Mertoim
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
STATUTE OF. An ancient English ordinance or statute (20 Hen. III. [1253]), which took its name from the place in the county of Surrey where parliament sat when it was enacted. 2 Inst. 79; Barr. Obs. St. 41, 46; Hale, Hist. Com. Law, 9, 10, 18. ME RUM (Lat.)
In old English law. Mere; naked or abstract. Merum jus, mere right. Bracton, fol. 31. Majus jus merum, more mere right. Id. See "Mere Right." MERX EST QUIDQUID VENDI Potest. Merchandise is whatever can be sold. 3 Mete. (Mass.) 365. See "Merchandisis."