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Molitura

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Toll paid for grinding at a mill; multure. Not used.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Toll paid for grinding at a mill: multure. MOLLITER MANUS IMPOSUIT (Lat.). He laid his hands on gently. In Pleading. A.plea in justification of a trespass to the person. It is a good plea when supported by the evidence; 12 Vlner, Abr. 182; Hamm. N. P. 149; where an amount of violence proportioned to the circumstances; Gates V. Lounsbury, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 427.; Scribner v. Beach, 4 Den. (N. Y.) 448, 47 Am. Dec. 2^; Davis v. Whitridge, 2 Strobh. (S. 0.) 232; Likes v. Van Dike, 17 Ohio 454; has been done to the person of another in defence of property; Com. v. Goodwin, 3 Cush. (Mass.) 154; Faris v. State, 3 Ohio St. 159; Newkirk v. Sabler, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 662; Porter v. Seiler, 23 Pa. 424, 62 Am. Dec. 341; see Jewett v. Goodall, 19 N. H. 662; Thompson v. State, 25 Ala. 41; or the

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob.

Molitura libera. Free grinding; a liberty to bave a mill without paying tolls to the lord. Jacob.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The toll or multure paid for grinding corn ata mill. Jacob.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The toll or multure paid for grinding com at a mill..Jacob. Molitura libera. Free grinding; a liberty to have a mill without paying tolls to the lord. Jacob. Mo Uiter manus imposuit. He gently laid hands upon. Technical words of pleading in justification in actions of trespass or assault, where the defendant justifies laying hands upon the plaintiff, as for the purpose of keeping the peace, or for the prevention of crime. When a person is sued for an assault he may, without denying it, set forth facts and plead molliter manus imposuit. From these words having been used in pleas, several of the justifications in trespass have come to be known by the phi-ase, as their name. Brown.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Toll paid for. grinding at a mill; multure. Not used. MOLITER MANUS IMPO-