Law Dictionary

“money due” means the pay and allowances due on account of the services of a deceased employee for the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia

shares of stock or other interests owned by individuals in all enterprises in which the capital employed in carrying on its business is money, where the object of the business is t

To establish the invalidity, it is necessary to prove not only that the plaintiffs were empowered by law and authorized by their stockholders to engage in a competitive line of bus

In New York law corporations formed under or subject' to the banking or insurance law, and they include every corporation having banking powers, or having the power to make loans u

Such an action, though brought at law, is in its nature a substitute for a suit in equity; and it is to be determined by the application of equitable principles. In other words, th

The so-called 'money in bank' is not cash or physical property of the corporation but is an indebtedness owing by the bank to the corporation by virtue of the deposit account.

There is no real difference between “money in hand’’ and “ready money.’’ 12 L. J. Ch. 387.

One which requires the payment of money, as disting-

A phrase sometimes applied to money held upon trust to be laid out in the purchase of land. See Conversion.

The term “money laundering” means the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, or through a country, or into, out of, or through a financial institution.

The term “money laundering and related financial crime”— (A) means the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, or through the United States, or into, out

The term “money laundering offense” means any criminal offense under section 1956 or 1957 of title 18 or under section 5322 of title 31 .

An act On England of 1900, regulating loans on expectan-

In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in an action ot assumpsit ioj; that the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff for money lent. To recover, the plaintiff must prov

The return on execution that the amount has been collected thereon.

money obtained by the individual debtor's fraud.

In French law. Earnest money. So called because given at parting, in completion of the bargain. Poth. Sale, 507. Arrhes is the usual French word for earnest money; "money of adieu"

a specific commercial product labeled as such on the instrument and sold to low-income individuals in small amounts.

One of the post-offices authorized to draw or pay money orders.

In pleading. The technical name of a declaration in assumpsit, in which the plaintiff declares for money paid for the use of the defendant.

parts of Engnew lord on the death of the old. newly, or by purchase. otherwise than by descent; profits husband and wife. common-law writ formerly lying for who refused to acquit h

surplus or undivided profits held by societies for savings or banks having no capital stock, gold and silver coin, bank notes of solvent banks in actual possession, and every depos

A money broker. The name was also formerly applied in England1 to a person (generally an attorney or solicitor) whose business was to find investments for the money of his clients,

the term “money transmitting” includes transferring funds on behalf of the public by any and all means including but not limited to transfers within this country or to locations ab

The term “money transmitting business” means any business other than the United States Postal Service which— (A) provides check cashing, currency exchange, or money transmitting or

The term “money transmitting service” includes accepting currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency and transmitting the currency, funds, or value that substitutes for

In parliamentary language, an act by which revenue is directed to be raised, for any purpose or in any shape w Waeissever, either for governmental purposes, and collected from the

A dealer or seller. It is seldom or never used alone or otherwise than after the name of any commodity, to express a seller of such commodity.

In English Law. A court which had the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the ecclesiastical courts in respect of divorces a menea et thoro, suits o£ nullity of marriage, suits of j

or MONEYER (Law Lat. monetarius). In old English law. A minister of the mint, who made and coined the king's money. There were several of these moniers or workmen; "some to shear t

Ministers of the mint; also bankers. Cowell.

Ministers of the mint; also bankers. Cowell.

A memorial, superscription or record.

A summons in admiralty and ecclesiastical courts.

The term "monitor" means to acquire, identify, or scan, or to possess, information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information system. / The term “monit

The term “monitored retrievable storage facility” means the storage facility described in section 10161(b)(1) of this title .

“monitoring” means the process of periodic review of the primary inspection agencies, by the Secretary or by a State agency under an approved State plan pursuant to section 5422 of

The term "monitoring report" means a report, the contents of which are formulated and prepared by the holder of an agricultural land easement, that accurately documents w

In ecclesiastical law. The process of an official, a bishop, or other prelate having jurisdiction, issued to compel, by ecclesiastical censures, those who know of a crime, or other

Communications of warning and admonition sent from an ecclesiastical judge, upon information of scandal and abuses within the cognizance of his court.

A government by one person only.

A monarch who governs alone; an absolute governor.

The state of having only one husband or one wife at a time. A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion of all the rest of mankind. The term is used in opposi

A character or cipher composed of one or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name. A signature made by monogram would perhaps be binding provided it could be There

A special treatise upon a particular subject of limited range; a treatise or commentary upon a particular branch or division of a general subject

Single combat.

In medical jurisprudence. Insanity only upon a particular subject, and with a single delusion of the mind. The most simple form of this disorder is that in which the patient has im

One suffering from monomania.

Persons who are insane upon some one or more subjects, and apparently sane upon all others. 2 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 34, 37.

CUM UNUS SOlus aliquod genus mercaturae unlversum emit, pretium ad suum libitum statuens. It is said to be a monopoly when one person alone buys up the whole of one kind of commodi

A monopoly is said to exist when one person alone buys the whole of some sort of merchandise, fixing the price to his own fancy.

11 Coke, 86. It is said to be a monopoly when one person alone buys up the whole of one kind of commodity, fixing a price at his own pleasure.

A monopoly.

The offense of monopoly under § 2 of the Sherman Act has two elements: (1) the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market and (2) the willful acquisition or maintenance of

the joint acquisition or maintenance by the members of the conspiracy formed for that purpose, of the power to control and dominate interstate trade and commerce in a commodity to

the giving of an exclusive privilege for buying, selling, working, or using a thing which the public freely enjoyed prior to the grant.

the power to control prices or exclude competition.

The title of the chief judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Now obsolete. See Lord Chief Justice of England.

A principle asserting the right of the United States to resist European interference with the government of American republics.

An animal which has a conformation contrary to the order of nature. 2 Dungl. Hum. Phys. 422. A monster, although born of a woman in lawful wedlock, cannot inherit. Those who have,

I. fr. In English law. A showing. Moustrans de droit: a showing or manifestation of right; one of the common-law methods of obtaining restitution from the crown of either real or p

Showing or proving the right.

A showing of deeds; a profert of deeds. See Profert .

WRIT OF. In English law. A writ which lies for the tenants of ancient demesne who hold by free charter, and not for those tenants who hold by copy of court roll, or by the rod, acc

monstraverunt, I. A writ for tenants in ancient demesne who were distrained for duties or services contrary to their liberties. for

A box in which relics are kept; also a muster of soldiers. Cowell.

One of the states of the United States. Congress, by an act approved May 26, 1864 (R. S. § 1903), created the territory and defined Its boundaries, providing also that the United S

Joshua. A commercial dictionary, containing the present state _ of mercantile law, practice, and custom. Ist Amer. Edn. 38 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1804. MOZLEY (Herbert Newman) an

In Spanish law. Forests or woods. White, New Recop. hi 2, tit 1, c. 6, § 1.

or MONTS DE PIete. Institutions established by public authority for lendii;ig money upon pledge of goods. In these establishments a fund is provided, with suitable warehouses, and

a calendar, and not a lunar month.

For purposes of subdivision (1), the term “monthly compensation base” means the amount— (i) of $400 for calendar months before January 1, 1984; (ii) of $600 for calendar months aft

Interest subsidy payments shall be on mortgages on which the mortgagor makes monthly payments towards principal and interest equal to an amount which would be required if the mortg

“monthly pay” means the monthly pay at the time of injury, or the monthly pay at the time disability begins, or the monthly pay at the time compensable disability recurs, if the re

A divisiop of a year, being either a lunar month, consisting of twenty-eight days or four weeks, or a calendar month, consisting of from twenty-eight to thirty-one days. At common

The terms “Montreal Protocol” and “the Protocol” mean the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of th

The term "Monument" means the Oregon Caves National Monument established by Presidential Proclamation Number 876 (36 Stat. 2497), dated July 12, 1909. / The term "Mo

Those monuments which we call records are the marks of truth and antiquity.

Co. Litt 118. Monuments, which we call "records," are the vestiges of truth and antiquity.

Ordinarily surveys are so loosely made, and so liable to be inaccurate, especially when made in rough or uneven land or forests, that the courses and distances given in the instrum

mooimentum, 1. 1. In the civil and common law. A monument; a memorial; a chronicle or record. Monnmenta quse nos recorda vocamus sunt veritatis et vetustatis vestigia: the memorial

In Norman law. Moneyage. A tax or tribute of one shilling on every hearth, payable to the duke every three years, in consideration that he should not alter the coin. Hale, Com. Law

A writ founded on Magna Carta, which lies for him who is amerced in a court, not of record, for any transgression beyond the quality or quantity of the offence; it is addressed to

In Hindu law. An agent or attorney.

In Hindu law. A written authority constituting an agent; a power of attorney.

Intoxicating liquor unlawfully made or sold. See 131 N. C. 701, 42 S. E. 443.

An officer in the Isle of Man, who summons the courts for the several sheadings. The office is similar to the English baillff of a hundred.

A sum due by law or usage for mooring or fastening of ships to trees or posts at the shore or to a wharf. Wharf Case, 3 Bland (Md.) 373.

In maritime law. The securing of a vessel by a hawser or chain, or otherwise, to the shore, or to the bottom by a cable and anchor. The being "moored in safety," under a -policy of

A federal court is without power to decide moot questions or to give advisory opinions which cannot affect the rights of the litigants in the case before it.

Subject to argument; unsettled; undecided.

In English law. An argument of causes by way of exercise; an argument of fictitious causes, with formalities resembling those of a court. Moot court: a court held for the arguing o

In old English law. A pack of dogs. Cowell.

The duty of the court is limited to the decision of actual pending controversies, and it should not pronounce judgment upon abstract questions, however such opinion might influence

The question involved in the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission are usually continuing (as are manifestly those in the case at bar), and these considerations ought not to

A court where moot questions are argued. Webster. In law schools this is one of the methods of instruction. An undecided point of law is argued by students appointed as counsel on

The place where moot cases were argued. Also a council-chamber, hall of judgment, or town-hall.

Hill of meeting (gemot), on which the Britons used to hold their courts, the judge sitting on the eminence, the parties, etc., on an elevated platform below. Enc. Lond.

The exercise of arguing questions of law or equity, raised for the purpose. See Moot.

One of those who used to argue the reader's cases in the inns of court. MORA (Lat.) In the civil law. Delay; default; neglect; culpable delay or default. Calv. Lex.