Madman

See Insanity. MitG. A kinsman. 2 Poll. & Maitl. 241. The larger group of individuals into which the Anglo-Saxon family were divided was called the inasgth or maegburh. At her marriage the wife did not become a member of her husband’s moegth but remained in her own. If she committed a wrong her own kindred were responsible therefor, and the wergild of the husband was paid to his ma3gth as was that of the wife to hers. The msegth of the wife entrusted to her husband the guardianship over her, but constantly watched over his administration of the trust and interfered to protect her if necessary. The children belonged to both the msegth of the father and to that of the mother. The organization of the ma3gth offered a natural means to the mutual guaranty of personal safety, but as civilization became more advanced both the church and the state encouraged every tendency to weaken the tie of kinship as it became so strong as to threaten the rights of the king. See Essays, Ang. Sax. Fam. L. 121; 2 Poll. & Maitl. 241. M>€GB0TE. A recompense for the slaying of a kinsman. Cowell. See Wercjiu). M/EGTH. See M.EO. MAGISTER AD FACULTATES (Lat.). In English Ecclesiastical Law. The title of an officer who grants dispensations: as, to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, and the like. Bacon, Abr. Eccles. Courts (A 5). MAGISTER CANCELLARI/E. In Old English Law. A master in chancery.