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| M | | When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly ... |
| MACE-BEARER, | | Eng. law. An officer attending the court of session.
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| MACEDONIAN DECREE, | | civil law. A decree of the Roman senate, which derived its ... |
| MACHINATION | | The act by which some plot or conspiracy is set ... |
| MACHINE | | . A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; ... |
| MADE KNOWN | | These words are used as a return to a scire ... |
| MAGISTER | | A master, a ruler, one whose learning and position makes him ... |
| MAGISTER AD FACULTATES, | | Eng. eccl. law. The title of an officer who grants dispensations; ... |
| MAGISTER NAVIS | | The master of a ship; a sea captain. ... |
| MAGISTER SOCIETATIS | | Civil law. The principal manager of the business of a ... |
| MAGISTRACY, | | mun. law. In its most enlarged signification, this term includes all ... |
| MAGISTRATE, | | mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of ... |
| MAGNA CHARTA | | The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King ... |
| MAIDEN | | The name of an instrument formerly used in Scotland for beheading ... |
| MAIL | | This word, derived from the French malle, a trunk, signifies the ... |
| MAILE, | | ancient English law. A small piece of money; it also signified ... |
| MAIM, | | pleadings. This is a technical word necessary to be introduced into ... |
| MAINE | | One of the new states of the United State's of ... |
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| MAINOUR, | | crim. law. The thing stolen found in the hands of ... |
| MAINPERNABLE | | . Capable of being bailed; one for whom bail may ... |
| MAINPERNORS, | | English law. Those persons to whom a man, is delivered out ... |
| MAINPRISE, | | Engl. law. The taking a man into friendly custody, who might ... |
| MAINTAINED, | | pleadings. This is a technical word, indispensable in an indict- ment ... |
| MAINTAINORS, | | criminal law. Those who maintain or support a cause depending between ... |
| MAINTENANCE, | | crimes. A malicious, or at least, officious interference in a suit ... |
| MAINTENANCE, | | quasi contracts. The support which one person, who is bound by ... |
| MAISON DE DIEU | | House of God. In England the term, borrowed from the French, ... |
| MAJESTY | | Properly speaking, this term can be applied only to God, for ... |
| MAJOR | | . Military language. The lowest of the staff officers; a degree ... |
| MAJOR GENERAL | | A military officer, commanding a division or number of regi- ments; ... |
| MAJOR, | | persons. One who has attained his full age, and has acquired ... |
| MAJORES | | The male ascendant beyond the sixth degree were so called among ... |
| MAJORITY, | | persons. The state or condition of a person who has arrived ... |
| MAJORITY, | | government. The greater number of the voters; though in another sense, ... |
| MAKER | | This term is applied to one who makes a promissory ... |
| MAKING HIS LAW | | A phrase used to denote the act of a person ... |
| MALA FIDES | | Bad faith. It is opposed to bona fides, good faith. ... |
| MALA PRAXIS, | | crim. law. A Latin expression, to signify bad or unskilful practice ... |
| MALA PROHIBITA | | Those things which are prohibited by law, and therefore unlawful. ... |
| MALE | | Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; ... |
| MALEDICTION, | | Eccles. law. A curse which was anciently annexed to donations of ... |
| MALEFACTOR | | He who bas been guilty of some crime; in another sense, ... |
| MALEFICIUM, | | civil law. Waste, damage, torts, injury. Dig. 5, 18, 1. ... |
| MALFEASANCE, | | contracts, torts. The unjust performance of some act which the party ... |
| MALICE AFORETHOUGHT, | | pleadings. In an indictment for murder, these words, which have a ... |
| MALICE, | | crim. law. A wicked intention to do an injury. 4 ... |
| MALICE, | | torts. The doing any act injurious to another without a just ... |
| MALICIOUS | | With bad, and unlawful motives; wicked.
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| MALICIOUS ABANDONMENT | | The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, ... |
| MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, | | This expression is applied to the wanton or reckless de- struction ... |
| MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, or MALICIOUS ARREST, | | torts, or remedies. These terms import a wanton prosecution or arrest, ... |
| MALUM IN SE | | Evil in itself.
2. An offence malum in se ... |
| MALVEILLES Ill | | -will. In some ancient records this word signifies malicious practices, or ... |
| MALVERSATION | | French law. This word is applied to all punishable faults committed ... |
| MAN | | A human being. This definition includes not only the adult male ... |
| MANAGER | | A person, appointed or elected to manage the affairs of another, ... |
| MANBOTE | | In a barbarous age, when impunity could be purchased with money, ... |
| MANCIPATIO, | | civil law. The act of transferring things called res mancipi. (q. ... |
| MANDAMUS, | | practice. The name of a writ, the principal word of which ... |
| MANDANT | | The principal in the contract of mandate is so called. Story, ... |
| MANDATARIUS | | One who is entrusted with and undertakes to perform a mandate. ... |
| MANDATARY, | | contracts. One who undertakes to perform a mandate. Jones' Bailm. 53; ... |
| MANDATE, | | practice. A judicial command or precept issued by a court or ... |
| MANDATE, | | civil law. Mandates were the instructions which the emperor addressed to ... |
| MANDATOR, | | contracts. The person employing another to perform a mandate. Story on ... |
| Mandatum or commission, contracts Sir William Jones defines
a mandate | | to be a bailment of goods without reward, to be ... |
| MANDAVI BALLIVO, | | English law. The return made by a sheriff, when he has ... |
| MANHOOD | | The ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to his ... |
| MANIA | | med. jur. This subject will be considered by examining it, first, ... |
| MANIA A POTU | | Insanity arising from the use of spirituous liquors. Vide Delirium Tremens. ... |
| MANIFEST, | | com. law. A written instrument containing a true account of the ... |
| MANIFEST, | | evidence. That which is clear and requires no proof; that which ... |
| MANIFESTO | | A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which ... |
| MANKIND | | Persons of the male sex; but in a more general ... |
| MANNER AND FORM, | | pleading. After traversing any allegation in pleading, it is usual to ... |
| MANNOPUS | | An ancient word which signifies goods taken in the hands of ... |
| MANOR, | | estates. This word is derived from the French manoir, and signifies, ... |
| MANSION | | This term is synonymous with house. (q. v.) 1 Chit. ... |
| MANSLAUGHTER, | | crim. law. The unlawful killing of another without malice either express ... |
| MANSTEALING | | This word is sometimes used synonymously with kidnapping. The latter is ... |
| MANU FORTI | | With strong hand. (q. v.) This term is used in pleading ... |
| MANU OPERA | | This has the same meaning with mannopus. (q. v.) ... |
| MANUAL | | That which is employed or used by the hand, of ... |
| MANUCAPTIO, | | practice. In the English law it is a writ which ... |
| MANUCAPTORS | | The same as mainpernors. (q. v.)
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| MANUMISSION, | | contracts. The agreement by which the owner or master of a ... |
| MANURE, | | Dung. When collected in a heap, it is considered as personal ... |
| MANUS | | Anciently signified the person taking an oath as a compurgator. The ... |
| MANUSCRIPT | | . A writing; a writing which has never been printed. ... |
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