Category: M

In old records. A messenger.

In Scotch law. A general term including all those convocations of the lieges for violent and unlawful purposes, which are attended with injury to the persons or property of the lieges, or

In French law. A transaction covering a fraudulent device to evade the laws against usury. It takes place where an individual buys merchandise from another on a credit at a high price,

A general, indefinite term for the measure and representative of value; currency; the circulating medium ; cash. “Money” is a generic term, and embraces every description of coin or bank-notes recognized by

L. Fr. In old English practice. A showing of deeds; a species of profert Cowell. MONSTRAVERUNT, WRIT OP 791 MORA MONSTRAVERUNT, WRIT OF. In English law. A writ which lies for the

This phrase, inserted in a conveyance of land immediately after the statement of the quantity of land conveyed, means that such statement is uot to be taken as a warranty of the

In Scotch law. A term nearly synonymous with “mortmain.” Bell. Lands are said to be mortified for a charitable purpose.

In Spanish law. Movables; all sorts of personal property. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 3, c. 1,

In old English law. Peace; whence mundbryc, a breach of the peace.

A building or institution for the cultivation of science or the exhibition of curiosities or works of art. The term “museum” embraces not only collections of curiosities for the entertain- ment of

A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender in kind and quantity ; the borrower in a contract of mutuum.

In old English law. A barn or granary open at the top; a rick or stack of corn. Spelman.

In old pleading. Great beasts, as horses, oxen, etc. Cro. Jae. 5S0.

See MAYHEM; MAIM.

To maintain an action or suit is to commence or institute it; the term imports the existence of a cause of action. Boutiller v. The Milwaukee, 8 Minn. 105, (Gil. 80, 81.)

In old practice. Greater right or more right A plea in the old real actions. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 476. Alajus jus merum, more mere right Bract, fol. 31.

In the civil law. Waste; damage; tort; injury. Dig. 5, 18, 1.

In reference to the treatment of his patient by a surgeon, this term signifies improper or unskillful treatment ; it may result either from ignorance, neglect, or willfulness; but the word does

Lat In Roman law. Certain classes of things which could not be aliened or transferred except by means of a certain formal ceremony of conveyance called “maneipatio,” (q. v.) These included laud,

In old English law. To buy in a market