Mixtion
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The putting of different goods or chattels together in such a manner that they can no longer be separated; as, putting the wines of two different persons into the same barrel, the grain of several persons into the same bag, and the like. The intermixture may be occasioned by the willful act of the party, or owner of one of the articles, by the willful act of a stranger, by the negligence of the ovroer or a stranger, or by accident. See "Confusion." MIXTUM IMPERIUM (Lat.) In old English law. Mixed authority; a kind of civil power. A term applied by Lord Hale to the "power" of certain subordinate civil