M. EB. Church v. Dalles City, 107 U. 8S
348, 2 Sup. Ct. 677, 27 L. Ed. 545; Jackson v:
Terms beginning with "M" (452 total)
M. V. _R. Co
v. Adams, 81 Miss. 90, 32
MA KE
general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an army corps. l c
MA PAUPERIS
Form gives being. Lord
Maas
70, 30 N. E. 472.—Second mortgage. One which takes rank immediately after a ‘first mortgage on the same property, without any intervening liens, and is next entitled to satisfaction out of the proceeds of the propert...
MacAr
(or MacArth., MacArthur). MacArthur’s District of Columbia Reports;— MacArthur’s Patent Cases.
Macf
(or inners 5. Macfarlane’s Keports, Jury Courts, Scotland.
Mach. Co
v. Gray, 114 Ind. 340. 16 N. E. 787. —Fee damages. Damages sustained by and awarded to an abutting owner of real property occasioned by the construction and operation of an elevated railroad in a city street, are so v...
Mackeld
m. Law, § 737. The estate of a person deceased, where the owner left no heirs or legatee to take it, called also “caduca;" an escheated estate. Cod. 10, 10, 1; 4 Kent, Comm. . The term has also been used in English la...
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 167; Inst
2, 1, 85, 87; Dig. 7,1, 33; Id. 5, 8, 29; Id. 22, 1, 84.
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 298. See Inst
4, 6, 4; Dig. 6, 2, 1, 16.
MacLain, 210 Il
308, 71.N. EB. 408, 66 L.
Macn
(Fr.). Bengal Reports.
Macon
8S.D.A.Beng. (W. H.) Macnaghten’s Sudder Dewanny Adawilut Reports, Bengal.
Macq
(or Macy. H. L. Cas.). Macqueen’s Scotch Appeal Cases (House of Lords).
MACULARE
loans, on unconscionable terms, to family heirs who would mortgage their future expectations from the paternal estate. The law is said to have derived its name from that of a notorious usurer. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, $482...
Mad
8S.D.A.R. Madras Sudder Dewanny Adawlut Reports.
MAD. POINT
MAD POINT. A term used to designate the idea or subject to which is confined the derangement of the mental faculties of one suffering from monomania. Owing’s Case, 1
MADNESS. See INSANITY
MADRAS REGULATIONS. Certain regulations prescribed for the government of the Madras presidency. Mozley & Whitley.
MAGIS
Lat. in number; rather.
MAGISTER
Lat. In English law. A master or ruler; a person who has attained to some eminent degree jn science. Cowell.
MAGISTRALIA BREVIA
grants dispensations; as to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, and the like. Bac. Abr. Ecclesiastical Courts,” A, 5.—Magister ho-~ norum vendendorum. In Roman law, a person appointed by judicial authority to inv...
MAGISTRATE
COMMITTITUR. In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it 4 commticd to the custody of the sheriff. framed by the masters or principal clerks of the chancery. Bract. fol. 4136; Crabb, Com. ...
MAGISTRATUS
Lat. In the civil law. A magistrate. Calvin. A judicial officer who had the power of hearing and determining causes, but whose office properly was to inquire into matters of law, as distinguished from fact. Hallifax, Civ...
MAGNA ASSISA ELIGENDA. An an
cient writ to summon four lawful knights before the justices of assize, there to choose twelve others, with themselves to constitute the grand assize or great jury, to try the matter of right. The trial by grand assize w...
MAGNA COMPONERE PARVIS. To
compare great things with small things.
Magnetic M. & D. Co
v. Van Auken, 9 Colo. 204, 11 Pac. 80; Gray v. Truby, 6 Colo. 27&
MAGNUM CAPE
Great or grand cape. 418. See GRAND CAPE,
MAGNUM CONCILIUM
MAGNUM CONCILIUM. In old Englsh law. The great council; the general council of the realm; afterwards called “parliament.” 1 Bl. Comm. 148; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 62; Spelman.
MAGNUS ROTULUS STATUTORUM
The great statute roll. The first of the English statute roils, beginning with Magne Charta,.and ending with Edward III. Hale, Com. Law, 16, 17.
Magone (C. C.) 388 Fed
915; U. S. v. Cohn, 2 Ind. T. 474, 52 S. W. 88.
Mahn, 121 Pa
225, 15 Atl. 523, 1 L. R. A. 864, 6 Am. St. Rep. 786; Lee v. State, 56
MAIM
‘Maihemium est membri mutilatio, et dici poterit, ubi aliquis im aliqua parte sui corporis effectus sit inutilis ad pug~ mandum. Co. Litt. 126. Mayhem is the mutilation of a member, and can be said to take place when a...
MAIN
L. Fr. A hand. More commonly written “meyn.” —Main-a-main. Immediately. Kelham. MAIN. Principal, chief, most important in size, extent, or utility. —Main ehannel. The main channel of a river is that bed over whic...
Maine;—Smith’s Reports, vols
1-11 Wisconsin;—E. B. Smith's Reports, vols. 21-47 Illi- ‘nois Appeals ;—Smith, Reporter, vols. 7, 12 Heiskell’s Tennessee Reports;— Smith’s Reports, vols. 81-83 Missouri Appeals..
MAINOVRE, or MAINCGUVRE. A
trespass committed by hand. See 7 Rich. II. ec. 4
MAINTENANCE
, MAINPRISE. The delivery of a person into the custody of mainpernors, (q. v.) Also the name of a writ (now obsolete) commanding the sheriff to take the security of mainpernors and set the party at liberty.
MAISON DE DIEU
Fr. A hospital; an almshouse; a monastery. St. 39 Eliz. ec. 5. Literally, “house of God.”
MAITRE
Fr. In‘French maritime law. Master;’ the master or captain of a vessel.
MAJESTAS
Lat. In Roman law. The majesty, sovereign. authority, or supreme prerogative of the state.or prince. Also a. shorter form of the expression “crimen majeatatis,” or “crimen lasaA majestatis,” an offense against so...
MAJOR. A person of full age
one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his. civic rights.
MAKE
cute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment.
MAL GREE. IL
Fr. Against the will; without the consent. Hence the single word “malgre,” and more modern “maugre,’’ (q. v.)
MAL-TOLTE
Fr. In old French law. A term said to have arisen from the usurious gains of the Jews and Lombards in their management of the public revenue. Steph.
MALA
Lat. Bad; evil; wrongful.
Malcomb v. Hamill, 65 How. Prac
(N. Y.) aly State v. California Min. Co., 13 Nev.
MALEFICIA NON DEBENT
Mackeld. Rom. Law, Wrongs in themselves; acts morall offenses aealnst conscience. 1 BI. mm. 57,
MALEFICIA PROPOSITIS
' Maleficia propositis distinguuntur.
MALICE
son defamed. McDonald v. Brown, 2 R. f. 546, 51 Atl. 218, 58 L. R. A. 768, 91 Am.
MALO ANIMO
Lat. With an evil mind; with a bad purpose or wrongful intention; with malice. La Ms