Law Dictionary

In old English law. A mansion or house. Spelman. —Mansum capitale. The manor-house or lord's court. Paroch. Antiq. 150.

A word sometimes used synonymously with kidnapping (q. v.). The latter is more technical. 4 Bla. Com. 219.

Domestic by nature; domesticated.

Tame. See "Animals."

The manor house. MANTHEOFF (Saxon). A horse thief. MANU BREVI (Lat.) In civil law. With a short hand. A term used in the civil law,

In old records. A long robe or mantle.

A horse-stealer,

To pick pockets.

Where' the parents of children born before marriage were subsequently married, the children were, at the wedding, placed under a cloak which was spread over the parents. They were

Engines to catch trespassers, now unlawful uniess set in a dwelling-house for defense between sunset and sunrise. 24 & 25 Viet c. 100, § 31.

The same as mainpernors, (q. v.)

That which is employed or used by the hand, of which a present profit may be made. Things in the manual occupation of the owner cannot be distrained for rent See Tools.

Delivery of personal property sold, donated, mortgaged, etc., by passing it into the "hand" of the purchaser or transferree, that is, by an actual and corporeal change of possessio

A giving of movable effects accompanied by real delivery which does not require any formality. La. Civ. Code, art. 1539.

The dally distributions of meat and drink to the canons and other members of cathedral churches for their present subsistence. Cowell.

Sworn obedience or submission upon oath. Co Vvell. ' MANUCAPTIO (Lat). In Old English Practice. A writ which lay for a man taken on suspicion of felony, and the like, who could not

The term manual labor, in its ordinary and usual meaning and acceptation, means labor performed by and with the hand or hands, and implies the ability for such sustained exercise a

With short hand, directly; briefly.

Lat. [from manus, hand, and capere, to take.] In old law and practice. To become surety; to offer one's self as a surety to redeem another from imprisonment, and to have him in cou

A writ which lay to admit to bail one taken on suspicion of felony, and who could not be admitted to bail by the sheriff.

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

Mainpernors (q. v.)

A building, the main or principal design or use. of which is to be a place for producing articles as products of labor. It is something more than a place where things are made. Fra

an article upon the material of which labor has been expended to make the finished product; that such product is often the result of several processes, each one of which is a separ

n. In patent law. Any useiul product made directly by buman labor, or by the aid of machinery directed and controlled by human power, and either from raw materials, or from materia

The term “manufactured” means to manufacture, produce, or assemble.

the India-rubber is not meant to be taxed as a manufacture, though so hardened and changed, unless, at the same time, it is put into a shape which is suitable for use, and adapted

Kind Ung.to a bundle, is manufactured. People v. Roberts, 20 App. Div. 514, 47 N. Y. Supp. 122. India rubber made into shapes suitable for use as shoes is manufactured within the m

The term “manufactured fiber” means any fiber derived by a process of manufacture from any substance which, at any point in the manufacturing process, is not a fiber.

For purposes of this section, the term “manufactured home” includes any elder cottage housing opportunity unit that is small, freestanding, barrier-free, energy efficient, removabl

“manufactured home construction” means all activities relating to the assembly and manufacture of a manufactured home including but not limited to those relating to durability, qua

“manufactured home safety” means the performance of a manufactured home in such a manner that the public is protected against any unreasonable risk of the occurrence of accidents d

The term “manufactured product” means— (I) a manufactured product which is a component of a qualified facility, as described in section 45Y(g)(11)(B) and any guidance issued thereu

Manufacture implies a change, but every change is not manufacture, and yet every change in an article is the result of treatment, labor, and manipulation. But something more is nec

manufacture is transformation,—the fashioning of raw materials into a change of form for use.' ... 'the word is now ordinarily used to denote an article upon the material of which

If federal jurisdiction could be created by assignments of this kind, which are easy to arrange and involve few disadvantages for the assignor, then a vast quantity of ordinary con

The term “manufacture, preparation, compounding, or processing” shall include repackaging or otherwise changing the container, wrapper, or labeling of any tobacco product package i

the term “manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing” shall include repackaging or otherwise changing the container, wrapper, or labeling of any drug package

one who is engaged in the business of working raw materials into wares suitable for use; who gives new shapes, new qualities, new combinations, to matter which has already gone thr

The term “manufacturer of a covered drug, device, biological, or medical supply” means any entity which is engaged in the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or conv

“Manufacturer of cigarette papers and tubes” means any person who manufactures cigarette paper, or makes up cigarette paper into tubes, except for his own personal use or consumpti

The term “manufacturer of processed tobacco” means any person who processes any tobacco other than tobacco products.

"Manufacturer of tobacco products" means any person who manufactures cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, or roll-your-own tobacco, except that such term

The terra manufacturing company does not include an aqueduct company. Dudley v. Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Co., 100 Mass. 183. The provision of 2 Rer. Stat. 415, § 33, — exempting from

In this section, the term “manufacturing allowance” means— (1) the amount by which the product price value of butter and nonfat dry milk manufactured from a hundred pounds of milk

Such as are engaged in "the production of some article, thing, or object, by skill or labor, out of raw material, or from matter which has already been subjected to natural forces.

Manufacturing Expert Defined.—In this section, the term “manufacturing expert” means manufacturing managers and workers having experience in the organization of production and educ

The term “manufacturing extension center” has the meaning given the term “Center” in section 278k(a) of title 15 .

The term “manufacturing facility” means any facility which is used in the manufacturing or production of tangible personal property (including the processing resulting in a change

The term “manufacturing technology” means techniques and processes designed to improve manufacturing quality, productivity, and practices, including quality control, shop floor man

The term “Manufacturing USA institute” means a Manufacturing USA institute described in section 278s(d) of title 15 .

With strong hand. Used in writs of trespass.

In civil law. With a long hand; indirectly or circuitously. Calv. Lex.

All persons capable in law to make a valid will and testament, may grant freedom to, and effect the manumission of any slave or slaves belonging to such person or persons, by his,

no particular mode of emancipation is specified, either by the act of 1777, or of 1801. As between the master and the slave, the intent and volition of the master to emancipate, ma

To emancipate or set free; to give liberty to a bondman or slave. Manumitted: emancipated; set free from bondage or slavei-y. Manumission: the act of discharging or emancipating a

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

Co. Litt. 137. To manumit is the same as to place beyond hand and power.

or MONUNG. In old English law. The district within the jurisdiction of a reeve, apparently so called from his power to exercise therein one of his chief functions, viz., to exact (

In old English law. The district within the jurisdiction of a reeve, apparently so called from his power to exercise therein one of his chief functions, viz., to exact (omanian) ni

See Mannopus.

In old English law. A foot of full and legal measure,

Lat In Roman law. The hire or wages of labor; compensation for labor or services performed. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 413.

In old English law. Capable of being had or held in hand; capable of manual occupation; capable of being cultivated; capable of being touched; tangible; corporeal. Hale, Anal. § 24

To cultivate or work on. See Mainovre .

A hand; an oath.

e a writing of any kind, as opposed to printed matter or a picture; a book, paper or document in written characters. In copyright law, an unpublished literary production, however p

An- unpublished writing, or one that has been published without the consent of the person entitled to control it.

A form of marriage in early Rome; it fonned a relation called manus (hand) and brought the wife into the husband’s power, placing her as to legal rights in the position of a daught

A dead hand; mortmain. Spelman.

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. Cowell.

Denotes multitude, but not majority. Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hall, 87 Ala. 708, 6 South. 277, 4 L. R. A. 710, 13 Am. St Rep. 84.

In old Scotch law. Mayhem; mutilation of the body of a person. Skene.

The term “Map” means the map entitled “Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge NCA—1/22/99”. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in t

In this part, except as provided in this subsection, the term “MA payment area” means— (A) with respect to an MA local plan, an MA local area (as defined in paragraph (2)); and (B)

The term “MA–PD plan” means an MA plan that provides qualified prescription drug coverage. / The term "MA–PD plan" has the meaning given such term in section 1395w–101(a)

The term "MA plan" has the meaning given such term in section 1395w–28(b)(1) of this title. / The term "MA plan" has the meaning given such term in section 1395

In this section, the term "maple-sugaring" means the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.

The terms "map" and "mapping" mean activities that provide comprehensive data and information needed to understand sea floor characteristics, including depth, t

The term “maquiladora” means an entity located in Mexico that assembles and produces goods from imported parts for export to the United States.

In old records. A mere or moor; a lake, pool or pond; a bog or marsh that cannot be drained. Cowell'; Blount; Speiman.

One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merlin, Eepert. See Halleck,

Same as March.

The rent of a mark by the year anciently reserved in leases, etc.

The name of a coin. The marc-banco of Hamburg, as money of account, at the custom house, is deemed and taken to be of the value of thirty-five cents. Act March 3, 1843.

In Scotch law. A boundary line. Bell, Diet.; Ersk. Inst. 2. 6. 4.

In French mercantile law. Damaged goods.

In old English law. Nobles who lived on the Marches, and had their own laws, and power over life and death, as if they were petty princes. Camden; Jacob. Abolished by St. 27 Hen. V

Boundaries; frontiers.

COURT OF. An abolished tribunal in Wales, where pleas of debt or damages, not above the value of £50, were tried and determined. Cro. Car. 884.

An abolished tribunal in Wales, where pleas of debt or damages, not above the value of f5O, were tried and determined. Cro. Car. 384.

In Old Scotch Law. A custom for the lord of a fee to lie the first night with the bride of his tenant. Abolished by Malcolm

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

A dignity in a woman corresponding to that of marquis in a man, and obtained either by creation or by marriage with a marquis. Wharton. MARESCALLUS (from German, march, horse, and

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

The sea.

The high seas.

The open sea.