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Definition of Marriage-brocage A contract to procure a marriage between two persons for reward. Such a contract is void. See Hermann v. Charlesworth Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Marriage-brocage in the Dictionaries, Marriage-brocage in our […]

Definition of Matthews V. Baxter ((1873), L. R. 8 Ex. 132). Held, that a party who enters into a contract when in state of intoxication may, when sober, ratify it, and in such case will be bound Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Matthews V. Baxter […]

Definition of Married Woman See Husband and Wife Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Married Woman in the Dictionaries, Married Woman in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

Definition of Marriot V. Hampton ((1797), 7 T. R 269). Where money has been paid by the plaintiff to the defendant under the compulsion of law, which is afterwards discovered not to have been due, the plaintiff cannot recover it back in an action for money had and received.The plaintiff having […]

Definition of Marais, D. F., Ex P., ([1902] A. C. 109). In 1901, during the war between Great Britain and the South African Republic, Marais, a British subject, was arrested on a charge of having violated regulations made in pursuance of a proclamation of martial law. The district in which he […]

Definition of Marches The boundary between England and Wales and that between England and Scotland. See Lords Marchers Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Marches in the Dictionaries, Marches in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics […]

Definition of Marchet; Marcheta; Merchetum A fine which some tenants had to pay to their lord for liberty to give away their daughters in marriage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Marchet; Marcheta; Merchetum in the Dictionaries, Marchet; Marcheta; […]

Definition of Marginal Notes of Acts of Parliament are not part of the Act Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Marginal Notes in the Dictionaries, Marginal Notes in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

Definition of Manby V. Scott ((1659), 1 Sid. 109). The defendant’s wife departed from him without his consent and lived twelve years separate from him and then returned, but he would not receive her nor allow her any maintenance, and defendant forbade tradesmen, particularly the plaintiffs, […]

Definition of Maritagium The power which the lord had of disposing of his infant ward in marriage. Also land given as a marriage portion ; a dowry Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Maritagium in the Dictionaries, Maritagium in our legal […]