Moderator
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A person appointed to officer of town meetings in New England Is so called. MODICA CIRCUMSTANTIA FACTI JUS mutat. A small circumstance attending an act may change the law. MODIUS (Lat.)
In old English law. A bushel. Cowell; Spelman. A larger measure, of uncertain quantity. Id. A measure of land. Id. MODO ET FORMA (Lat. in manner and form).
In pleading. Technical words used to put in issue such concomitants of the principal matters as time, place, etc., where these circumstances were material. Their use when these circumstances were immaterial was purely formal. The words were translated literally, when pleadings began to be made in English, by "in manner and form." See Lawes, PI. 120; Gould, PI. c. 6, § 22; Steph. PL 213; Dane, Abr. Index; Viner, Abr. "Modo et forma."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A person appointed to preside at a popular meeting; sometimes he is called a chairman. The presiding officer of town meetings in New England is so called. MOD I AT 10. A certain duty paid for every tierce of wine. Mon. Angl. t. li. 144. MOD ids. A measure, usually a bushel. MODO ET FORMA (Lat. in manner and form). Technical words used to put in issue such concomitants of the principal matters as time, place, etc., where these circumstances were material. Their use when these circumstances were immaterial was purely formal. The words were translated literally, when pleadings began to be made in English, by “in manner and form.” See Lawes, PI. 120; Gould, PI. c. 6, § 22; Steph. PI. 213; Dane, Abr. Index; Viner, Abr. Modo et Forma.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A chairman or president of an assombly. A person appointed to preside at a popular meeting. The presiding officer of town-mectings in New England is 80 called.