Category: M

In old records. An acknowledgment paid in a certain measure of corn ; or a fine or penalty imposed on tenants for default in not doing their customary service in cutting the

Lat. In the civil law. A soldier. In old English law. A knight, because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight. 1

In public law. One of the highest functionaries in the organization of civil government, standing next to the sovereign or executive head, acting as his immediate auxiliary, and being generally charged with

To cite falsely as a proof or argument

In practice. An error made by a judge in instructing the Jury upon the trial of a cause.

Influential in producing it. Wise v. Fuller, 29 N. J. Eq. 262. False or fraudulent misrepresention is a representation contrary to tlie fact, made by a person with a knowledge of its

L. Fr. To put, to send, or to pass; as, mittcr I’cstatc, to pass the estate; mitter le droit, to pass a right. These words are used to distinguish different kinds of

“Modification” is not exactly synonymous with “amendment,” for the former term denotes some minor change in the substance of the tiling, without reference to its improvement or de- terioration thereby, while the

In the civil law. An instant; an indivisible portion of time. Calvin. A portion of time that might be measured; a division or subdivision of an hour; an- swering in some degree

A special treatise upon a particular subject of limited range; a treatise or commentary upon a particular branch or division of a general subject

Iu maritime law. Anchoring or making fast to the shore or dock; the securing or confining a vessel in a particular station, as by cables and anchors or by a line or

An ancient and now almost obsolete remedy in the English law. An assi/.e of mort d’anccstor was a writ which lay for a person whose ancestor died seised of lands in fee-simple,

In practice. An occasional application to a court by the parties or their counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order, which becomes necessary either in the progress of a cause,

Divided into many or several parts.

In international law and United States statutes, this term Includes not only ordnance, ammunition, and other material directly useful In the conduct of a war, but also whatever may contribute to its

As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means rendering the. document imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting,

An abbreviation for “Master of the Rolls.”

In Saxon law. A recompense or satisfaction for the slaying or murder of a kinsman. Spelman.

In old English law. The great council; the general council of the realm; afterwards called “parliament.” 1 Bl. Comm. 148; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 62; Spelman. The king’s great council of barons

L. Fr. A hand. More commonly written “mcpn.”