Category: M

In English law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with ollicers or deputies in attendance; and they are lawful places of exportation or importation. 1 Chit. Com. Law,

In old English law. A measure.

Lat. In the civil law. Reward of labor In money or other things. As distinguished from “pensio,” it means the rent of farms, (prwdia rustici.) Calvin.

The fusion or absorption of one thing or right into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the subjects is of less dignity or importance than the other. Here the

One who bears messages or errands; a ministerial officer employed by executive officers, legislative bodies, and courts of justice, whose service consists prin- cipally iu carrying verbal or written com- uiuuications or

to the north pole, and equivalent to 39.37 inches. From this unit all the other denom- inations of measure, as well as of weight, are derived. The metric system was first adopted

the feast of St. John the Baptist, a festival first mentioned by Maximus Taurieensis, A. D. 400. It is generally a quarter-day for the payment of rents, etc. Wharton.

One who mines; a digger for metals and other minerals. While men of scientific attainmeuts, or of experience in the use of machinery, are to be found iu this class, yet the

Lat. In the civil law. A lessening; diminution or reduction. Dig. 4, 5, 1.

The delivery of property by a carrier or warehouseman to a per son not authorized by the owner or person to whom the carrier or warehouseman is bound by his contract to

Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is es sential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the case of a plaintiff not merely stating

Alleviation; abatement or diminution of a penalty or punishment im- posed by law. “Mitigating circumstances” are such as do not constitute a justification or excuse of the offense in question, but which,

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.