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A compensation of so much per mile allowed to officers traveling on the public business, or to any person authoritatively summoned in respect to a matter of public importance, as t

Any formula used must bear a rational relationship, both on its face and in its application, to property values connected with the taxing State.

In Civil Law. A soldier. Vel a "militia," aut a "multitudine," aut a numero, "mille hominum." Vocat. In Old English Law. A knight, because military service was part of the feudal t

“milestone” means a scheduled event signifying the completion of a major deliverable or a set of related deliverables or a phase of work;

The term “Milestone A” has the meaning given that term in section 415a–9(f) 1 of this title. / The term "Milestone A" has the meaning given that term in section 3103(f) 1

The term "Milestone A approval" means a decision to enter into technology maturation and risk reduction pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for th

The term “Milestone B” has the meaning given that term in section 415a–5(e) of this title. / The term “Milestone B” means a decision to enter into major system development and demo

The term “Milestone B approval” has the meaning provided that term in section 2366(e)(7) of this title. / The term “Milestone B approval” has the meaning provided that term in sect

In this section, the term “milestone B decision” means the decision to approve the system development and demonstration of a major system by the official of the Department of Defen

The term “Milestone C approval” means a decision to enter into production and deployment pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the management of Departmen

Milestone decision authority.—The term "milestone decision authority" has the meaning given in section 2431a(e)(5) of this title. / The terms “milestone decision authorit

Stones det up to mark the miles on a road or railway.

Middle.

To be knighted.

The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces. / The term “military” includes Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.

Pertaining to war or to the army; concerned with war. Also the whole body of soldiers; an army.

The corps of cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point consists of one from each congressional district, one from each territory, one from the District of Columbia

The term “military aircraft” means an aircraft owned, operated, or chartered by the Department of Defense.

"military and naval service" means honorable active service— (A) in the Armed Forces of the United States, (B) in the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 of the Public Health Serv

In this section, the term “military animal” means the following: (1) A military working dog, which may include a contract working dog (as such term is defined in section 2387) that

The term “military banking contract” means a contract between the Secretary and a financial institution under which the financial institution operates a military banking facility o

Land granted by the United States to soldiers for services rendered in the army. Under U. S. R. S. § 2418, each of the surviving, or the widow or minor childrep of deceased, commis

In English law. Causes of action or injuries cognizable in the court military, or court of chivalry. 3 Bl. Comm. 103.

The term “military child development center” means a facility on a military installation (or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a military installation) at whic

cases which do not come within the 'rules and regulations of war,' or the jurisdiction conferred by statute or court-martial, are tried by military commissions

Courts whose procedure and composition are modeled upon courts-martial, being the tribunals by which alleged violations of martial law are tried and determined. The membership of s

In this subsection, the term “military construction project” has the meaning given such term in section 2801 of this title .

v. Courl of Chivalry, Court, 93. Military feuds: genuine or original feuds, held in chivalry, by knight service; v. Tenure. Military law: regulations for the government of the army

In English law. Include the ancient court of chivalry and modern court-martial (q. v.) 3 Bl. Comm. 68, 103.

In this section, each of the terms "Executive department", "military department", and "independent establishment" has the meaning given such term in c

The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.

The term “military dependent students” refers to— (A) elementary and secondary school students who are dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and (B) elementary and secondary s

For purposes of this subsection, the term “military device” includes, but is not restricted to, shells, bombs, projectiles, mines, missiles, rockets, shaped charges, grenades, perf

What are the allowable limits of military discretion, and whether or not they have been overstepped in a particular case, are judicial questions.

“Military education and training” includes formal or informal instruction of foreign students in the United States or overseas by officers or employees of the United States, contra

The term “military equipment” means equipment used directly by the armed forces to carry out military operations. / The term “military equipment” includes all weapon systems, weapo

See Nbutbal- MILITARY FEU08. The genuine or original feuds wbieh were in the hands of military men, who performed military duty for their tenures.

The genuine or original feuds which were in the hands of military men, who performed military duty for their tenures.

The genuine or original feuds which were in the hands of mili-

“military forces of a state” means the armed forces of a state which are organized, trained, and equipped under its internal law for the primary purpose of national defense or secu

The dominion exercised by a general over a conquered state or province. It is a mere application or extension of the force by which the conquest was effected, to the end of keeping

the law which governs a civil court in the exercise of its jurisdiction over military habeas corpus applications cannot simply be assimilated to the law which governs the exercise

The term “military ID card” means a card or other form of identification used for purposes of demonstrating eligibility for any benefit from the Department of Defense.

The terms "facility" and "military installation" have the meanings given, respectively, in section 2801 of this title. / Military Installation Defined.—In this

The term “military installation resilience” means the capability of a military installation to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weathe

In this paragraph, the terms “military institution” 1 and “realignment” have the meanings given the terms in section 2910 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (P

The term "military judge" means a judge advocate designated under section 826(c) of this title (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or section 830a of thi

There are under the constitution three kinds of military jurisdiction; one to be exercised both in peace and war; another to be exercised in time of foreign war, without the bounda

The term “military labor organization” means any organization that engages in or attempts to engage in— (A) negotiating or bargaining with any civilian officer or employee, or with

In American law. Lands granted to soldiers for military services.

A system of regulation by acts of congress prescribing the rules and articles of war, and providing for the government of the army and discipline of the troops. 1 Kent, Comm. 377,

Military Law Enforcement Official.—In this section, the term “military law enforcement official” means a person authorized under regulations governing the armed forces to apprehend

The term “military legal assistance counsel” means— (A) a judge advocate (as defined in section 801(13) of this title ); or (B) a civilian attorney serving as a legal assistance of

The term "military magistrate" means a commissioned officer certified for duty as a military magistrate in accordance with section 826a of this title (article 26a).

The term “military medical cooperation” means any of the following: (A) Information exchange. (B) Medical interoperability, including credentialing of health care personnel. (C) Me

The term "military medical or dental position" means a position for the performance of health care functions within the armed forces held by a member of the armed forces.

In this subsection, the term "military medical treatment facility" means a facility described in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 1073d of this title. / The term &q

The term “military medicine” means any of the following: (A) Combat casualty care including trauma. (B) Military infectious disease. (C) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuc

The term “military munitions” means all ammunition products and components produced for or used by the armed forces for national defense and security, including ammunition products

In this section, the term “military musical unit” means a band, ensemble, chorus, or similar musical unit of the armed forces.

The danger must be immediate and impending; or the necessity urgent for the public service, such as will not admit of delay, and where the action of the civil authority would be to

The term “military nursing research” means research on the furnishing of care and services by nurses in the armed forces.

The term “military objective” means combatants and those objects during hostilities which, by their nature, location, purpose, or use, effectively contribute to the war-fighting or

Military occupation and control, to work this exception, must be actual; that is to say, not illusory, not imperfect, not transient; but substantial, complete, and permanent. Being

Those offenses which are cognizable by the courts military, as insubordination, sleeping on guard, desertion, etc.

The term “military operation” means a contingency operation as such term is defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10 . / The term "military operation" means a contingenc

The term “military operations” includes those operations involving members of the armed forces assisting in United States Government sponsored training of military personnel of a f

The instructions cannot change the nature of the transaction, or legalize an act which without those instructions would have been a plain trespass.

the use to which the property is to be put is the controlling test of its military or naval character. Military or naval use includes all property consumed by the armed forces or b

common-law rules governing private contracts have no place in the area of military pay. A soldier's entitlement to pay is dependent upon statutory right.

The term "military pay status" means a period of service where the amount of pay payable to a technician for that service is based on rates of military pay provided for u

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “military property” means any property which is an arm, ammunition, or implement of war designated in the munitions list published pursua

The term "military readiness" includes any training or operation that could be related to combat readiness, including testing and evaluation activities.

Military readiness activity.—The term "military readiness activity" has the meaning given that term in section 315(f) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act

In this section, the term "military record" means a document or other record that pertains to (1) an individual member or former member of the armed forces, or (2) at the

The term “military recruiter” means a person who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, has the primary duty to recruit persons for military service.

The term “military region” means the geographical area of responsibility assigned to the commander of a unified combatant command (excluding Europe and adjacent waters).

In this chapter, the term “military retirement and survivor benefit programs” means— (1) the provisions of this title creating entitlement to, or determining the amount of, retired

This military service is the same as that spoken of in the first section, to wit, in battle, or service as soldiers under the command of officers of the army.

The term "military sexual trauma" has the meaning given that term in section 1166 of this title. / The term "military sexual trauma" means, with respect to a ve

The term “military spouse” means, with respect to any employer, any individual who is married (within the meaning of section 7703 as of the first date that the employee is employed

The soldiery of the kingdom of Great Britain.

a place where troops are assembled, where military stores, animate or inanimate, are kept or distributed, where military duty is performed or military protection afforded,-where so

the term "military technician (dual status)" means an employee described in section 10216 of title 10;

The various tenures by knight service, grand serjeanty, cornage, etc., are frequently called "military tenures," from the nature of the services which they involve. 1 Steph. Comm.

In English law. A nuncupative will, — that is, one made by word of mouth, — ^by which a soldier may dispose of his goods, pay, and other personal chattels, without the farms

Military-to-Military Contacts Defined.—In this section, the term “military-to-military contacts” means contacts between members of the armed forces and members of foreign armed for

The term "military training route" means a training route developed as part of the Military Training Route Program, carried out jointly by the Administrator of the Federa

The term "military trauma care provider" means a member of the Armed Forces who furnishes emergency, critical care, and other trauma acute care services (including a phys

The term "military trauma team" means a complete military trauma team consisting of military trauma care providers.

The term “military treatment facility” means a facility referred to in section 1074(a) of title 10.

military tribunals, which are not courts in the sense of the Judiciary Article

the term “military-type training” includes training in means or methods that can cause death or serious bodily injury, destroy or damage property, or disrupt services to critical i

The term “military unaccompanied housing” means military housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces serving a tour of duty unaccompanied by dependents and trans

In this section, the term “military welfare society” means the following: (A) Army Emergency Relief. (B) Air Force Aid Society, Inc. (C) Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. (D) Coast

Knights, and, In Scotch law, freeholders.

The Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense. 'A body of citizens enrolled for military discipline.' And further, that ordinarily

the term “milk” means any class of cow's milk; / the term “milk” means any class of cow's milk marketed in the United States;

any person who purchases or handles milk within the state, for sale in the state, or sells milk within the state except when consumed on the premises where sold; and includes withi

A complicated engine or machine for grinding and reducing to fine particles grain, fruit, or other substance, or for performing other operations by means of wheels and a circular m