Category: M

Lat. In the civil law. Materials; as distinguished from spccies, or the form given by labor and skill. Dig. 41, 1, 7, 7-12; Fleta. lib. 3, c. 2.

A married woman; an elderly woman. The female superintendent of an establishment or institution, such as a hospital, an orphan asylum, etc., is often so called.

A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time.

“The practice of medicine is a pursuit very generally known and under- stood, and so also is that of surgery. The former includes the application and use of medicines and drugs for

In Spanish law. Preferred ; advanced. White, New Recop. L 3, tit. 10, c. 1, i i

In old Scotch law. A stock- horn ; a horn made of wood, “with circles and girds of the same.” Skene.

A market. An old form of the latter word common in Scotch law, formed from the Latin “mercatum.”

In practice. The arbitrament of the king or judge in punishing offeuses not directly censured by law. Jacob. So, “to be in mercy” signifies to be amerced or fined for bringing or

A term used in the. ancient books to designate an infidel or un- believer.

A tribute or rent paid in victuals. Cowell.

Great council. One of the names of the general council of the kingdom in the times of the Saxons. 1 Bl. Comm. 147.

A trench to convey water to or from a mill. St. 7 Jac. I. c. 19.

Iu English law. The lesser prerogatives of the crowu, including the rights of the revenue. 1 Bl. Comm. 241.

weeks after conception. Retween that time, and before the expiration of the sixth month, when the child may possibly live, it is termed “abortion.” When the delivery takes place soon after the

A misdeed or trespass. The doing what a party ought to do improperly. 1 Tidd, Pr. 4. The improper performance of some act which a man may lawfully do. 3 Steph. Comm.

Lat. In the civil law. A sending or putting. Missio in bona, a putting the creditor in possession of the debtor’s property. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Lat. In old English law. Mixed authority; a kind of civil power. A term applied by Lord Hale to the “power” of certain subordinate civil magistrates as distinct from “jurisdiction.” Hale, Anal.

In Hindu law. Separated; particularized ; the subordinate divisions of a district in contradistinction to Sadder or Sudder, which implies the chief seat of gov- ernment. Wharton.

Moneta est jnstum medium et mensu- ra rerum commutabilium, nam per medium monetae fit omnium rerum conveniens et jnsta aestimatio. Da v. Ir. K. B. IS. Money is tlie just medium and

A prodigious birth; a human birth or offspring not having the shape of mankind, which cannot be heir to any land, albeit it be brought forth in marriage. Bract fol. 5; Co.