Category: M

He to whom a mandate, charge, or commandment is given; also, he that obtains a benefice by mandamus. Briggs v. Spaulding, 141 U. S. 132, 11 Sup. Ct 924, 35 L. Ed.

In old English law. Goods taken In the hands of an apprehended thief. The same as “mainour,” (q. v.)

Lat. With a long hand. A term used in the civil law, signifying in- directly or circuitously. Calvin.

The old writ of maintenance. Reg. Orig. 182.

Marshy ground overflowed by the sea or great rivers. Co. Litt. 5.

In English law. One of the second order of nobility; next in order to a duke.

In old records. A decayed house; a wall; the ruins of a buildiug; a certain quantity of land, about four oxgangs.

Lat. In Roman law. A legal marriage, contracted in strict ac- cordance with the forms of the older Roman iaw, i. e., either with the farreum, the co- emptio, or by us

In Spanish law. The right to the enjoyment of certain aggregate property, left with the condition thereon imposed that they are to pass in their integrity, perpetually, successively to the eldest son.

See DESCENT.

In Saxon law. A recompense for the murder of a relation

Committing anything to memory. Used to describe the act of one who listens to a public representation of a play or drama, and then, from his recol- lection of its scenes, incidents,

Midnight Cowell.

An amerciament, penalty, or fine, (q. v.)

OF. An old English statute, relating to dower, legitimacy, wardships, procedure, inclosure of common, and usury. It was passed in 1235, (20 Hen. III.,) and was named from Morton, iu Surrey. where

Lat. In Bomjn law. Metal ; a mine. Labor in mines, as a punishment for crime. Dig. 40, 5, 24, 5; Calvin.

Lat. Fear; terror. In a technical sense, a reasonable and well-grounded apprehension of some great evil, such as death or mayhem, and not arising out of mere timidity, but such as might

To be knighted.

with their consent, with a view to effecting an amicable adjustment of the dispute. A general name given to the diplomatic representatives sent by one state to another, including ambassadors, envoys, and

Improper. Illegal, wrongful, or corrupt use or application of funds, property, etc. Jewett v. U. S