Category: M

A person of full age; one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his civic rights. In military law.

Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young.

Lat. With an evil mind; with a bad purpose or wrongful intention ; with malice.

In Saxon law. A compensation or recompense for homicide, particularly due to the lord for killing his man or vassal, the amount of which was regulated by that of the were.

the statute absolutely void; if the provision is such that disregard of it will constitute an irregularity, but one not necessarily fatal, it is said to be director]/. So, the mandatory part

In Saxon law. A murderer.

Performed by the hand; used or employed by the hand; held in the hand. Thus, a distress cannot be made of tools in the “manual occupation” of the debtor.

This term denotes a multitude, not merely a number greater than that de- noted by the word “few.” Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hall, 87 Ala. 708, 6 South. 277, 4

In Scotch law.A note inserted on the margin of a deed, embodying either some clause which was omitted in transcribing or some change In the agreement of the parties. Bell. An abstract

Marriage, as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, Is the civil status of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the

In French law. The hire of a ship or boat.

In the civil law. The protocol or first draft of a legal instrument, from which all copies must be taken. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 S. W. 53.

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.