Category: M

In the law of

A trade, art, or occupation. 2 Inst 668. Masters frequently bind them-selves in the indentures with their appren-tices to teach them their art, trade, and mystery. State v. Bishop, 15 Me. 122; Bar-ger v. Caldwell, 2 Dana (Ky.) 13L

Monastic habitation; perhaps the part of a monastery set apart fo.r purposes of hospitality, or as a sanctuary for criminals. Anc. Inst Eng

Lat. In the law of bailments. A loan for consumption; a loan of chattels, upon an agreement that the bor-rower may consume them, returning to the lender an equivalent in kind and quantity. Story, Bailm. S 228; Payne v. Gardiner, 29 N. T. 167; Downes v. Phoenix Bank, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 299; Rahilly v. […]

Lat. In civll and old English law. Dumb and deaf

A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender ln kind and quau-tlty; the borrower ln a contract of mutuum

To borrow; mutuatus, a borrowing. 2 Arch. Pr. 25

The persou who leuds chattels in the contract of mutuum, (q. v

Reciprocation; inter-change. An acting by each of two partles; an acting in return

Interchangeable; reciprocal; each acting in return or correspondence to the other; given and received; spoken of an engagement or relation ln which like duties aud obligations are exchanged

In crlminal law. An insur-rection of soldiers or seamen against the au-thorlty of their commanders; a sedition or revolt in the army or navy. See The St^-cey Clarke (D. C.) 54 Fed. 533; McCargo v. New orleans Ins. Co., 10 Rob. (La.) 313, 43 Am. Dec. 180

Insubordinate; disposed to mutiny; tendlng to incite or encourage mu-tiny

As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means renderlng the doc-ument imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting, tear

Speechless; dumb; that cannot or will not speak. In English crlminal law, a prisoner ls sald to stand, mute when, heing arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose or with such matter as ls not allowable, and will not auswer otherwise, or, upon having […]

Lat. with the necessary changes ln points of detail

In practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, hy which there ls an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new cause of ac-tion, pr asking oue thing instead of another. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 213

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A name given to the Issue of an Indian and a negro. Miller v. Dawson, Dud. (S. C.) 174

To assemble together troops and their arms, whether for inspection, drill, or service in the field. To take recruits into the service in the army and inscribe their names on the muster-roll or official record. See Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen (Mass.) 498

In old English law. A moss or marsh ground, or a place where sedges grow; a place overrun with moss. Cowell

A building or institution for the cultivation of science or the exhibition of curiosities or works of art

In old Scotch law. Mur-ther or murder. Skene

Lat. Tlie service of work and labor done by lnhabitants and adjotnlng tenants in bulldlug or repairing the walls of a clty or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (q. v.) Cowell

In old English law. The killing of a man in a secret manner

Lat A gift; an office; a beu-eflce or feud. A gladiatorial show or spec-tacie. Calvin.; Du Cange

In interua-tlonal law and United States statutes, this tenn Includes not only ordnance, ammunl-tion, and other material directly useful lo the conduct of a war, but also whatever may contribute to its successful maintenance

E, or MUNIMENT-ROOM. A house or room of strength, ln cathedrals, collegiate churches, castles, col-leges, public bulldings, etc., purposely made for keeping deeds, charters, writings, etc

The instruments of writing and written evidences which the owner of lands, possesslons, or Inheritances has, t>y which he is enabled to defend the title of his estate. Termes de la Ley; 3 Inst. 170

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 oflices and honors there; a free town. Adams, Rom. Ant 47, 77

A munlclpal corpo* ration; a city, town, borough, or incbrporat-ed village. Also the body of officers, taken collectively, belonglng to a city

A pub-iic corporation, created by government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation; e. g., a coun-ty, town, city, etc. 2 Kent, Comm. 275

Lat In Roman law. A provincial person; a countryman. This was the designation of one born in the provinces or in a city politically connected with Rome, and who, having become a Roman citizen, was entitled to hold any offices at Rome except some of the highest. In the provinces the term seems to have […]

In old French law. A tril> ute paid by a church or monastery to their seignorlal avouds and vidames, as the price of protecting them. Steph. Lect 236

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In old English law. Peace; wheuce mundbryc, a breach of the peace

In Scotch law. Thequan-tlty of grain or meal payable to the proprie-tor of a mill, or to the multurer, his tacks-man, for manufacturing the corns. Ersk. Inst 2, 9, 19

In old records. A wether sheep

An assemblage of many people. According to Coke lt is not a word of very precise meaning; for some authori-ties hold that there must be at least ten persons to make a multitude, while others maintain that no definite number is fixed by law. Co. Litt. 257

A state of being many. That quality of a pleading which lnvolves a variety of matters or particulars; undue variety. 2 Saund. 410. A multiply-ing or increasing. Story. Eq. Pl. $ 287

Divided Into many or several parts

In equity pleading. The fault of improperly joining In one hill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them; as, for ex-ample, the uniting in one bill of several mat-ters perfectly distinct and unconnected against one defendant, or the demand of sev-eral matters of a distinct and independent nature against several defendants, ln the same […]

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In old English law. The state or conditlon of a mulier, or lawful issue. Co. Litt 352b. The opposite of bastardy. Blount

A legitimate son. Glanvil

Lat. (1) A woman; (2) a virgin; (3) a wife; (4) a legitimate child

A penalty or punishment 1m-posed on a person guilty of some ofTense. tort, or mlsdemeanor, usually a pecuniary fine or condemnation in damages. See Cook v. Mar-shall County, 119 Iowa, 384, 93 N. W. 372, 104 Am. St. Rep. 283

In Scotch law. The offense of setting fire to a muir or moor. 1 Brown, Ch. 78, 116

See Cautio

one who moves; one who makes a motion before a court; the applicant for a rule or order

1. To make an application to a court for a rule or order