Category: M

A person guilty of a misdemeanor; one sentenced to punishment upon conviction of a misdemeanor. See FIRST-GLASS MISDEMEANANT.

In criminal law. A term used to signify every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name giv- en to it by law.. 3 Inst. 30. But more particularly and properly the

Mitins imperanti melius paretur. Tbe more mildly one commands, the better is he obeyed. 3 Inst. 24.

In admiralty law. AS applied to a steam-vessel, “such speed only is moderate as will permit the steamer reasonably and effectually to avoid a collision by slackening speed, or by stopping and

The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob.

A monarch who governs alone; an absolute governor.

In Hindu law. An agent or attorney.

Lat. Death. Mors dicitur ultimum supplicium. Death is called the “last punishment,” the “extremity of punishment” 3 Inst 212. MORS OMNIA SOLVIT 793

Lat Dead. So in sheriffs return, mortuus est, he is dead.

In old English law. The state or condition of a mulier, or lawful issue. Co. Litt. 352b. The opposite of bastardy. Blount Multa conceduntur per obliquum quae non conceduntur de directo. Many

In Roman law. A foreign town to which the freedom of the city of Rome was granted, and whose inhabitants had the privilege of enjoying offices and honors there; a free town.

In practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, by which there is an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new cause of action, or asking one thing

also stands as an abbreviation for several words of which it is the initial letter; as “Mary,” (the English queen of that name,) “Michaelmas,” “master,” “middle.”

Certain regulations prescribed for the government of the Madras presidency. Mozley & Whitley.

In old English law. A great or general reap-day. Cowell; Blount.

This word, as applied to a letter, means that the letter was properly prepared for transmission by the servants of the postal department, and that it was put in the custody of

An old form of “master.”

This term is used, in the law-books, interchangeably with mis-administration, and both words mean “wrong administration.” Minkler v. State, 14 Neb. 1S3, 15 N. W. 331.

Evincing malice; done with malice and an evil design ; willful.

A human being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty. In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory. The Anglo-Saxon relation