Law Dictionary

3 Inst. Proem. Evll has not an efficient, but a deficient, cause.

Evil has not an efficient cause, but a deficient one.

Evil is not presumed. 4 Coke, 72; Branch, Princ.

Wickedness ls not presumed. Branch, Princ.; 4 Coke, 72a.

A thing wrong only because prohibited by law. The plural form is mala prohibita (q. v.)

The more common the evil, the worse. Branch, Princ. MALUM VENIENDl (Pr. mal de venue.) Misfortune or sickness, or accident happening to a party on his way to court. Bract, fol. 339

Bad; evil. Compare MAt. Mala. JBad; in or witli tiiat which is bad, evil, unlawful. Mala fides. Bad faith; opposed to tona fides. See Fides. Mala grammatica. Bad grammar, q. v. Mal

A bad custom ought to be abolished.

A bad or invalid custom is [ought] to be abolished. Litt § 212; Co. Litt 141; 1 Bl. Comm. 76; Broom, Max.' 921.

An evil custom is to be abolished. Co. Litt. 141; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 827; Litt. § 212; 5 Q. B. 701; 12 Q. B. 845; 2 Myline & K. 449.

Ill will. In some ancient records, this word signifies malicious practices, or crimes and misdemeanors.

malveys, Z. /r. In old English law. Bad; defective; faulty. Malveis procuronrs: a term applied to those who packed juries.

A warlike engine to batter and beat down walls.

Such as used to pack juries, by the nomination of either party in a cause, or other practice. Art. Sup. Chart, c. x. Cowell.

In French law. This word is applied to all punishable faults committed in the exercise of an office, such as corruptions, exactions, extortions, and larceny. Merlin, Repert.

The term “mammogram” means a radiographic image produced through mammography.

The term “mammography” means radiography of the breast.

The term "MA monthly basic beneficiary premium" means, with respect to an MA plan— (i) described in section 1395w–23(a)(1)(B)(i) of this title (relating to plans providin

The term "MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium" means, with respect to an MA plan, the base beneficiary premium (as determined under paragraph (2) or (8) (as

The term “MA monthly supplemental beneficiary premium” means, with respect to an MA plan, the portion of the aggregate monthly bid amount submitted under clause (i) of subsection (

The value of a man’s head.

A human being; a person of the male sex; a male of the human species above the age of puberty, as distinguished from a woman or a boy. 106 Wis. 346. In its most extended sen Se, th

This phrase comprehends all articlea or things, whether animal or vegetable, living or dead, which are used for food, and whether they are consumed in the form in which they are bo

Chains for the hands; shackles.

The terms “conserving”, “conservation”, “manage”, “managing”, and “management”, mean to sustain and, where appropriate, restore and enhance, healthy populations of fish, wildlife,

The term "managed aquifer recharge" means the intentional banking and treatment of water in aquifers for storage and future use.

The term "managed aquifer recharge project" means a project to incorporate managed aquifer recharge features into a water resources development project.

The term “managed care entity” means a medicaid managed care organization described in section 1396u–2(a)(1)(B)(i) of this title . / In this section, the term “managed care entity”

For purposes of this subsection, the term “managed care plan” shall mean health maintenance organizations and similar entities that contract at-risk with payors for the provision o

The term "managed service provider" means an entity that delivers services, such as network, application, infrastructure, or security services, via ongoing and regular su

The term “managed travel program” includes air, rental car, train, bus, dining, lodging, and travel management, but does not include rebates or refunds attributable to the use of t

The term “management” means any person who organizes, exercises control over, or administers or who is responsible for organizing, directing, or administering. / The terms “conserv

The term “Management and Operating contractor” means a management and operating contractor that manages a covered facility. / The term "Management and Operating contractor&quo

The term "Management Area" means the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area established by subsection (b).

In this section, the term "management cost" includes any indirect cost, any direct administrative cost, and any other administrative expense associated with a specific pr

The term “management decision” means the evaluation by the management of an establishment of the findings and recommendations included in an audit report and the issuance of a fina

Management Headquarters Activities.—The Secretary also shall designate as acquisition positions under subsection (a) those acquisition-related positions which are in management hea

Management Headquarters Activities.—The Secretary also shall designate as acquisition positions under subsection (a) those acquisition-related positions which are in management hea

For purposes of this subsection, the term “management measures” means economically achievable measures for the control of the addition of pollutants from existing and new categorie

building roads to reach the beaches and hiring staff to run the project.

“management official” means an individual employed by an agency in a position the duties and responsibilities of which require or authorize the individual to formulate, determine,

The term “management of parking supply” shall include any requirement providing that any new facility containing a given number of parking spaces shall receive a permit or other pr

Management is a broader term connoting direction and control for the purposes for which the vessel is used.

The failure to ventilate the cargo was not a 'fault or error in navigation or management' of the vessel. The management was of the cargo, within the meaning of sections 1 and 2 of

the terms “management plan” and “plan” mean the Steel Initiative Management Plan issued on April 1, 1987, by the Department of Energy, which establishes the management framework fo

The term “management program” includes, but is not limited to, a comprehensive statement in words, maps, illustrations, or other media of communication, prepared and adopted by the

The term “manager” means a person who receives compensation for service as an agent or representative of a boxer. / The term “manager” means any eligible management entity that has

The term “managerial capacity” means an assignment within an organization in which the employee primarily— (i) manages the organization, or a department, subdivision, function, or

those who formulate and effectuate management policies by expressing and making operative the decisions of their employer.

Members of the houses of parliament appointed to represent each house at a conference between the two houses. It is an ancient rule that the number of commons named for a conferenc

Members of the houses of parliament appointed to represent each house at a conference between the two houses. It is an an- ¢ienf rule that the number of commons named ior a confere

The terms “conserving”, “conservation”, “manage”, “managing”, and “management”, mean to sustain and, where appropriate, restore and enhance, healthy populations of fish, wildlife,

The managing agemt of a corporation is one exercising general powers and having general supervision over its affairs. 16 Wis. 220.

the term “managing employee” means, with respect to a provider, a person described in section 1320a–5(b) of this title ; and / The term “managing employee” means, with respect to a

The managing owner of a ship is one of severa! co-owners, to whom the others, or those of them whe join in the adventure, have delegated the management of the ship. He has authorit

The managing ovmer of a ship is one of several coowners, to whom the others, or those of them who join in the adventure, have delegated the management of the ship. He has authority

A mansion house or dwelling place. Cowell.

Men of a mean condition or of the lowest degree,

Inferior persons.

A compensation paid the relations of a murdered man by the murderer or his friends.

Recompense for killing a man.

A square piece of gold coin, commonly valued at thirty pence, Cowell.

In Roman law. A purchaser; one who took the articles sold in his hand (qui manu cepit); a formality observed in certain sales; a farmer of the public taxes. Calv. Lex.; Adams, Rom.

A bribe; a present from the donor's own hand.

In the Roman law. To sell, alienate, or make over to another; to sell with certain formalities. To sell a person; one of the forms observed in the process of emancipation. MANCIPAT

To enslave; to bind; to tie.

Lat. In Roman law. A certain ceremony or formal process anciently required to be performed, to perfect the sale or conveyance of res mancipi, (land, houses, slaves, horses or cattl

(Roman Law) A sale attended with certain essential formalities.

In Clvij Law. A form of testamentary disposition of property. “The testator, la the presence of five witnesses and a Ubripena, manclpates (i. e. sells) his estate (familia pecuniaq

I. In the Roman law. A slave; so called, because taken from the enemy by hand.

Lat. In Roman law. Co.rtain classes of things which could not be aliened or transferred except by means of a certain formal ceremony of conveyance calied "mancipatio," '(q. vt) The

The power acquired over a freeman by the mancipatio. To form a clear conception of the true import of the word in the Roman jurisprudence, it is necessary to advert to the four dis

A clerk of the kitchen or caterer, especially in colleges. Cowell.

In Spanish law. An obligation is said to be m,aneomunal when one person assumes the contract or debt of another, and makes himself liable to pay or fulfill it. Schmidt, Civ, Law, 1

In Spanish law. Commission; authority or power of attorney; a contract of good faith, by which one person commits to the gratuitous charge of another his affairs, and the latter ac

Blackstone, in the third volume of his Commentaries, page 110, defines a mandamus to be, 'a command issuing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any p

It is true it may exercise and must exercise quasi judicial duties, but its functions are defined, and, in the main, explicitly directed, by the act creating it. ... It may exercis

The court could not entertain an appeal from the decision of one of the Secretaries, nor revise his judgment in any case where the law authorized him to exercise discretion or judg

Mandamus, prohibition and injunction against judges are drastic and extraordinary remedies. As extraordinary remedies, they are reserved for really extraordinary causes.

The writ of mandamus will be granted by this court only when it is clear and indisputable that there is no other legal remedy.

Ordinarily mandamus may not be resorted to as a mode of review where a statutory method of appeal has been prescribed or to review an appealable decision of record.

The writ of mandamus is subject to the legal and equitable discretion of the court, and it ought not to be issued in cases of doubtful right. But it is the only adequate mode of re

The traditional use of the writ in aid of appellate jurisdiction both at common law and in the federal courts has been to confine an inferior court to a lawful exercise of its pres

Mandamus, prohibition and injunction against judges are drastic and extraordinary remedies... They should be resorted to only where appeal is a clearly inadequate remedy. We are un

the duty required of the Secretary by the resolution was to be performed by him as the head of one of the executive departments of the government, in the ordinary discharge of his

In civil law. The employing party in a contract of mandate. One who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requires, requests, or employs another to do some act for him. Inst.

The bailor in a contract of mandate. MANDATA LICITA STRICTAM RECIPIunt Interpretationem, sed illicita latam et extensam. Lawful commands receive a strict interpretation, but unlawf

I. In old English law. To command; to commit; to make return to a writ Mandare execatioui: to commit to execution, to put in execution. In the civil law. To give in charge; to comm

In French law. A mandatary. MANDATARIUS TERMINOS SIBI POSItos transgredi non potest. A mandatary cannot exceed the bounds of his authority. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 53.

Lawful commands receive a strict interpretation, but unlawful commands a broad and extended one. Bac. Max. reg. 16.

Lawful commands receive a strict interpretation, but unlawful ones receive a broad and elastic one.

I. In the civil law. A mandatary. Mandatarins terminos sibi positos transgredi uon potest: a mandatary cannot exceed the limits assigned hira.

A mandatary, which see.

A mandatary cannot transgress the limits of his powers.

The authority conferred upon the mandatary by the letter of attorney is special and limited, and his acts under it are valid only as they come within its scope and operation. He wa

The District Court had no power to set aside the judgment of the Supreme Court, its authority extending only to executing the mandate.

The term “mandated foreign national severance pay” means severance pay paid by a contractor to a foreign national employee the payment of which by the contractor is required in ord

I. In old English law. The mandate or warrant of court In the civil law. That kind of bailment in which one party gives something in charge to the other to do for him, and the latt

In Spanish law. The contract of mandate. Escriche.

PANES DE. Loaves of bread given to the poor upon Maundy Thursday.