Category: M

the statute absolutely void; if the provision is such that disregard of it will constitute an irregularity, but one not necessarily fatal, it is said to be director]/. So, the mandatory part

In Saxon law. A murderer.

Performed by the hand; used or employed by the hand; held in the hand. Thus, a distress cannot be made of tools in the “manual occupation” of the debtor.

This term denotes a multitude, not merely a number greater than that de- noted by the word “few.” Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hall, 87 Ala. 708, 6 South. 277, 4

In Scotch law.A note inserted on the margin of a deed, embodying either some clause which was omitted in transcribing or some change In the agreement of the parties. Bell. An abstract

Marriage, as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, Is the civil status of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the

In French law. The hire of a ship or boat.

In the civil law. The protocol or first draft of a legal instrument, from which all copies must be taken. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 S. W. 53.

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.