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The tenth part of a cent in value.

Formerly called the "Penitentiary at Millbank." A prison at Westminster, for convicts under sentence of t Bansportation, until the sentence or order shall be executed, or the convi

or MILL LEAT. A trench to convey water to or from a mill. St. 7 Jac. I. c. 19.

A trench to convey water to or from a mill. St. 7 Jac. I. c. 19.

This term means merely coined money, and it is not necessary that it should be marked or rolled on the edges. Leach, C. C. 708.

Low meadows and other fields in the vicinity of mills, or watery places about mill-dams. Ene. Lond.

the right of A riparian proprietor to erect A Mill on his land and to use the power furnished by the stream for the purpose of operating the mill, with due regard to the rights of

In general, a parcel of land on or contiguous to a water-course, suitable for the erection and operation of a mill operated by the power furnished by the stream. See Occum Co. v. S

The name of a coin. The milreis of Portugal is taken as money of account, at the custom house, to be of the value of one hundred and twelve cents. The milreis of Azores is deemed o

the term “Milwaukee Railroad” means the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; and

A measure of weight.

Threats.

A toll or duty paid for selling grain by the Mina. Cowell.

To mine.

A plowman. Cowell.

He who spares the guilty menaces the innocent.

In its legal sense it means only the ability to will, to direct, to permit or assent. Mc Dermott v. Journal Ass’n, 43 N. J. L. 492, 39 Am. Rep. 606.

A testator must have a sound and disposing mind and memory. In other words, he "ought to be capable of making his will with an understanding of the nature of the business in person

A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores or other mineral substances are. token by digging. Webster; Marvel v. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11, 6 Sup. Ct 207, 29 L. Ed. 550

The term “mine land” means— (A) land subject to titles IV and V of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and (B)

any individual who works or has worked in or around a coal mine or coal preparation facility in the extraction or preparation of coal.

adj. Relating to minerals or the process and business of mining; bearing or producing valuable minerals. —Mineral district. A term occasionally used in acts of congress, designatin

The term “mineral activities” means any activity for, related to or incidental to mineral exploration, mining, and beneficiation activities for any locatable mineral on a mining cl

A term occasionally used in acts of congress, designating in a general way those portions or regions of the country where valuable minerals are mostly found, or where the business

Land valuable for coal is mineral land within the meaning of the public land laws.

Filing a claim to hold or purchase lands belonging to the public domain and valuable for the minerals they contain, implying a prior discovery of ore and the opening of a mine. U.

the exceptions of mineral land from pre-emption and settlement, etc., 'are not held to exclude all lands in which minerals may be found, but only those where the mineral is in suff

a mineral lease does not give the lessee anything approaching the full ownership of a fee patentee, nor does it convey an unencumbered estate in the minerals.

“mineral leasing law” means any Federal law administered by the Secretary authorizing the disposition under lease of oil or gas;

a term used to designate that group of statutes governing the leasing of public lands for gas and oil

As used in this section, the term “mineral property” has the meaning assigned to the term “property” in section 614(a).

The term “mineral resources” means all nonliving natural nonrenewable resources, including fossil fuels, minerals, whether metallic or nonmetallic, but does not include ice, water,

The term “minerals” includes oil, gas, sulphur, geopressured-geothermal and associated resources, and all other minerals which are authorized by an Act of Congress to be produced f

In old records. A miner. MINIMA POENA CORPORALIS EST MAjor quallbet pecuniaria. The smallest bodily punishment is greater than any pecuniary one. 2 Inst. 220. MINIME MUTANDA SUNT Q

See Inch.

The quantity of water which will escape from a ditch or reservoir through an orifice in its side one inch square, the center of the orifice being six inches below the constant leve

In the case of mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber, there shall be allowed as a deduction in computing taxable income a reasonable allowance for depletion

A mine is an excavation in the earth for the purpose of obtaining minerals. Mines of gold and silver belonged, at common law, to the sovereign; 1 Plowd. 810; 3 Kent 378, n.; Moore

For purposes of this section, the term “minimal amount” means not more than 15 percent of the total amount made available for distribution under section 2322(a)(1) of this title .

a defendant may not be called upon to do so unless he has had the 'minimal contacts' with that State that are a prerequisite to its exercise of power over him

uniformly construed to require only 'minimal diversity,' that is, diversity of citizenship between two or more claimants, without regard to the circumstance that other rival claima

the term “minimally sufficient sexual offender registration program” means any State sexual offender registration program that— (A) requires the registration of each offender who i

“minimal value” means a retail value in the United States at the time of acceptance of $100 or less, except that— (A) on January 1, 1981, and at 3 year intervals thereafter, “minim

The least bodily punishment is greater than any pecuniary one.

Things which have had a certain interpretation [whose interpretation has been settled, as by common opinion] are not to be altered. Co.. Litt 365; Wing. Max. p. 748, max. 202.

Those things which have had a certain interpretation should be changed least. See 9 Mont. 452, 8 L. R. A. 629, 23 Pac. 1018.

An old form of muniments (g. V.) Blount. The least possible quantity, amount or

Same as Muniments.

minimnm, Z. The least; the poralis est major qnalibet pecuniaria: ishment is greater than any pecuniary proximum: the least is the nearest to

"Minimum annual amortization charge" shall mean an amount equal to 2 per centum of the established investment, except that, in the case of a project where the real proper

In this paragraph, the term “minimum average operating speed” means— (i) 45 miles per hour, in the case of a HOV facility with a speed limit of 50 miles per hour or greater; and (i

The term “minimum base rate” means 11 percent.

The term “minimum basic research amount” means an amount equal to the greater of— (i) 1 percent of the average of the sum of amounts paid or incurred during the base period for— (I

due process requires some definite link, some minimum connection, between a state and the person, property or transaction it seeks to tax

due process requires only that in order to subject a defendant to a judgment in personam, if he be not present within the territory of the forum, he have certain minimum contacts w

The term “minimum disposition price” means 95 percent of the market value established by the Corporation. The chief executive officer, in the chief executive officer's discretion,

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “minimum enrollment period” means, with respect to an individual's enrollment with an organization or entity under a State plan, a period

The term “minimum essential coverage” has the meaning given such term by section 5000A(f). / For purposes of this section, the term “minimum essential coverage” has the meaning giv

The smallest is next to nothing.

The least is next to nothing. Bac. Arg. Low's Case of Tenures.

the term “minimum Federal Pell Grant” means the minimum amount of a Federal Pell Grant that shall be awarded to a student for any academic year in which that student is attending f

The term “minimum fractional ownership interest” means, with respect to each type of aircraft— (i) a fractional ownership interest equal to or greater than 1/16 of at least 1 subso

The term "minimum medical loss ratio" means, with respect to a State, a minimum medical loss ratio (as calculated under subsection (d) of section 438.8 of title 42, Code

The term “minimum population estimate” means an estimate of the number of animals in a stock that— (A) is based on the best available scientific information on abundance, incorpora

For purposes of this section and section 412(a)(2)(A), except as provided in subsection (f), the term “minimum required contribution” means, with respect to any plan year of a defi

For purposes of this section, the term “minimum required distribution” means the minimum amount required to be distributed during a taxable year under section 401(a)(9), 403(b)(10)

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “minimum-required qualified joint and survivor annuity” means the qualified joint and survivor annuity which is the actuarial equivalent

They include (a) written notice of the claimed violations of parole; (b) disclosure to the parolee of evidence against him; (c) opportunity to be heard in person and to present wit

“minimum safe freeboard” means the freeboard that the Secretary decides cannot be reduced safely without limiting the operation of the vessel.

The term “minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking” means the standards set forth in section 7106 of this title .

In this paragraph, the term “minimum threshold amount” means an amount, to be determined by the Commissioner, which shall not exceed the amount sufficient to demonstrate that an in

Such an amount as efficiency of the worker. The wage board for the fixing of legal minimum rates was originated in Victoria in 1896 and they have since been adopted In England and

The Act was not enacted to benefit contractors, but rather to protect their employees from substandard earnings by fixing a floor under wages on Government projects. The Act is a m

The least.

not merely the extraction of the ores or minerals from the ground but also the ordinary treatment processes normally applied by mine owners or operators in order to obtain the comm

A mining claim on public lands is a possessory interest in land that is 'mineral in character' and as respects which discovery 'within the limits of the claim' has been made.

This designation was formerly applied in England to the associations formed in London in 1825 for working mines in Mexico and South America; but at present it comprises, both in En

A mineral bearing country with defined boundaries in which the miners have prescribed local rules and regulations. See 11 Fed. (N. S.) 487, 8 Sawy. 100.

statutes governing the mining of hard minerals on public lands

See Mining.

The act of appropriating a mining claim upon the public domain, according to established law and rules. See 15 Colo. 201, 22 Am. St. Rep. 388, 24 Pac. 1076.

An association between the tenants in common of a mine, who work it together, and divide the profits in proportion to their several interests. 1 Mont. 224; 23 Cal. 198. It has been

The term “mining property” means any property (within the meaning of section 614 after the application of subsections (c) and (e) thereof) with respect to which any expenditures al

In Governmental Law. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is invested with the administration of some one of the principal branches of the government. Ministers are res

That which Is done under the authority of a superior; opposed to judicial; as, the sheriff is a ministerial officer bound to obey the judicial commands of the court. When an office

There is a class of cases which hold that if a public officer be required by law to do a particular thing, not involving the exercise of either judgment or discretion, he may be re

The term “Ministerial Conference” means the Ministerial Conference established under paragraph 1 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement.

duties of a character purely ministerial, and involving no exercise of judgment or discretion

Mandamus issues to compel an officer to perform a purely ministerial duty. It cannot be used to compel or control a duty in the discharge of which by law he is given discretion. Th

The administering authority shall establish procedures for the correction of ministerial errors in final determinations within a reasonable time after the determinations are issued

The ministerial exemption is a narrow one, intended for the leaders of the various religious faiths and not for the members generally.

the function of the Commission under the act was ministerial, to ascertain the facts with respect to the carrier's operating income by a comparison of the experience during the tes

Ministerial offices are those which give the officer no power to judge of the matter to be done, and which require him to obey some superior, many of which are merely employments r

if the officer or tribunal possess jurisdiction over the subject-matter upon which judgment is passed, with power to issue an order of process for the enforcement of such judgment,

Ministerial offices are those which give the officer no power to judge of the matter to be done, and which require him to obey some superior, many of which are merely employments r

See Power.

A phrase used in English conveyancing to denote powers given for the good, not of the donee himself exclusively, or of the donee himself necessarily at all, but for the good of sev

See TRUST.

Same as Dry trust.

Those which demand no further exercise of reason or understanding than every intelligent agent must necessarily employ; as, to convey an estate. They are a species of special trust