Category: M

A prefix meaning bad, wrong, fraudulent; as maladministration, malpractice, malversation, etc.

In Spanish law. Offense. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 19, c. 1,

L Fr. Such as used to pack juries, by the nomination of either party in a cause, or other practice. Cowell.

In Spanish law. An obligation is said to be mancoinunal when oue person assumes the contract or debt of another, and makes himself liable to pay or fulfill it Schm. Civil Law,

A formal written declaration, promulgated by a prince, or by the executive authority of a state or nation, proclaiming its reasons and motives for declar- ing a war, or for any other

Lat. Tame; as though accustomed to come to the hand. 2 Bl. Comm. 391.

In old English law. A foot of full and legal measure.

An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and Wales, or between England and Scotland, or the borders of the dominions of the crown, or

1. A character, usually in the form of a cross, made as a substitute for his signature by a person who cannot write, in executing a conveyance or other legal docu- ment.

ing out of tho exigencies thereof, arbitrary i:i its character, and depending only ou the will of the commander of an army, which is established and administered in a place or district

The character, relation, state, or condition of a mother.

In criminal law. The act of unlawfully and violently depriving another of the use of such of his members as may render him less able, in fighting, either to defend himself or

Having relation to, or produced or accomplished by, the use of mechanism or machinery. Used chielly in patent law. See compound terms infra.

An affray; a sudden or casual fighting ; a hand to hand battle; a m6lde. See CUANCE-MEDLEY; CHAUD-MEDLEY

In English law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with ollicers or deputies in attendance; and they are lawful places of exportation or importation. 1 Chit. Com. Law,

In old English law. A measure.

Lat. In the civil law. Reward of labor In money or other things. As distinguished from “pensio,” it means the rent of farms, (prwdia rustici.) Calvin.

The fusion or absorption of one thing or right into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the subjects is of less dignity or importance than the other. Here the

One who bears messages or errands; a ministerial officer employed by executive officers, legislative bodies, and courts of justice, whose service consists prin- cipally iu carrying verbal or written com- uiuuications or

to the north pole, and equivalent to 39.37 inches. From this unit all the other denom- inations of measure, as well as of weight, are derived. The metric system was first adopted