Category: M

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

ne of the persons constituting a partnership, association, corporation, guild, etc. One of the persons constituting a court a legislative assembly, etc. One of the limbs or portions of the body capable

In the civil law. A money-changer or dealer in money. Dig. 2, 14, 47, 1.

A hireling or servant. Jacob.

Of the nature of unlawful sexual connection. The term Is de- scriptive of the relation sustained by persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal Incapacity. 1 Bl.

One who said mass; a priest. Cowell.

See INSANITT.

In ships of war, a kind of naval cadet, whose business is to second or transmit the orders of the superior officers and assist in the necessary business of the vessel, but

In its legal sense, “mind” means only the ability to will, to direct, to permit, or to assent. In this sense, a corporation has a mind, and exerts its mind each time

In Scotch practice. A ( lending put into writing before the lord ordinary, as the ground of his judgment. Bell. In business law. Memoranda or notes of a transaction or proceeding. Thus,

In old English law. An apostate; an unbeliever; one who totally re- nounced Christianity. 4 Bl. Comm. 44.

Mistake in name; the giving an incorrect name to a person in a plead- ing, deed, or other instrument.