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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Occurs, u.sed substantially in the vernacular sense, in some technical phrases.
Mere motion
The free and voluntary act of a party himself, done without the suggestion or influence of another person, is said to be done of his mere motion, ex mero motu, q. v. The phrase is used in English letters-patent, whereby the king grants, " of his especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion " (ea: speciali gratia, certa scientia, et mero motu), his license, power, and authority to the patentee to use and enjoy, exclusively, the new invention. It is used of an interference of the courts of justice, when the judge voluntarily objects to an irregularity in the proceedings, though no objection has been taken to the informality by the plaintiff or defendant in the suit.
Mere right
The right of property which a person may have in any thing, without having either possession or even the right of possession, is sometimes spoken of under the name of the mere right.