Category: M

A kennel of hounds; one of the mortuaries to which the crown was entitled at a bishop’s or abbot’s decease. 2 Bl. Comm. 426.

A trade, art, or occupation. 2 Inst 008. Masters frequently bind them- selves in the indentures with their apprentices to teach them their art, trade, and mystery. State v. Bishop, 15 Me.

Where a writ of scire facias has been actually served upon a de- fendant, the proper return is that its contents have been “made known” to him.

To compare great things with small things.

As applied to the post-otfice, this term means the carriage of letters, whether applied to the hag into which they are put. the coach or vehicle by means of which they are

lawful assistance. Bayard v. McLanc, 3 liar. (Del.) 208. “Maintenance,” at common law, signifies an unlawful taking in hand or upholding of quarrels or sides, to the disturbance or hindrance of common

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.

An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being a correct statement of the law, or as agreeable to natural reason. Coke defines a maxim to be “conclusion

A species of lien created by statute in most of the states, which exists in favor of persons who have performed work or furnished material in and for the erection of a

In old English law. A mixing together; a medley or m6l6e; an affray or sudden encounter. An offense suddenly committed in an affray. The English word “medley” is preserved in the term