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MORTGAGE CONVENTIONAL

The term applied to the contract where a person binds his property to another should he not pay a loan.

MONEY JUDGMENT

a term referring to a judgement that orders the payment of money that is owed.

MONEY CHANGER

The name given to a person who is in the business of exchanging currencies.

MERCHANT SEAMEN

the name that is given to employees who work on privately owned ships.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

the name that si given to the branch of medicine concerning the questions of law; medicolegal matters.

MINIMUM SENTENCE

the term that is used to describe the shortest time a person can spend in jail for committing a certain crime.

MARK FOR IDENTIFICATION

term used in trials when an exhibit is produced and the clerk is asked to mark it with a umber or letter so it can be identified later.

MANDATORY SENTENCE

the term given to the sentence that is a minimum period of time a criminal needs to serve without parole, suspension or probation.

MORAL CERTAINTY

the term that is applied to the degree of certainty that will justify a conclusion.

MORTUUS EXITUS NON EST EXITUS

a Latin phrase that means a child who is born dead is not considered legal issue and does not have the usual rights of offspring.

MINERAL RIGHT

the name applied to the right to remove minerals from an area of ground.

MORAL COERCION

a term that means to exert extreme pressure on a person to make them do or not do a thing.

MATERIAL ISSUE

the term used to refer to the importance of a legal consequence.

MEMORANDUM ARTICLES

The term given to the goods and cargo that is covered by insurance during a voyage of a ship.

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