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MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT CERTIFICATE

To fund projects, local governments used this specific type of certificate . The loans issued with this certificate are interest and tax free. This helps minimize the cost to the local governments

MYSTERY SHOPPER

Posing as a casual shopper, gathering information on the stores’ display, prices, and sales staff quality, this specific type of person is hired by a market research firm or a manufacturer to

MERITORIOUS DEFENSE

One going to the merits, substance, or essentials of the case, as distinguished from dilatory or technical objections. Cooper v. Lumber Co.. 01 Ark. 36. 31 S. W. 981.

MATTER IN DISPUTE

The subject of litigation ; the matter for which a suit is brought and upon which issue isjoined, and in relation to which jurors are called and witnesses examined. Lee v.Watson, 1

MIXED BLOOD

A person is “of mixed blood” who is descended from ancestors of different races or nationalities; but particularly, in the United States, the term denotes a person one of whose parents (or

MEMORANDUM CHECK

A check given by a borrower to a lender, for the amount of a short loan, with the understanding that it is not to be presented at the bank, but will be

MESNE CONVEYANCE

An intermediate conveyance; one occupying an intermediate position in a chain of title between the first grantee and the present holder.

MIXED ACTION

An action partaking of the twofold nature of real and personal actions, having for its object the demand and restitution of real property and also personal damages for a wrong sustained. 3

MANAGING AGENT

A person who is invested with general power, involving the exercise of judgment and discretion, as distinguished from an ordinary agent or employe, who acts in an inferior capacity. and under the

MALICIOUS ARREST

An arrest made willfully and without probable cause, but in the course of a regular proceeding.

MUTUAL ASSENT

The meeting of the minds of both or ail the parties to a contract; the fact that each agrees to all the terms and conditions, in the same sense and with the

M T

An abbreviation for “Michaelmas Term.”

M2ERE

Famous; great; noted; as /El- mere, all famous. Gibs. Camd.

MAHA-GEN

In nindu law. A banker or any great shop-keeper.

MAINE-PORT

A small tribute, commonly of loaves of bread, which in some places the parishioners paid to the rector In lieu of small tithes. Cowell.

MAJESTAS

Lat. In Roman law. The majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the state or prince. Also a shorter form of the expression “crimcn ma- jcstatis,” or “crimcn lasw majcstatis,” an offense

MALBERGE

A hill where the people assembled at a court, like the English assizes ; which by the Scotch and Irish were called “parley hills.” Du Cange.

MALITIA

Lat. Actual evil design; express malice.

MANAGIUM

A mansion-house or dwelling-place. Cowell.

MANDATARY

He to whom a mandate, charge, or commandment is given; also, he that obtains a benefice by mandamus. Briggs v. Spaulding, 141 U. S. 132, 11 Sup. Ct 924, 35 L. Ed.

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