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MEASURE OF VALUE

term that is used for the relative value of a thing in comparison to other things.

MINOR FACT

the term given to an unimportant finding, fact or the circumstances of a case.

MORTGAGE DERIVATIVES

A term that applies to investments that are risky and based on the direction of future interest rates.

MERCY KILLING

the term that is given to the terminating of a person’s life that will end the pain and suffering.

MITIGATE

this is term that means to lessen or reduce, such as the mitigating circumstances can lessen a punishment.

MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY

the term applied to the diplomatic envoy who has full power to carry out the functions and is only second in authority to the ambassador.

MANN ACT

Federal law that makes it unlawful to transport a woman across state or country borders for immoral acts. Also called the White Slave Traffic Act.

MARAUDERS

the term that describes bandits and lawless people who take part in felonious crimes of murder, plunder and robbery.

MISBRANDING

a term given to the labelling of a product so it imitates another or stating the wrong amount of an ingredient on a label.

MATRIMONIAL ACTION

the term given to a law suit that alters a husband’s or wife’s status such as b y an annulment or a divorce.

MARSHALING ASSETS

the term given to the list of a persons assets in order of value so they can be given to creditors.

MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT

The name given to a federal law that requires all labels to be plain, visible and understood easily by the consumers.

MAILBOX RULE

the name given to the rule that acceptance of an offer is binding to the offeror when the offer is dispatched.

MENTAL CRUELTY

a term that describes the abuse of one spouse to the other that can endanger emotional and physical health.

MEDICAL ETHICS

These are the tenets by which medical associations conduct themselves.

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