Her Imperial Majesty in an unfavorable light. Some stories were loosely based on true events, others were clearly false.
Legends of Cosrin Legends of Cosrin, often called Cosrin, is a fantasy multi-user dungeon created and maintained by Online Games Company. The game was released in 1999 on AOL Europe after the success of its parent MUD, Legends of Terris.
Legends of Cybertron The Legends of Cybertron is a Transformers toy line introduced in 2005, a sub-line of the Transformers: Cybertron line. It is made up of smaller, less detailed versions of the larger toys and were released in waves of 4 figures at a time.
Legends of Elveron Legends of Elveron is a browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game where you create a kingdom and govern it in an attempt to grow faster than the others. Who has been successful in this in the past can be seen in the Archive section.
Legends of Future Past Legends of Future Past was the first commercial text-based MMORPG to make the transition from a proprietary network provider (CompuServe, in this case) to the Internet. It was designed by Jon Radoff and Angela Bull.
Legends of Kesmai Legends of Kesmai, or LOK for short, was among the first successful graphical multi-player on-line role playing games (Morpg). It was based on a slightly stripped down version of Islands of Kesmai and was available for play at America Online and a now defunct site called Gamestorm.
Legends of Might and Magic Legends of Might and Magic, sometimes referred to as LoMM or simply Legends, is a first-person shooter game released by The 3DO Company in 2001 for PC. Unlike other Might and Magic games, Legends of Might and Magic is mainly a multiplayer game.
Legends of Rock at Castle Donington Legends of Rock at Castle Donington is a DVD released by Uli Jon Roth. It features Uli's headlining show at Castle Donington in 2001, along with his special guests Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg and Pete Way from UFO, and Jack Bruce from Cream.
Legends of Skyfall The Legends of Skyfall was a series of four adventure gamebooks written by David Tant and published by Armada in 1985. They were written to cash in on the explosive popularity of such books, spawned by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy and later Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series.
Legends of the Diamond Legends of the Diamond is a Nintendo Entertainment System game that features legends of the baseball world including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, among others. There is exhibition mode as well as tournament mode, that can be loaded with passwords.
Legal protection of access to abortion Governments sometimes take measures designed to afford legal protection of access to abortion. Such legislation often seeks to guard facilities which provide induced abortion against obstruction, vandalism, picketing, and other actions, or to protect patients and employees of such facilities from threats and harassment.
Legal psychology Legal psychology involves the application of empirical psychological research to legal institutions and people who come into contact with the law. Legal psychology is a field which takes basic social and cognitive theories and principles and applies them to issues in the legal system such as eyewitness memory, jury decision-making, investigations and interviewing.
Legal purge in Norway after World War II Following the general capitulation of Germany in Europe and in Norway on May 10, 1945, the legitimate Norwegian government moved to prosecute individuals who were suspected of treason or war crimes during the German occupation.
Legal Process Outsourcing Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is the rapidly developing industry that outsources legal work from areas where it is costly to perform, such as the United States, to areas where it can be performed at a significantly decreased cost, primarily India.
Legal realism Legal realism is a family of theories about the nature of law developed in the first half of the 20th century in the United States (American Legal Realism) and Scandinavia (Scandinavian Legal Realism). The essential tenet of legal realism is that all law is made by human beings and, thus, is subject to human foibles, frailties and imperfections.
Legal recognition of sign languages The legal recognition of sign languages is one of the major concerns of the international Deaf community. There is no unique way in which such a recognition can be formally or legally extended; every country has its own interpretation.
Legal rights In modern English and European systems of jurisprudence and law, a right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Compare with duty, referring to behaviour that is expected or required of the citizen, and with privilege, referring to something that can be conferred and revoked.
Legal Research Foundation The Legal Research Foundation is a body affiliated with the Faculty of Law of The University of Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded in 1965 to foster legal research and links between the legal profession and the University.
Legal secretary In United States practice of law, a legal secretary is person who works in the legal profession, typically assisting lawyers. Legal secretaries help by preparing and filing legal documents, such as appeals or motions.
Legal separation Legal separation (sometimes "separate maintenance," "divorce a mensa et thoro," or "divorce from bed-and-board") is a possible step towards divorce under the laws of many countries. A couple is legally separated only if the couple has successfully petitioned a court to recognize their separation; simply living apart does not constitute separation for these purposes.
Legal status of Internet pornography Due to the international nature of the Internet, Internet pornography carries with it special issues with regard to the law. There is no one set of laws that apply to the distribution, purchase, or possession of Internet porn.
Legal status of Taiwan The legal question of which legal entity holds de jure sovereignty over the island of Taiwan is a controversial issue. Various legal claims have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (ROC), and supporters of Taiwan independence over this question, with a variety of arguments advanced by all sides.
Legal system of Hong Kong The legal system of Hong Kong is based on the rule of law and the independence of the Judiciary. The constitutional framework for the legal system is provided by the Hong Kong Basic Law Under the principle of â€one country, two systems’, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) legal system, which is different from that of the communist system of Mainland China, is based on the English common law, supplemented by local legislation.
Legal systems of the world The three major legal systems of the world today consist of civil law, common law and religious law. However, each country often develops variations on each system or incorporates many other features into the system.
Legal Services Commission The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is an executive non-departmental public body that is responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. It is sponsored by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and its work is overseen by an independent board of commissioners.
Legal Services Corporation The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. The LSC was created in 1974 with bipartisan congressional sponsorship and the support of the Nixon administration, and is funded through the congressional appropriations process.
Legal thriller The legal thriller is a sub-genre of crime fiction in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. The system of justice itself is always a major part of these works, at times almost functioning as one of the characters.
Legal Tender Modernization Act The Legal Tender Modernization Act was a bill proposed by United States Representative Jim Kolbe of Arizona in 2002. Its main goal was to stop the continual production of pennies, which were viewed as having virtually no value, yet cost the government billions of dollars to produce each year.
Legal wager In the Roman litigation system, while the Legis Actiones procedure was in force, during the early Republic, both parties had to lay down a wager at the preliminary hearing, probably to discourage frivolous litigation. It should be noted that, in some cases, if the party lost, the wager went to the other party, to compensate him for his inconvenience, rather than to the court to cover costs.
Legal writing Legal writing is a type of technical writing used by legislators, lawyers, judges, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties. Its distinguishing features include reliance on and citation to authority, importance of precedent, specialized vocabulary, and a tendency toward overformality.
Legal year In English law, the legal year is the calendar during which the judges sit in court. The years is divided into four terms: Michaelmas from October to December, Hilary from January to April, Easter from April to May and Trinity term from June to July.
Legalise Cannabis Alliance The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) was a political party registered in the United Kingdom in 1999 with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. In common with cannabis (or marijuana) partiesThe use of marijuana as an English name for cannabis can be traced to the US Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 and to US newspaper usage of the 1920s and 30s.
Legalism (theology) Legalism, in Christian theology, is a term referring to an improper fixation on law or codes of conduct, or legal ideas, usually implying an allegation of pride and the neglect of mercy, and ignorance of the grace of God. Legalism may also be alleged, in Christian theology, in criticism of theories which are perceived to be excessively dependent upon legal concepts.
Legalism (Western philosophy) Legalism, in the Western sense, is an approach to the analysis of legal questions characterized by abstract "logical" reasoning focusing on the applicable legal text, such as a constitution, legislation, or case law, rather than on the social, economic, or political context. Legalism has occurred both in civil and common law traditions.
Legality The Principle of Legality is a legal ideal that requires all law to be clear, ascertainable and non-retrospective. It requires decision makers to resolve disputes by applying legal rules that have been declared beforehand, and not to alter the legal situation retrospectively by discretionary departures from established law.
Legality of homeschooling in the United States The legality of homeschooling in the United States has been the source of debate among educators, lawmakers, and parents since the beginnings of compulsory school in Massachusetts in 1852. For decades the source of debate was focused whether it was legal for parents to withhold their children from mandated state school programs and educate them in a home setting.
Legality of the enactment of the Constitution of Ireland There was uncertainty during the 1937 adoption of the Constitution of Ireland (also known as the Bunreacht) whether or not its enactment observed legal continuity with the document that preceded it. In other words, was this a valid amendment of the Constitution of the Irish Free State, or were the terms of the earlier constitution violated in an act of peaceful revolution?
Legalization (of a document) In international law, legalization is the process of certifying a document so that it will be recognized by the legal system of a foreign country. The procedure for legalizing a foreign document varies from country to country: the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents has supplanted this procedure with the use of the apostille in countries that are signatories to that convention.
Legalize Crime Legalize Crime is the name of the debut EP by Outlaw Order (OO%) - a sideproject of Eyehategod, released as a limited edition 7" (1,500 copies were printed) in 2003, and rereleased on CD with a bonus live track on October 25 2006. The reissue is currently available through Eyehategod's webstore.
Legalized abortion and crime effect The legalized abortion and crime effect is the controversial theory that legal abortion reduces crime. Proponents of the theory generally argue that "unwanted children" are more likely to become criminals and that an inverse correlation is observed between the availability of abortion and subsequent crime.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001's Legally Blonde. It was once again produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and again starred Reese Witherspoon as Elle, as well as Luke Wilson, Sally Field, Regina King, Bruce McGill, and Bob Newhart.
Legally Blonde: The Musical Legally Blonde: The Musical will premiere at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29, 2007. The show is being produced by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, the producers of the Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Legambo Legambo is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Legambo is bordered on the south by Kelala, on the southwest by Wegde, on the west by Debre Sina, on the northwest by Sayint, on the north by Tenta, on the northeast by Kutaber, on the east by Dessie Zuria, and on the southeast by Were Ilu.
Leganés Leganés is a town in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - principally working class satellite-city with a population of 184481(January 1, 2005)- it is located about 10 km southwest of the city centre
Legaran Segget Legaran Segget is a pedestrian walkway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia which is a covered-up river, Segget River. It is an urban renewal project by the Johor Bahru City Council to eliminate the terrible stench previously emitted from the river.
Legation A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. The distinction between a legation and embassy was dropped following the Second World War, as all diplomatic representative offices were now designated as embassies, or high commissions.
Legato In musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together") indicates that musical notes are played smoothly. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence.
Legatus A legatus (often anglicized as legate) was a Roman general; equivalent to a modern general officer in the Roman army. Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the dux, and he outranked all military tribunes.
Legazpi City The City of Legazpi (Bikol: Ciudad nin Legazpi; Filipino: Lungsod ng Legazpi) is a first class city in the province of Albay, Philippines. It is the capital city of Albay, and the political center of Bicol Region.
Legazpi City International Airport Legazpi City International Airport is a planned international airport that would serve Legazpi City, the capital of Albay and the regional center of Bicol Region, in the Philippines. Although the airport will serve Legazpi City, it will actually be built in the town of Daraga.
Legend A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic.
Legend (band) Legend is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band, formed 1980 in the Channel Islands. The band didn't enjoy the success of other NWOBHM bands such as Iron Maiden or Def Leppard, and their first recordings are poorly produced, although considered classics of their genre and of heavy metal in general.
Legend (novel) Legend, published in 1984, is the first and most famous novel of British fantasy writer David Gemmell. It established him as a major fantasy novelist and created the character of "Druss the Legend", who would appear in several subsequent books.
Legend (Robin of Sherwood soundtrack) Legend is a 1984 soundtrack album for the ITV television series Robin of Sherwood, by the Irish folk band Clannad. In 1985, this ablum won the BAFTA award for Best Original Television Music, making Clannad the first Irish band to win the award.
Legend Airlines Legend Airlines was an airline that flew primarily from Love Field, Dallas, Texas, USA for a matter of months, during the year 2000. The airline filed for bankruptcy five years after it was formed as a corporate entity, its initial flights having been substantially delayed by court battles with American Airlines and the City of Fort Worth.
Legend of Asahiel The Legend of Asahiel is a series of Fantasy stories from newcomer author Eldon Thompson. Starting with his first book, The Crimson Sword, Thompson has begun developing a fantasy storyline that will no doubt cover multiple volumes.
Legend of Crystania is a full-length Japanese animated motion picture, and the film was officially released on VHS and DVD in North America by ADV Films. It takes place in the same fantasy world as two other anime, Record of Lodoss War and Rune Soldier, albeit on a different continent.
Legend of Earthsea The Legend of Earthsea miniseries (later shortened to Earthsea), adapted quite loosely from the award-winning Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin, premiered as a two-night television event on the Sci-Fi Channel in December 2004.
Legend of Kage The Legend of Kage (Kage no Densetsu in Japan) is an 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary home computer systems the year after. The object is for a ninja named Kage to rescue Princess Kiri from mystical villains.
Legend of McCoy Mountain The Legend of McCoy Mountain may or may not be a true story that took place in the background of the Battle of Glorieta Pass in New Mexico, which was known as the "Gettysburg of the West" during the Civil War.
Legend of Osiris and Isis The legend of Osiris, Isis, Horus and Set became one of the most important and powerful in Egyptian mythology during the New Kingdom. It arose originally during the Middle Kingdom as a result of attempts to merge the Ogdoad and Ennead systems.
Legend of Rainbow Warriors Since the early 1970s, a legend of Rainbow Warriors inspired some environmentalists in the United States with a belief that their movement is the fulfillment of a Native American prophecy. Whether the prophecy originated from a Native American person may only be known by the author who first published the account, but the modern source of the legend is a 1962 book titled Warriors of the Rainbow by William Willoya and Vinson Brown from Naturegraph Publishers.
Legend of Sealed Book Legend of Sealed Book (Chinese: 天书奇č°, Tian Shu Qi Tan) is a Chinese animated film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is also referred to as "Book Which Came from the Sky", "Tales about the Heavenly Book" and "Secrets of the Heavenly Book".
Legend of Stafy Densetsu No Stafy (伝説ă®ă‚ąă‚żă•ă‚ŁăĽ), or Legendary Stafy, is a video game series chronicling the adventures of a starfish named Stafy and his friends (like his sister Stapy, and Kyorosuke the clam). At one point, Stafy and friends accidentally enabled the villain Ogura to escape from imprisonment, and the overreaching plot of the series is to put a stop to Ogura's evil plans, all the while helping out other undersea denizens with their problems.
Legend of the 5 Dragons "Legend of the Five Dragons" is the third episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series so-called "Lost Season", which aired after Season 4 of the series and in between its sequel Fast Forward.
Legend of the Burning Sands Legend of the Burning Sands is a collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast) in 1997. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG Legend of the Five Rings.
Legend of the Dragon (TV series) Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for a total of 39 episodes. It is produced by BKN and premiered in October 2006 as part of the Jetix block on Toon Disney.
Legend of the Five Rings Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated "L5R") is a fictional setting created by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995. The setting covers in detail the fictional land of Rokugan, and briefly many other lands and nations in the same world.
Legend of the Five Rings (collectible card game) The Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game is a collectible card game created by Alderac Entertainment Group, in 1995. Inspired by the role-playing game Bushido, L5R takes place in the nation of Rokugan from the Legend of the Five Rings setting.
Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game The Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game originally written by John Wick and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, under license from Five Rings Publishing Group, in 1997. The game uses the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and primarily the nation of Rokugan, which is based on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.
Legend of the Ghost Lion Legend Of The Ghost Lion is an RPG released by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. One main difference of this RPG compared to other NES RPG's such as Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy is that the main character is female.
Legend of the Green Dragon Legend of the Green Dragon (abbreviated LoGD or LotGD) is a humorous text-based multi-player browser based game. It is a WWW-based implementation and homage to the classic BBS door game Legend of the Red Dragon.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja Legend of the Mystical Ninja (known as Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki in Japan), is a light-hearted action-adventure game for 1-2 players by Konami, and was released for the Super NES in 1992. It was also ported to the Game Boy Advance along with Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu only in Japan.
Legend of the Mystical Ninja (TV series) Legend of the Mystical Ninja (known as Anime Ganbare Goemon in Japan), is an animated Japanese television series, based on Konami's best-selling-in-Japan video game franchise Legend of the Mystical Ninja. The television series was produced by ADV Films, aired from 1997 to 1998, ran for 23 episodes, and 5 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD.
Legend of the Octopus The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home games in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck during a playoff run. The origins of the activity go back to the 1952 playoffs, when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series — needing to win eight games — to capture the Stanley Cup.
Legend of the Red Dragon Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) is a text-based role-playing game written in Pascal and run on Bulletin board systems as a third party door game. It was created by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies and is currently maintained by Michael Preslar.
Legend of the River King Legend of the River King (known in Japan as Kawa no Nushi Tsuri [ĺ·ťă®ă¬ă—釣り]) is a fishing-themed role playing game series by Natsume (known mostly in America for its farming game series "Harvest Moon") that has releases on over 6 video game systems. Of these, 3 have been released in America, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3 and 4, dubbed "Legend of the River King" and "Legend of the River King 2" in the U.
Legend of the Shadow Warriors Legend of the Shadow Warriors (ISBN 0-14-034272-9) is a single player roleplaying gamebook written by Stephen Hand, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1991. It forms is part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 44 in the original Puffin printing and not yet included in the Wizard reissuing.
Legend of the White Cowl The Legend of the White Cowl (Russian: Легенда Đľ белом клобŃке) is a Russian Orthodox story first recorded by the monk Philotheus of Pskov in 1510. It tells of the passage of a religious relic of great significance through great danger from Rome to Constantinople and finally to Moscow, just as many Russians at the time believed the pre-eminent Christian Church in the world was now in Moscow.
Legend of Upsall Castle The Legend of Upsall Castle survives in many forms. Some can be found in historical documents, others have survived via word of mouth and one version has been converted into a children's story written by Eliza Gutch.
Legend of Zagor Legend of Zagor (ISBN 1-84046-551-4) is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1993. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series.
Legend tripping Legend tripping, in the folklore of the United States, is a name recently bestowed by folklorists and anthropologists on an adolescent rite of passage in which a usually furtive nocturnal pilgrimage is made to a site which is alleged to have been the scene of some tragic, horrific, and possibly supernatural event.
Legenda Legenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGNIT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance Satellites, which were nuclear powered.
Legendary creature A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as "fabulous creatures" in historical literature). Some — such as the dragon or the griffin — have their origin in traditional mythology and have at one time been believed to be real creatures.
Legendary Danish kings The legendary kings of Denmarks are the predecessors of Gorm the Old, half history and half legend. The accounts ot the Danish kings are confusing and contradictory, and so this presentation tries to separate the various sources from each other.
Legendary Dukes of Cornwall Duke of Cornwall here refers to the legendary dukes of Cornwall in Celtic Britain as established by such pseudo-historical authors as Nennius, Gildas, and above all Geoffrey of Monmouth. The list is extremely patchy, and it must not be assumed that every succession was unbroken.
Legendary Champions Legendary Champions was a documentary written by Harry Chapin featuring old boxers in action. There are many extra scenes that show the boxers outside the ring, including some that are the only ones of their kind.
Legendary Kings of Magadha The Magadha kingdom was reportedly established in legendary antiquity by the descedants of Puru. Jarasandha, one of the descendants of Puru, appears in the Mahabharatha as the "Magadhan Emperor who rules all India" and meets with an unceremonious ending.
Legendary Pokémon are characters in the Pokémon franchise. While the various games, anime, and manga are not entirely consistent on which Pokémon are considered legendary Pokémon, all of them are rare, to the point where some are unique, and all of them have unusual or extraordinary powers, even by Pokémon standards.
Legendary saga A Legendary saga or Fornaldarsaga, literally a tale of times past is a Norse saga which, unlike the Icelandic sagas, takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are however, some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga vĂĂ°förla, which takes place in the 11th century.
Legendary Stardust Cowboy The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on October 10, 1947 in Lubbock,Texas, was an incoherent rock and roll performer who invented an early example of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s. While often considered a novelty artist, he considers himself a serious performer.
Legende Legende (1906) A solo work for trumpet and piano, composed by George Enescu (1881-1955) and premiered by Merri Franquin (1848-1934), professor of cornet at the Paris Conservatoire. This piece reflects the impressionistic style of Enesco's teachers Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré.
Legende du Scorpion a Quatre Queues LĂ©gende du Scorpion Ă Quatre Queues (translated: Legend of the Scorpion with Four Tails) is the second album released by De Facto, a side-project of At the Drive-In's Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Joining the duo was Jeremy Michael Ward, cousin of At the Drive-In's Jim Ward.
Legendre sieve In mathematics, the Legendre sieve is the simplest method in modern sieve theory. It applies the concept of the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find upper or lower bounds on the number of primes within a given set of integers.
Legendre transformation In mathematics, it is often desirable to express a functional relationship f(x), as a different function, whose argument is the derivative of f , rather than x . If we let p = df/dx be the argument of this new function, then this new function is written f^star(p), and is called the Legendre transform of the original function, after Adrien-Marie Legendre.
Legendre's conjecture Legendre's conjecture, proposed by Adrien-Marie Legendre, states that there is a prime number between n² and (n+1)2 for every positive integer n. The conjecture is one of Landau's problems and unproven as of 2007.
Legendrian knot In mathematics, a Legendrian knot often refers to a smooth embedding of the circle into mathbb R^3, which is tangent to the standard contact structure on mathbb R^3. More generally, Legendrian knots refer to such maps into a contact manifold.
Legends (book) Legends is a collection of short stories by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.
Legends (comics) Legends was a six issue comic book limited series published in 1986-1987 by DC Comics, which had plot threads running through several other DC comic titles, crossing over into them (each individual crossover/tie-in had a Legends Chapter # header on the cover).
Legends of Catherine II of Russia The flamboyant and central character of Russian Empress Catherine II of Russia, as well as the dramatic changes the country underwent during her long rule, gave rise to many urban legends, most putting Her Imperial Majesty in an unfavorable light. Some stories were loosely based on true events, others were clearly false.
Legends of Cosrin Legends of Cosrin, often called Cosrin, is a fantasy multi-user dungeon created and maintained by Online Games Company. The game was released in 1999 on AOL Europe after the success of its parent MUD, Legends of Terris.
Legends of Cybertron The Legends of Cybertron is a Transformers toy line introduced in 2005, a sub-line of the Transformers: Cybertron line. It is made up of smaller, less detailed versions of the larger toys and were released in waves of 4 figures at a time.
Legends of Elveron Legends of Elveron is a browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game where you create a kingdom and govern it in an attempt to grow faster than the others. Who has been successful in this in the past can be seen in the Archive section.
Legends of Future Past Legends of Future Past was the first commercial text-based MMORPG to make the transition from a proprietary network provider (CompuServe, in this case) to the Internet. It was designed by Jon Radoff and Angela Bull.
Legends of Kesmai Legends of Kesmai, or LOK for short, was among the first successful graphical multi-player on-line role playing games (Morpg). It was based on a slightly stripped down version of Islands of Kesmai and was available for play at America Online and a now defunct site called Gamestorm.
Legends of Might and Magic Legends of Might and Magic, sometimes referred to as LoMM or simply Legends, is a first-person shooter game released by The 3DO Company in 2001 for PC. Unlike other Might and Magic games, Legends of Might and Magic is mainly a multiplayer game.
Legends of Rock at Castle Donington Legends of Rock at Castle Donington is a DVD released by Uli Jon Roth. It features Uli's headlining show at Castle Donington in 2001, along with his special guests Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg and Pete Way from UFO, and Jack Bruce from Cream.
Legends of Skyfall The Legends of Skyfall was a series of four adventure gamebooks written by David Tant and published by Armada in 1985. They were written to cash in on the explosive popularity of such books, spawned by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy and later Joe Dever's Lone Wolf series.
Legends of the Diamond Legends of the Diamond is a Nintendo Entertainment System game that features legends of the baseball world including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, among others. There is exhibition mode as well as tournament mode, that can be loaded with passwords.
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