Category: M

In criminal law. The unlawful killing of another without malice, either express or implied; which may be either voluntarily, upon a sudden heat, or involuntarily, but in the commission ofsomo unlawful act

v. The primary meaning of this word is “making with the hand,” but this definition is too narrow for its present use. Its meaning has expanded as workmanship and art have advanced,

In Scotch law. A boundary line or border. Bell. The word is also used in composition; as march-dike, march-stone.

The portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infaut ward in matrimony.

A place of public traffic or sale.

The substance or matter of which anything is made; matter furnished for the erection of a house, ship, or other structure; matter used or intended to be used in the construction of

In mercantile law. The time when a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due. Story, Bills, f 329. Gilbert v. Sprague, 88 111. App. 508; Wheeless ?. Williams, 62 Miss. 371,

1. The instrument or agency through which an end or purpose is accom- plished. 2. Resources; available property; money or property, as an available instrumentality for effecting a purpose, furnishing a livelihood,

A judicial writ to distrain a lord for the acquitting of a mesne lord from a rent, which he had acknowledged in court not to belong to him. Reg. Jur. 129.

Lat. Better; the better. Mclior res, the better (best) thing or chattel. Bract, fol. 60. Melior est conditio defendentis. The condition of the party in possession is the better one, i. e.,

Lat. Patrimony or goods and necessary things for livelihood. Jacob. A table; the table of a money-changer. Dig. 2, 14, 47.

The practice of buying and selling.

The mere right of property in land; the jus proprietatis, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 197. The abstract right of property.

In Danish sea law. One of a ship’s papers; a certificate of admeas- urement granted at the home port of a vessel by the government or by some other competent authority. Jac.

A staff of a certain length wherewith measures are taken

The middle thread of a stream is an imaginary line drawn lengthwise through the middle of Its current.

A toll or duty paid for selling corn by the inina. Cowell.

The charge or commission taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as “seigniorage.” Also that which

In legislative parlance, the word is often used to signify the evil or danger which a statute is intended to cure or avoid. In the phrase “malicious mischief,” (which see,) it imports

In Saxon and old English law. An unjust or irregular summoning to court; to speak unsteadily in court; to vary in one’s plea. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.