Mercenarius

A mercenary. MERGES (Lat.)

In civil law. Reward of labor in money or other things. As distinguished from pensis, it means the rent of farms (praedia rustid). Calv. Lex. MERCHANDISE (Lat. mera;). A term ineluding all those things which merchants sell, 'either wholesale or retail; as, drygoods, hardware, groceries, drugs, etc. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support but such as remain after having been used, or which are used only by a slow consumption. See Pardessus, note 8; Dig. 13. 3. 1; Id. 19. 4. 1; Id. 50. 16. 66; 8 Pet, (U. S.) 277; 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 335. Mere evidences of value, as bank bills, are not merchandise. "The fact that a thing is sometimes bought and sold does not make it merchandise." Story, J., 2 Story, C. C. (U. S.) 10, 53, 54. See 2 Mass. 467; 20 Nor are baggage (6. Fed. 413) tools or facilities (26 Ind. 294), or animals kept for use; though otherwise if they were imported for purpose of sale only (22 Vt. 655). MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT 1862. St. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 88. Its principal provision is that making it a misdemeanor to forge or falsely apply any trade-mark or indication of quality, or to sell any goods falsely marked. MERCHANT (Lat. mercator; merx). A man who traffics or carries on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and imports goods, and sells them by wholesale. Webster; Lex. Merc. 23. These are known by the name of "shipping merchants." See Comyn, Dig.; Dyer, 279b; Bac. Abr. "Merchants," in the statute of limitations, means not merely those trading beyond sea, as formerly held (1 Chanc. Cas. 152; 1 Watts & S. [Pa.] 469); but whether it includes common retail tradesmen, quaere (1 Mod. 238; 4 Scott, N. R. 819; 2 Pars. Cent. 369, 370. See, also, 5 Cranch [U. S.] 15; 6 Pet. [U. S.] 151; 12 Pet. [U. S.] 300; 5 Mason [U. S.] 505). According to an old authority, there are four species of merchants, namely, merchant adventurers, merchants dormant, merchant travelers, and merchant residents. 2 Brownl. 99. See, generally, 9 Salk. 445; Bac. Abr.; Comyn, Dig.; 1 Bl. Comm. 75, 260; 1 Pardessus, Dr. Com. note 78; 2 Show. 326; Bracton, 334. One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise. This applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise. 1 Watts & S. (Pa.) 469; 2 Salk. 445. The term does not include those who buy goods for the purpose of manufacture and subsequent sale. 33 Mo. 424. A commercial traveler is not a merchant (58 Miss. 478), nor is a farmer who raises produce for the market (3 T. B. Mon. [Ky.] 330), nor a speculator in stocks (8 Ben. [U. S.] 663).

A hireling or servant. Jacob.