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Law

Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38.

Lammas

it from a Saxon word, signifying loaf-mass, because on that day our forefathers made an offering of bread composed of new wheat], the gule or 1st of August, and the second of the four cross quarter-days of

Labourer

Parliament (see, e.g., 5 Eliz. c. 4) have vested in the justices of the peace the power of com-pelling persons not having any visible livelihood to go out to service in husbandry, or in certain specific trades,

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Maintenance

to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134. It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands,

Mainprize

[fr. main, Fr., and pris, taken]. The writ of mainprize, manucaptio, was a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties for a prisoner's appearance, usually called mainpernors, and to set him at large, 3

Michel-synoth

Michel-synoth, the great council of the Saxons, 1 Bl. Com. 147.

Major regalia

Major regalia, the greater rights of the Crown, such as regard the royal character and authority, 2 Steph. Com.

Justicies

sum; whereas by his ordinary power he was limited to sums under 40s, Fitz. N.B. 117; 3 Bl. Com. 36. As the sheriff could not, by this process, or the judgment to be obtained thereupon, arrest the

Money of account, money of measurement money of payment

introduced in the Council of States. [Constitution of India, Art. 109(1)] Money Bill, cannot be referred to Joint Committee, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 74. Money Bill, in

Molliter manus imposuit

case and state that he laid hands upon him gently (molliter manus imposuit) for this purpose, 3 Steph. Com.

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Law

Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38.

Lammas

it from a Saxon word, signifying loaf-mass, because on that day our forefathers made an offering of bread composed of new wheat], the gule or 1st of August, and the second of the four cross quarter-days of

Labourer

Parliament (see, e.g., 5 Eliz. c. 4) have vested in the justices of the peace the power of com-pelling persons not having any visible livelihood to go out to service in husbandry, or in certain specific trades,

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Maintenance

to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134. It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands,

Mainprize

[fr. main, Fr., and pris, taken]. The writ of mainprize, manucaptio, was a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties for a prisoner's appearance, usually called mainpernors, and to set him at large, 3

Michel-synoth

Michel-synoth, the great council of the Saxons, 1 Bl. Com. 147.

Major regalia

Major regalia, the greater rights of the Crown, such as regard the royal character and authority, 2 Steph. Com.

Justicies

sum; whereas by his ordinary power he was limited to sums under 40s, Fitz. N.B. 117; 3 Bl. Com. 36. As the sheriff could not, by this process, or the judgment to be obtained thereupon, arrest the

Money of account, money of measurement money of payment

introduced in the Council of States. [Constitution of India, Art. 109(1)] Money Bill, cannot be referred to Joint Committee, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 74. Money Bill, in

Molliter manus imposuit

case and state that he laid hands upon him gently (molliter manus imposuit) for this purpose, 3 Steph. Com.

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