Category: M
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Mute
Definition of Mute A prisoner is said to stand mute when, being arraigned for treason, felony, or misdemeanour, he either makes no answer at all or with such matter as is not allowable. In the first case, a jury must be sworn to try whether the prisoner stands mute of malice (i. e., […]
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Mutiny Act
Definition of Mutiny Act The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), declares that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is illegal. Consequently, an Act of Parliament was passed annually to legalise the Army […]
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Mutual Credits
Definition of Mutual Credits Such dealings between two persons as must in their nature terminate, or have a tendency to terminate, in debts. (Bankruptcy Act, 1914.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mutual Credits in the Dictionaries, Mutual Credits […]
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Mortuum Vadium
Definition of Mortuum Vadium A mortgage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mortuum Vadium in the Dictionaries, Mortuum Vadium in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]
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Moss V. Galli More
Definition of Moss V. Galli More ((1780), 1 Douglas, 279). Held, that a mortgagee after giving notice of the mortgage -to a tenant in possession under a lease prior to the mortgage, is entitled to the rent in arrear at the time of the notice, as well as to what accrues after, and he may…
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Mortuum Vadium
Definition of Mortuum Vadium A mortgage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mortuum Vadium in the Dictionaries, Mortuum Vadium in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]
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Mostyn V. Fabrigas
Definition of Mostyn V. Fabrigas ((1775), 1 Cowper, 161). An action will lie in an English Court for a tort committed abroad, provided the act is transitory and not local (i. e., not necessarily referred to some particular locality). This was an action of trespass in the Common Pleas by a […]
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Mote
Definition of Mote A meeting or assembly. (Anglo-Saxon.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mote in the Dictionaries, Mote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]
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Mote
Definition of Mote A meeting or assembly. (Anglo-Saxon.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mote in the Dictionaries, Mote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]
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Municipal Corporation
Definition of Municipal Corporation The local government authority of a town or borough, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors, as regulated by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Municipal Corporation in […]