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Maunder

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

(L. Fr.)

In old English law. To command; to return (a writ). Stat. Westm. 1, c. 45.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr.

In old English law. To command; to return, as a j Haxiin. A general principle; a postulate or axiom; a rule of general or universal application, upon which other rules are founded. Maxime,?. Chiefly; most of all. Maxime paci sunt contraria vis et injuria: the greatest enemies to peace are force and wrong.