lie
intransitive verb | \ ˈlī \
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: to be sustainable or capable of being maintained : have grounds under the law holding that an action of battery would lie —Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 (1979) remedies for misrepresentation…will not lie for misstatements of opinion —W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton appeals from the Tax Court lie to the…Circuit Court —D. Q. Posin