Category: International Law

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LICERE

kind of intoxicating liquor under a license from the justices of the peace. Wharton. Lat. To be lawful; to be allowed or permitted by law. Calvin.

MANAGE

den by positive law; an act involving an ile gality resulting from positive law. Contrasted with malum in se. Story, Ag. § 846. 219, 35 Pac. 677; Saunders v. United States

METRIC SYSTEM

to the north pole, and equivalent to 39.37 inches. From this unit all the other denominations of measure, as well as of weight, are derived. The metric system was first adopted in France in 1795.

MISPRISION

FEMALE. The sex which conceives and gives birth to young. Also a member of such sex. The term is generic, but may have the specific meaning of “woman,” if so indicated by the context. State v. Hemm, 82 Towa, 609, 48 N. W. 971.

MODERAMEN INCULPATA

thing invented, made on a reduced scale, in compliance with the patent laws. See State v. Fox, 25 N. J. Law, 566; Montana Ore Purchasing Co. v. Boston, etc., Min. Co., 27 Mont. 288, 70 Pac. 1126.

MULIER PUISNE

L. Fr. When e man has a bastard son, and afterwards marries the mother, and by her has also a legitimate son, the elder son is bastard cigné, and the younger son is mulier puisné.