Category: M

A tract of low or level land producing grass which Is mown for hay. Webster. A tract which lies above the shore, and is overflowed by spring and extraordinary tides only, and

Intervention; interposition ; the act of a third person who interferes between two contending parties with a view to reconcile them or persuade them to adjust or settle their dispute. In international

L. Fr. Minority; lesser age. Kelham.

Men who used in former days to ply about courts of law, so called from their manner of making known their occupation, (/.. e., by a straw iu one of their shoes,)

Merchantable; to be sold or bought.

In old records. The impost of England upon merchandise. Cowell. MERCIS APPELLATIO 774

Lat. Merchandise; movable articles that are bought and sold; articles of trade. Merx est quicquid vendi potest. Merchandise is whatever can be sold. Com. 355; 3 Wood. Lect. 263.

A system of agricultural holdings, under which the laud is divided, in small farms, among single families, the landlord generally supplying the stock which the agricultural system of the country is considered

Eng. To practice crimes requiring concealment or secrecy; to pilfer articles secretly, ilichcr, one who practices secret crime. Webster.

Lat. Knights; and, in Scotch law, freeholders.

Office; service. Those members of the government who are in the cabinet.

Ill conduct; improper or unlawful behavior. Verdicts are sometimes set aside on the ground of misbehavior of jurors. Smith v. Cutler, 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 590, 25 Am. Dec. 580; Turnbull v.

which was commonly used to be given by the ordinary to such condemned malefactors as were allowed the benefit of clergy; whence it is also called the “psalm of mercy.” Wharton.

In Roman law. Gifts or liberalities, which the prators and consuls were iu the habit of throwing among the people. Inst. 2, 1, 45.

Formed by admixture or commingling; partaking of the nature, character, or legal attributes of two or more distinct kinds or classes.

Fr. Movable. Biens moeblcs, movable goods. Britt. c. 11.

A monastery; a church. Spelman.

The sole power, right, or privilege of sale ; monopoly; a monopoly. Calvin.

Lat. For the purpose of delaying or postponing payment or performance.

He that gives a mortgage.