Law Dictionary

In this section, the term “multirater assessment” means a review that seeks opinion from members senior to the reviewee and the peers and subordinates of the reviewee.

The term "multi-stakeholder research and innovation partnership" means a partnership composed of any combination of two or more of the following: (A) Universities, colleg

In this section, the term “multistate and local development district or organization” means an entity— (1) that— (A) is a planning district in existence on May 13, 2002, that is re

In this paragraph, the term “multi-State apprenticeship program” means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program

Multistate Corridor Organization Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term "multistate corridor organization" means an organization of a group of States developed t

The term “multi-tier system of supports” means a comprehensive continuum of evidence-based, systemic practices to support a rapid response to students’ needs, with regular observat

The meaning of this word is not very certain. By some it is said that, to make a multitude, there must be ten persons, at least, while others contend that the law has not fixed any

Ten make a multitude. Co. Litt. 247. MULTITUDO ERRANTIUM NON PARIT error! patrocinium. The multitude of those MULTITUDO IMPERITORUM PERDIT curiam. A multitude of ignorant practitio

A multitude of erring ones does not furnish protection for error.

The multitude of those who err furnishes no countenance or excuse for error. 11 Coke, 75a. It is no excuse for error that it is entertained by numbers.

The great number of unskillful practitioners ruins a court. 2 Inst. 219.

A multitude of unskilful barristers destroy a court.

The term “multiyear contract” means a contract which by its terms is to remain in effect for a period which extends beyond the end of the fiscal year during which the contract is e

In old records. A wether sheep.

It is much more useful to bring forth a few worthy things than that men should be burdened with many useless things.

4 Coke, 20. It is more useful to pour forth a few useful things than to oppress men with many useless things.

A payment in grain for grinding grain.

In Scotchlaw. The quantity of grain or meal payable to the proprietor of 3 mill, or fo the multurer, his tacksmap, for manufacturing the corns. Ersk. Inat. 2, 9, 19,

In medical Jurisprudence, the complete drying up of the body as the result of burial in a dry, hot soil, or the exposure of the body to a dry, cold atmosphere.

Antic diversions In the Christmas holidays, suppressed in Queen Anne's time.

Peace.

Peace breach.

A receiving into favor and protection. Cowell.

mundbyrd, sax. In Saxon and old European law. A pledge or security for protection.

In old French law. A tribute paid by a church or monastery to their seignorial avou4s and vidames, as the price of protecting them. Steph. Leet 236.

MUNDEBURDE. A receiving into favor and protection. Cowell.

The name given to grants made in the early feudal ages, which were merely tenancies at, will, or during the pleasure of the grantor. Dalr. Feud. Prop. 198, 199; Wright, Ten. 19. MU

Qualified for office.

Strictly, this word applies only to what belongs to a city. Among the Romans, cities were called municipia. These cities voluntarily joined the Roman republic in relation to their

the term “municipal advisor”— (A) means a person (who is not a municipal entity or an employee of a municipal entity) that— (i) provides advice to or on behalf of a municipal entit

A contribution of money, lands, municipal bonds, etc., by a municipality to some private enterprise deemed to be of general benefit, to procure or encourage the construction thereo

Bonds, payable to bearer, issued by a municipal corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad, if issued in pursuance of a power conferred by the legislature, are valid comm

In our opinion, therefore, the municipalities of the territory of Oklahoma and of Indian territory were instrumentalities and agencies of the Federal government, with whose operati

Evidences of indebtedness issued by a municipality. In the ordinary commercial sense, they are negotiable bonds. Austin v. Nalle, 85 Tex. 620, 22 S. W. 068, 960. This class of secu

In Pennsylvania law. Claims filed by a city against property owners therein, for taxes, rates, levies, or assessments for local improvements, such as the eost of grading, paving, o

Under a broad grant of power, conferring, without restriction or limitation, upon the city of Vicksburg, the right to make a contract for a supply of water, it was within the right

A county, or other municipal corporation, has no inherent right of legislation, and cannot subscribe for stock in a public improvement, unless authorized to do so by the legislatur

corporations, as a general rule, may contract by parol, and, like individuals, they are liable for the negligent and unskilful acts of their servants and agents, whenever those act

In English law. A general statute (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76), passed in 1835, prescribing general regulations for the incorporation and government of boroughs.

General laws for the formation and government of cities and towns.

In English law. A general statute, (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76,) passed in 1835, prescribing general regulations for the incorporation and government of bor-ougbs.

Courts whose jurisdiction extends only to the limits of a municipality. They are sometimes so called in the statutes creating them, but sometimes have other designations.

Within its charter powers, the board has a discretion independent of courts, and no exercise of it will be held void for unreasonableness, unless so gross as to strongly suggest fr

The just rule of responsibility, and the one, we think, prescribed by the statute, whether the obstruction be by snow or by any other material, is the removal or abatement so as to

the term “municipal entity” means any State, political subdivision of a State, or municipal corporate instrumentality of a State, including— (A) any agency, authority, or instrumen

the term “municipal financial product” means municipal derivatives, guaranteed investment contracts, and investment strategies;

The municipal forfeiture under the non-intercourse act, was absorbed in the more general operation of the law of war. The property of an enemy seems hardly to be within the purview

That grants to municipal corporations, like grants to private corporations, are subject to the rule of strict construction... the power to grant an exclusive privilege must be expr

The term “municipal installation” includes, without limitation, schools, hospitals, police and fire protection systems, sewerage and refuse disposal plants, water supply and distri

a city, county, irrigation district, drainage district, or other political subdivision or agency of a State competent under the laws thereof to carry on the business of developing,

Such municipalities are mere emanations from the state, exercising such public power as the state chooses to grant.

The judge of a municipal court.

With respect to the conduct of a nation's own citizens upon the high seas, there is no question of international law, but solely of the purport of the municipal law which establish

the law of an individual state or nation. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. 1 Bl. Comm. 44. That which pertains solely to the

The municipal laws of a country cannot change the law of nations, so as to bind the subjects of another nation; and by the law of nations a neutral subject, whose property has been

A lien or claim existing in favor of a municipal corporation against a property owner for his proportionate share of a public improvement, made by the municipality, whereby his pro

the term “municipal obligation” means an obligation of— (i) a State or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) any agency or instrumentality of a State or any political subdivis

An officer belonging to a municipality; that is, a city, town, or borongh

“municipal or commercial waste” means solid waste (as defined in section 6903 of title 42) except— (A) solid waste identified and listed under section 6921 of title 42; (B) waste g

An ordinance of a municipal corporation.

A municipal by-law or ordinance, enacted by virtue of power for that purpose delegated by the legislature of the state, is a state law within the meaning of the Federal Constitutio

“municipal purposes” means and includes all purposes within municipal powers as defined by the constitution or laws of the State or by the charter of the municipality;

The term “municipal securities” means securities which are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, a State or any political subdivision the

The term “municipal securities broker” means a broker engaged in the business of effecting transactions in municipal securities for the account of others.

The term “municipal securities dealer” means any person (including a separately identifiable department or division of a bank) engaged in the business of buying and selling municip

The term “municipal securities investment portfolio” means all municipal securities held for investment and not for sale as part of a regular business by a municipal securities dea

The term “municipal solid waste” has the meaning given the term “solid waste” under section 1004(27) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6903 ), except that such term does

The authority to tax for the payment of municipal liabilities, in cases like this, is in the nature of a trust.

Where a State has authorized a municipal corporation to contract and to exercise the power of local taxation to the extent necessary to meet its engagements, the power thus given c

A municipal warrant or order is an instrument, generally in the form of a bill of exchange, drawn by an officer of a municipality upon its treasurer, directing him to pay an amount

The term “municipal waste” means refuse (and refuse-derived fuel) collected from the general public and from residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial sources consisti

The term “municipal waste energy project” means any facility (or portion of a facility) located in the United States primarily for— (i) the production of biomass fuel (and byproduc

The term “municipal water supply system” means the reservoirs, canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, and other surface facilities and systems constructed or installe

In Pennsylyvania law. Claims filed by a city against property owners therein, for taxes, rates, levies, or assessments for local improvements, such as the cost of grading, paving,

Plural of Municipium.

A Roman town or city which enjoyed self-government. See 37 Iowa, 542.

Any deed, document, or instrument of evidence whereby title appears. Mimiments of title is a general expression for all the means of evidence by which an owner, corporate or indivi

A house or room of strength, In cathedrals, collegiate churches, castles, colleges, public buildings, etc., purposely made for keeping deeds, charters, writings, etc. 3 Inst. 170.

The instruments of writing and written evidences which the owner of lands, possessions, or inheritances has, by which he is enabled to defend the title of his estate. Termes de la

In this section, the term “munition” has the meaning given that term by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

The term “munitions constituents” means any materials originating from unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or other military munitions, including explosive and nonex

The term "munitions debris" has the meaning given the term in volume 8 of the Department of Defense Manual Number 6055.09-M entitled "DoD Ammunitions and Explosives

the term "munitions item" means any item enumerated on the United States Munitions list 2 (without regard to whether the item is imported into or exported from the United

The term "Munitions List" means the United States Munitions List created and controlled under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778). / The term “Muni

In international law and United States statutes, thls term includes not only ordnance, ammunition, and other material directly useful in the conduct of a war, but also whatever may

A gift; an office; a benefice, or feud; a gladiatorial show or spectacle. Calv. Lex.; Du Cange.

A toll formerly levied in England for repairing or building public walls. St. Westminster I. c. 30.

Monuments made in walls. Owing to the difficulty or impossibility of removing them, secondary evidence may be given of inscriptions on walls, fixed tables, gravestones, and the lik

Murder is a technical term, of known and settled meaning; and, when used by the legislature, it imports the same, as if they had said, that the Court shall have jurisdiction, in a

A statutory degree of murder differing in different states, usually punishable by death. See 58 Pa. 9.

a killing (other than a first-degree murder) with malice aforethought.

Under it the killing of a human being is parricide, murder, or homicide, depending, not always on the intent, but upon the relation of the parties and the circumstances under which

To murder.

Murder.

A murderer.

In old English law. During the times of the Danes, and afterwards till the reign of Edward III., mujrdrum was the killing of a man in a secret manner, and in that it differed from

The service of work and labor done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in building or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage (q.

The service of work and labor done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in building or repairing the walls of a city or castle. Cowell.

A wall.

A feudal service for the repair of walls or; fortifications. See Murage .