Category: M

Lat In the civil law. The contract of mandate, (q. v.)

In Scotch law. The service of a man or vassal. A bond of manreut was an instrument by which a person, in order to secure the protection of some powerful lord, bound

Sworn obedience or submission upon oath. Cowell.

In old Scotch law. Mayhem; mutilation of the body of a person. Skene.

A body of infantry soldiers, trained to serve on board of vessels of war when in commission and to fight in naval engagements. Maris et foeminsc conjunctio est de jure natmsc. 7

A woman who has a husband living and not divorced; a feme covert.

Lat. In the civil law. The mother or mistress of a family. A chaste woman, married or single. Calvin.

at A mother church. This term was anciently applied to a cathedral, in relation to the other churches in the same see, or to a parochial church, in relation to the chapels

A rent formerly paid in meal.

Pertaining, relating, or belonging to the study and practice of medicine, or the science and art of the investigation, prevention, cure, and alleviation of disease.

In old English law. A household; stall or suite of attendants ; a retinue; particularly, the royal household.

A threat; the declaration or show of a disposition or determination to in- ilict an evil or injury upon another. Cum- ming v. State, 99 Ga. 002, 27 S. E. 177; Morrill

A foreign trader.

Morels appellatio ad res mobiles tan- tim pertinet. The term “merchandise” belongs to movable things only. Dig. 50, 16, 66. Mercis appellatione homines non con- tineri. Men are not included uuder the

L. Fr. Apostates, unbelievers.

A measure or portion of corn, given by a lord to customary tenants as a reward and encouragement for labor. Cowell.

One of the names of the general council immemorially held in England. The Witenagemotc. One of the great councils of king and noblemen in Saxon times. Jacob.

The body of soldiers In a state enrolled for discipline, but not engaged inactual service except in emergencies, as distinguished from regular troops or a standing army. See Ex parte McCants, 39

An infant or person who is under the age of legal competence. A term de- rived from the civil law, which described a person under a certain age as less than so

In medical Jurisprudence. The expulsion of the ovum or embyro from the uterus within the first six MISCARRIAGE 783