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A plowman. Cowell. Minatnr innocentibns qui parcit no- centibus. 4 Coke, 45. He threatens the Innocent who spares the guilty.

In measures of time or circumference, a minute is the sixtieth part of an hour or degree. In practice. A memorandum of what takes place in court, made by authority of the

In practice. An improper continuance; want of proper form in a continuance; the same with “discontinuance.” Cowell.

Delusive; calculated to lead astray or to lead into error. Instructions which are of such a nature as to be misunderstood by the jury, or to give them a wrong impression, are

The proper style of the wife of an esquire or a gentleman in England.

A pattern or representation of something to be made. A fac simile Of some MODERAMEN INCULPATJ2 787

In old records. A mill.

A memorial, superscription, or record.

Public pawnbrok- iug establishments; institutions established by government, in some European countries, for lending small sums of money on pledges of personal property. In France they are called “monts de pi

Anglo-Dutch. In old New York law. A measure of land, equal to about two acres.

In ecclesiastical law. A burial-place. A kind of ecclesiastical heriot, being a customary gift of the second best living animal belonging to the deceased, claimed by aud due to the minister in

Lat. (1) A woman; (2) a virgin; (3) a wife; (4) a legitimate child. I Inst. 243.

Lat In Roman law. A provincial person; a countryman. This was the designation of one born in the provinces or in a city politically connected with Rome, and who, having become a

A name given to the Issue of an Indian and a negro. Miller v. Dawson, Dud. (S. C.) 174.

Monastic habitation; perhaps the part of a monastery set apart for purposes of hospitality, or as a sanctuary for criminals. Anc. Inst. Eng. BL.LAW DTCT.(2D ED.)

A term used to designate tlie idea or subject to which is confined the derangement of the mental faculties of one suffering from monomania. Owing’s Case, 1 island (Md.) 3SS, 17 Am.

The great charter. The uame of a charter (or constitutional en- actment) granted by King John of England to the barons, at Runnyruede, on June 15, 1215, and afterwards, with some alterations,

In old English law. Mayhem, (q. v.) Maihemiumest homicidium inchoa- tum. 3 Inst.118. Mayhem is incipient homicide. Maihemiumest inter crimina majora minimnm, etinter minora maximum. Co. Litt. 127. Mayhem is the least

In criminal law. One that maintains or seconds a cause depending in suit between others, either by disbursing money or making friends for either party towards his help. Blount. One who is