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Lat In Roman law. A provincial person; a countryman. This was the designation of one born in the provinces or in a city politically connected with Rome, and who, having become a

A name given to the Issue of an Indian and a negro. Miller v. Dawson, Dud. (S. C.) 174.

Monastic habitation; perhaps the part of a monastery set apart for purposes of hospitality, or as a sanctuary for criminals. Anc. Inst. Eng. BL.LAW DTCT.(2D ED.)

A term used to designate tlie idea or subject to which is confined the derangement of the mental faculties of one suffering from monomania. Owing’s Case, 1 island (Md.) 3SS, 17 Am.

The great charter. The uame of a charter (or constitutional en- actment) granted by King John of England to the barons, at Runnyruede, on June 15, 1215, and afterwards, with some alterations,

In old English law. Mayhem, (q. v.) Maihemiumest homicidium inchoa- tum. 3 Inst.118. Mayhem is incipient homicide. Maihemiumest inter crimina majora minimnm, etinter minora maximum. Co. Litt. 127. Mayhem is the least

In criminal law. One that maintains or seconds a cause depending in suit between others, either by disbursing money or making friends for either party towards his help. Blount. One who is

In old practice. The formality of denying a plaintiff’s charge under oath, in open court, with compurgators. One of the ancient methods of trial, frequently, though inaccurately, termed “waging law,” or “wager

The wrongful or unjust doing of some act which the doer has no right to perform, or which he has stipulated by contract not to do. It differs from “mis- feasance” and

In old English law. Ill will; crimes and misdemeanors; malicious practices. Cowell.

A clerk of the kitchen, or caterer, especially in colleges. Cowell.

In maritime law. A sea- letter ; a written document required to he carried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of tbe customs

A word sometimes used synonymously with “kidnapping,” (

In old English law. The district within the jurisdiction of a reeve, apparently so called from his power to exercise therein one of his chief functions, viz., to exact (amanian) all fines.

In old English law. Noblemen who lived on the marshes of Wales or Scotland, and who, according to Cauiden, had their private laws, as if they had been petty kings; which were

In old English law. Marine increases. Lands gained from the sea. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt 1, c. 4.

A system of law, obtaining only in time of actual war and grow MARTIAL LAW 7G4

That which belongs to. or comes from, the mother; as maternal au- thority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.

The day preceding Good Friday, on which princes gave alms.

(Corruption of maison de Dial.) A house of God; a monastery; religious house or hospital. See 39 Eliz. c. 5.