Man

A human being; a person of the male sex; a male of the human species above the age of puberty, as distinguished from a woman or a boy. 106 Wis. 346. In its most extended sen Se, the term includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children. Examples: "Of offenses against man, some are more immediately against the king, others more immediately against the subject." Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 2, § 1. "Offenses against the life of man come under the general name of 'homicide,' which in our law signifies the killing of a man by a man." Id. bk. 1, c. 8, § 2. In a statute prohibiting fornication it vrill be held to include all male persons who have arrived at the age of puberty, 106 Wis. 346. It was considered in the civil or Roman law that, although "man" and "person" are synonymous in grammar, they had a different acceptation in law. All persons were men, but not all men— for example, slaves —were not persons, but thiugs. See Barr,

A human being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty. In its most extended sense the term includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children: examples: “of offences against man, some are more Immediately against the king, other.s more immediately against the subject," Hawk. PI. Cr. b. 3, c. 2, s. 1. “Offences against the life of man come under the general name of homicide, which in our law signifies the killing of a rhan by a man." Id. book 1, e. 8, s. 2, It was considered in the civil or Roman law that although man and person are synonymous in grammar, they had a different acceptation in law; all persons were men, but all men — for example, slaves — were not persons, but things. See Barringt. Stat. 216.

A human being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty.

In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory. The Anglo-Saxon relation of lord and man was originally purely personal, and founded on mutual contract. 1 Spence, Ch. 37.

— Man of straw. See Men of Straw.

In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory.

A buman being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty.

In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory. The Anglo-Saxon relation of lord and man was originally purely personal, and founded on mutual contract. 1 Spence, Ch. 37.

l.'include's all human be Jng Bpjr any human being whether male or.Xemale: as, in the expressions, offenses a,gainst man, manslaughter, material-man, remainder^' man, warehouseman, and perhaps- bondsman. Compare Hojao; Person. 3. Restricted to males — adults: as, in aldermanj assemblymah,"cbngressman, juryma-nT'talSSHianr " In a statute, " single man" and "married man" may be taken in a generic sense, and the former include an unmarried woman. ^ " When any man shall die leaving minor children and no widow," in a statute of descents, " man " will include a woman who dies leaving a minor child, and no husband.* See Gender. 3. In feudal law, a vassal. See Feud. Man of straw. See Straw. MANAGtE.s To direct, control, govern, administer, oversee. It is not easy to establish a rule as to what may be considered " unmanageableness " in a horse, and much depends upon the circumstances of each case.^ Management. 1. The management of an engine consists in part of the management of whatever generates the motive force. ' 3. The body of persons who have charge of the affairs of a corporation. See Director. Manager. 1. An officer of a corporation chosen to superintend its affairs. An ambiguous word, since it may mean either a person retained generally to represent the principal in his absence, or one who has the superintendence of a particular contract or job, in which latter case he is like a fellow- workman. 8 General manager. The person who really has the most general control over the affairs of a corporation, and who has knowledge of all its business and property, and who can act in emergencies on his own responsibility. 1 2 Bl. Com. 420; 4 id. 5-10; 101 ir..S. 831; 108 id. 150; 31 F. R. 451. '^ F.: L. male, ill, unlawful; versatio, behavior. = Silver v. Ladd, 7 Wall. 326 (1868). « Smith V. Allen, 31 Ark. 871 (1876). ' F. manege, control of a horse, handling: L. mantis, a hand. « Spaulding v. Winslow, 74 Me. 636 (1883): 3 Cliff. 81; ' 100 Mass. 49; 185 id. 583; 132 id. 49; 73 N. Y. 365; 81 Pa. 50; 2 Thomp. Neg. 1207, cases. He may be considered as the "principal ofl Scer." 1 Managing agent. An agent having general supervision over the affairs of a corporation. ^ Distinguishes a peraon, representing a corporation, who is invested with general power, involving the exercise of judgment and discretion, from an ordinaryagent or employee who acts in an inferior capacity, and under the discretion and control of superior authority, both in regard to the extent of the work and the manner of executing it.^ Such agent need not have charge of the whole business of the corporation.* In several cases in New York, it has been held that "managing agent" means a person exercising the functions of an officer in the contrpl and management of the business of a company or corporation, and does not include a pereon having charge of some special work, as, a baggage-master in respect to baggage, or a person employed to purchase horses and feed, or an assistant secretary, or a person who sells tickets, or who has charge of the transfer of the stock and the transmission of assessments. The adjudications have not gone so far as to hold that no agent is a " managing agent " who does not participate in the control of every part of the corporate business, and of every corporate act. Still less has such construction been given where it would defeat justice, and enable a corporation to violate the law with impunity." See Principal, 4, Vice. 3. In England and Canada, the chief executive oi Bcer of a branch bank. 3. A member of the impeaching branch of a legislature, selected to assist as counsel at a trial. '

1. In jurisprudence, as in the vernacular, may include all human beings, as in the expression, offences against man; homicide is taking the life of man; manslaughter, &c. Or it but excluding females. Or it may be restricted to adult males. Man, as used in Gantt's Dig. § 7, regulating descent of property, " when any man shall die leaving minor children and no widow," includes a woman; and the statute applies, when a woman dies, leaving a minor child and no husband. Smith v. Allen, 31 Ark. 268. 2. In feudal law, man is used in the sense of vassal. Man, Isle of. An island in the Irish Sea, off the coasts of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. It was formerly a distinct territory; but by 5 Geo. III. ch. 26, 39, the whole island and all its dependencies, except the landed property and some other rights belonging to the Athol family, were inalienably vested in the crown, and subjected to the regulations of the British excise and customs. Wharton.

is a human being. This definition includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children: examp'es; “of offences against man, some are more immediately against the king, others inore immediately against the subject.” Hawk. P. C. book 1, c. 2, 8. 1. ‘Offences against the life of man come under the general name of homicide, which m our law signifies the killing of a man by a man.” fb. book 1, c. 8,s. 2.

In a more confined sense, man means a person of the male sex; and sometimes it signifies a male of the human species above the age of puberty; vide Rape. It was considered in the. civil or Roman law, that although man and person are synonymous in grammar, they had a different acceptation in law; all persons were men, but all men,’ for example, slaves, were not persons, but things.;