A Law Dictionary and Glossary

macegrefs, I. fr. In old ingly bought and sold stolen flesh,

mechamiuin, I. I. In old manzie.

In patent law, any mechanical mechanical powers and devices, to duce a certain effect or result

Somewhat more than necessary to the working of a machine,

I More. Magis dignum trahit worthy draws to itself the less worthy.

I. A master or ruler; a chief vated above others by office, position, thority and example we follow; one eminence in a science or in literature of any matter devolves. Magister thi

2. Z. In old English adapted to special cases, and so masters or principal clerks of the

I. In the civil law. had the power of hearing and properly was to inquire into magistrate.

A person clothed with that kind of insanity which reason. « who has lost the use of his reaintervals. wrecks, and the like, subject to the aid of a court Lyingf in as incorporeal h

In English law. viction takes place. Maiden some manors on their marriage, lord for his omitting the custom license to marry a daughter.

mayliem, maliem, maim, lently depriving another of the an injury to another such as Mahemium est Iiomicidium cide. Maiiiemium est inter minora maximum: maihem is and the greatest a

A •wallet, sack or bag used in the carriage of letters, papers, etc., from one post-office to another; the carriage and delivery of letters, etc., by public authority.

maile, maille, I. fr. In old English law. A tribute; a rent; a small piece of money. In Soots law. Rent or tribute. Mailer, mailpayer: a tenant who pays a rent Maills and dnties: t

manour, meinonr, meynonr, meynovere, I fr. Hi old English law. A thing stolen; especially such a thing found in the thief's possession, v. Handhabend.

mayno Ter, I. fr. The labor of the hand; manual labor.

In old English law. That may be let to bail; capable of being bailed.

Maynpernour, meinpernonr, I. fr. In old English law. A surety for the appearance of a person delivered to him out of prison, — differing from bail in being bound to produce the pri

meynprise, maynpryse, mainpris, meynpris, I. fr. and eng. In old English law. The release of a person under arrest into the custody of his friends upon their giving security for hi

In old English law. Perjured or forsworn, with one's hand upon the book.

To sustain or keep up; to assist or promote.

One that maintains or seconds a cause depending in suit between others; a person guilty of maintenance.

I. fr. and eng. Preservation; continuance, support An officious intermeddling in a suit that no way belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting either party with money, or otherwis

I. fr. In old English law. Mayor; a mayor. An officer classed with justices and sheriffs.

mair. In old Scots law. An officer to whom process was directed.

I. In the Soman law. Majesty; the sovereign authority of the state; an offense against sovereignty, i. e. against the Roman people, more commonly termed crimen majestatis, or crime

I fr. Majesty, or high treason.

Z. Greater; the greater. Major annns: thq greater year; tte bissextile year, consisting of 366 days. Major nnmerus in se In old English lavs. A mayor. Major et commnnitas: mayor an

I. In old English law. Greater persons; persons of higher condition or estate.

I In the greater sum the less is included.

The greater number, as of votes or voters; the civil condition of a person of full age.

To do, or perform; to do in form of law; to fail to do; to agree to; to execute; to collect or procure; to swear to or affirm; to certify; to have effect Make over: to transfer; to

The person who makes a promissory note.

I Bad; bad or evil things; wrongs; offenses. Mala flde: in bad faith. Malee fldei possessor: a possessor in bad faith. Mala Itdes: bad faith. Mala gramniatica: bad grammar; — non v

I fr. Bad; ill. Male fame: bad character.

I. Badly; unfavorably. In old English law. Male creditns: unfavorably thought of; in bad repute or credit

I. In old English law. A wrong-doer; an offender; a criminal; a convicted criminal

malfeasance, malfesance, malfeazance, malfaisance, I. Jr. and engr. Wrong-doing; the doing of what one ought not to do. Slaleficia non debent remauere impnnita; et impnnitas contin

An intent wrongfully to injure another; a wanton or wilful disregard of the rights of another or of others generally; a spirit of mischief or of criminal indifference to duty to an

Intentional or wilful; wanton; reckless; spiteful or malevolent. Malicious abandonment: the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Malicions injury: an injury committed

I. I. In old English poterit, nbi aliqnis in aliqna ntilis ad pngnandum: it may is in any part of his body disabled hem,

I. An express evil design; malice. Malitia excogitata: meditated malice. Malitia prsecogitata: malice aforethought, evil intended beforehand. Malitia supplet aetatem: malice suppli

I. The wicked or malicious designs of men must be thwarted.

I. I In old English law. Maliciously.

Misconduct; corruption or extortion in ofl Sce.

I. Evil; wickedness; an evil; an offense or wrong; Malum in se: a wrong in itself; an act involving illegality from the very nature of the transaction, upon principles of natural,

I fr. Misdemeanors.

malveys, Z. /r. In old English law. Bad; defective; faulty. Malveis procuronrs: a term applied to those who packed juries.

In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory.

sax. In Saxon law. A pecuniary compensation paid to a lord for killing his man, that is, his vassal or tenant

I. In the Roman law. A purchaser, one who took the articles sold in his hand (qui manu cepif).

I. In the Roman law. To sell, alienate or make over to another; to sell with cei-tain formali Hes; to sell a person; one of the forms observed in the process of emancipation.

I. In the Roman law. A kind of sale in the presence of five witnesses, accompanied with delivery of ■ possession or seisin; the purchaser taking the thing sold in his hand; the ima

I. In the Roman law. A slave; so called, because taken from the enemy by hand.

I. In old Roman law. The name of one of the leading divisions of private property, the precise meaning of which is not settled.

I. We command; a writ, formerly prerogative, issued out of a superior court, directing a person, a court an officer or a corporation, either public or private, to perform some duty

I. In the civil law. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requests or employs another to do some act for him.

I. In old English law. To command; to commit; to make return to a writ Mandare execatioui: to commit to execution, to put in execution. In the civil law. To give in charge; to comm

I. In the civil law. A mandatary. Mandatarins terminos sibi positos transgredi uon potest: a mandatary cannot exceed the limits assigned hira.

One to whom a charge or commandment is given; in the law of bailment, one who is employed to do some act without reward, in regard to property bailed to him.

A kind of bailment when one undertakes, without recompense, to do some act for another, in respect to the thing bailed; a judicial command; that part or clause of a writ containing

I. In old English law. The mandate or warrant of court In the civil law. That kind of bailment in which one party gives something in charge to the other to do for him, and the latt

I. In the civil law. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who employs another to do some act for him in regard to property bailed.

I. In English law. I have commanded, or made my mandate to the bailiflr; the return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of the writ.

mundhrich, sax. In Saxon law. Violation of the mund or king's protection; a breaking of enclosures.

pi manentes, 1. 1. In Saxon and old English law. A kind of tenant inhabiting a manse; an agricultural tenant.

I. t In old English law. A manor; a manor house. Manerium dicltnr a manendo, secundum excellentiam; sedes magna, flxa et stabilis: it is called manor from manendo, par excellence;

I. fr. In spite of; against the will of. v. Malgre.

One of a ship's papers, containing a specification of the nature and quantity of the cargo laden, the place where it was taken on board, and the port for which it is destined, with

/. Clear; evident; manifest Manifesta probatione non indigent: clear things need no proof.

I. I. In old English law. Done with the hand; manual.

I. I. In old English law. To become surety; to offer one's self as a surety to redeem another from imprisonment, and to have him in court at an appointed day.

1 1. In old English law. Manucaption; surety or security.

In American law. A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a fee-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes in the performance of certain stipulated services.

In old English law. A habitation or dwelling, generally with land attached; a residence or dwelling-house for the parish priest The word is still used in the latter sense in Scotla

Z. Z. In old English law. A dwelling; a mansion. mansion. A dwelling-house. Mansion-house: in its common sense, includes not only the'dwelling-house, but also all out-houses, if pa

Homicide without malice, either express or implied, which may be either voluntarily, upon a sudden heat, or involuntarily, but in the commission of some unlawful act, or with crimi

I. In the civil law. Tame; tamed; as though accustomed to come to fhe hand. M^saeto naturas, I. Tamed; of a domestic nature.

I. In the civil law. With a short hand; directly; without circuity. Mauu longa: indirectly; circuitously.

I. I. In old English law. A surety for another's appearance. V. Mainpernor.

The process of making a thing by art; a thing so made.

In the Boman and old European law. The giving of a slave or bondman his liberty; the discharging of one from the power of another.

I. In civil and old European law. To set free; to send, dismiss or discharge out of the hand, or power. Manumittere idem est quod extra mannm vel potestatem ponere: to manumit is t

In old English law. Capable of being had or held in hand; capable of being cultivated; tangible: corporeal.

I. fr. In old English law. To occupy; to bestow manual labor upon; to use or cultivate.

I. In old English laiv. A hand; an oath, as taken with the hand on the gospels; a person making oath; a compurgator; a degree or condition. Manu brevi: with a short hand; briefly.

A writing of any kind; an unpubjished literary production.

I. I. In old English law. Maintenance.

I. I. In old English law. To maintain; to support, assist or defend; to assist one in carrying on his suit. Manntenere placitum — querelam: to maintain one's plea — plaint.

In old English law. The price or value of a man's life or head.

sc. In old Scots law. Maihem.

A delineation of the features of a portion of the earth's surface ■within such a compass as to facilitate a comprehension of its character and appearance.

marcha, uiarchia, 1. 1. A limit or bound; a boundary line or border.

In Scots law. A boundary line or border. March-dike, marchstone: a boundary dike or stone.

In old English law. Noblemen who Uved on the marches of Wales or Scotland.

Limits; bounds or borders; particularly borders between England and Wales, and borders between England and Scotland.

marchetuin, merchetnm, marchet, merchet. In old English law. A fine paid for leave to marry, or to bestow a daughter in marriage; a maid's fee. In old Scots law. A custom for the l

I. I. In old English, law. A march, or border. In feudal law. The dignity or territory of a marchio.

A monk of the seventh century, author of collections of Formulae, of great celebrity.

I. The sea. Mare altum: the high sea. Mare apertnm: the open sea.,

I. l, Mareschaucie, I. fr. In old English law. Marshalsea; the office of marshal; a species of grand serjeanty, granted in fee to the Earl [now Duke] of Norfolk.