Mil-Reis
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The name of a coin. The milreis of Portugal is taken as money of account, at the custom house, to be of the value of one hundred and twelve cents. The milreis of Azores is deemed of the value of eighty-three and one-third cents. The milreis of Madeira is deemed of the value of one hundred cents. Act March 3, 1843 (5 U. S. St. at Large, 625). MINA (Law Lat.)
In old English law. A measure of corn or grain. Cowell; Spelman. MINARE (Law Lat.) In old records. To mine or dig mines. Cowell. Minator, a miner. Id. To drive. Spelman. Minator carucae, a plough driver. Cowell. MINATUR INNOCENTIBUS QUI PARcit nocentlbus. He threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. 4 Coke, 45.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The name of a coin. The mll-reis of Portugal is taken as money of account, at the custom-house, to be of the value of one hundred and twelve cents. The mil-reis of Azores is deemed of the value of eighty-three and one-third cents. The milreis of Madeira is deemed of the value of one hundred cents; 5 Stat. at Large, 625.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The name of a piece of money in the coinage of Portugal, and the Azores and Madeira islands. Its value at the custom-house, according as it is coined in the first, second, or third of the places named, is $1.12, or 83} cents, or $1.