Category: M

In canon law. A handkerchief, which the priest always had in his left hand. Blount

In old records. A long robe or mantle.

Lat In Roman law. The hire or wages of labor; compensation for labor or services performed. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 5 413.

In old Scotch law. A custom for the lord of a fee to lie the first night with the bride of his tenant. Abolished by Malcolm III. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 83.

A penny anciently paid at the town of Maldon by those who had gutters laid or made out of their houses into the streets. Wharton.

In old Scotch law. A maire; an ofiicer or executor of summons. Otherwise called “praco reyis.” Skeue.

See EVIDENCE.

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

the feast of St. John the Baptist, a festival first mentioned by Maximus Taurieensis, A. D. 400. It is generally a quarter-day for the payment of rents, etc. Wharton.

One who mines; a digger for metals and other minerals. While men of scientific attainmeuts, or of experience in the use of machinery, are to be found iu this class, yet the

Lat. In the civil law. A lessening; diminution or reduction. Dig. 4, 5, 1.

The delivery of property by a carrier or warehouseman to a per son not authorized by the owner or person to whom the carrier or warehouseman is bound by his contract to