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Arma mutare

Arma mutare, to change arms, a ceremony observed in confirmation of a league or friendship, Blount...


Arma dare

Arma dare, to make a knight. The word 'arma' is here rendered a sword, though a knight was sometimes made by giving him the whole armour, Cowel....


Arma moluta

Arma moluta (arma emolita), sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise, Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, para 6...


Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam

Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam [Lat.], no one can change his purpose to the injury of another....


Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt

Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt [Lat.], The laws permit the taking of arms against armed persons...


Arma libera

Arma libera (free arms). When a servant was set free, a sword and lance were usually given to him. Cowel; Blount....


Arma reversata

Arma reversata, reversed arms, a punishment for a traitor or felon, Cowel....


Silent leges inter arma

Silent leges inter arma (4 Inst. 70), the laws are silent amidst arms....


Conduct

Conduct, means a person if (a) he is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction by a court in a category/territory of an offence constituted by the conduct, and (b) he has been sentenced for the offence, Office of the King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas [HL(E)] Lord Bingham of Cornhill [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65(1) (UK)]Means complained of or relied on in the warrant, Office of the King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas [HL(E)) (2005) 3 WLR 1079 [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65 (UK)]Conduct, is all the conduct, King's Prosecutor, Brussels v. Cando Armas (DC) (2005) 1 WLR 1389 [Extradition Act, 2003 (C 41), s. 65(3) (UK)]...


Merton, Statute of

Merton, Statute of (20 Hen. 3, c. 4, A.D. 1235), the first Act of Parliament passed, so called because it was enacted at the Priory of Merton, in Surrey, about nine miles from London. Its principal unrepealed provisions (1) allow the inclosure or 'approvement' of commons by lords of manors, provided that the freeholders have sufficient pasture (subject to the consent of the (English) Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (56 & 57 Vict. c. 57); (2) declare the illegitimacy of children born before marriage (see LEGITIMACY). It was in connection with provision (2) that the barons declared against any alteration, notwithstanding the request of the bishop that the law should be altered. 'Omnes Comites et Barones,' runs the statute, 'una voce responderunt quod nolunt leges, Angli' mutare qu' usitat' sunt et approbat'.' See BASTARD; INCLOSURE....


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