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Mainprize

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...

Mandate

Mandate [fr. mandatum, Lat.], a judicial command, charge, commission. Also, a bailment of goods, without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them. The person employing is called...

Mandatum

Mandatum, a fee or retainer given by the Romans to the procuratores and advocati. Mandatum is also used in the sense of a command from a superior to an inferior. See also MANDATE.

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Marshal

Marshal, in the House of Commons, there is a Sarjeet at arms to attend upon the speaker, appointed by the Queen; some of his duties are to attend the speaker, with the make, on entering and...

Marshal or Mareschal

Marshal or Mareschal, primarily denotes an officer who has the care or command of horses. An officer called a marshal attends each judge on the assizes (being paid by the Treasury two guineas a day during...

Master

Master [fr. meester, Dut.; maistre, Fr.; magister, Lat.], a director; a governor; a teacher; one who has servants; the head of a college; the captain of a ship; an officer of the Supreme Court; and see...

Master, servant and independent contractor

Master, servant and independent contractor, A master is one who not only prescribes to the workman the end of his work, but directs or at any moment may direct the means also, or, as it has...

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday [fr. maund, Sax., an alms-basket, or dies mandati, Lat., the day of the command], the day preceding Good Friday, on which princes give alms

Imperium

Imperium, right to command, an attribute of execu-tive power.

Hung Parliament

Hung Parliament, is the Parliament wherein no party has won a working majority, Reader's Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary, 1984, p. 823. The result of a hung Parliament is either a minority Government or a coalition which...

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Mainprize

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...

Mandate

Mandate [fr. mandatum, Lat.], a judicial command, charge, commission. Also, a bailment of goods, without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have some act performed about them. The person employing is called...

Mandatum

Mandatum, a fee or retainer given by the Romans to the procuratores and advocati. Mandatum is also used in the sense of a command from a superior to an inferior. See also MANDATE.

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Marshal

Marshal, in the House of Commons, there is a Sarjeet at arms to attend upon the speaker, appointed by the Queen; some of his duties are to attend the speaker, with the make, on entering and...

Marshal or Mareschal

Marshal or Mareschal, primarily denotes an officer who has the care or command of horses. An officer called a marshal attends each judge on the assizes (being paid by the Treasury two guineas a day during...

Master

Master [fr. meester, Dut.; maistre, Fr.; magister, Lat.], a director; a governor; a teacher; one who has servants; the head of a college; the captain of a ship; an officer of the Supreme Court; and see...

Master, servant and independent contractor

Master, servant and independent contractor, A master is one who not only prescribes to the workman the end of his work, but directs or at any moment may direct the means also, or, as it has...

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday [fr. maund, Sax., an alms-basket, or dies mandati, Lat., the day of the command], the day preceding Good Friday, on which princes give alms

Imperium

Imperium, right to command, an attribute of execu-tive power.

Hung Parliament

Hung Parliament, is the Parliament wherein no party has won a working majority, Reader's Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary, 1984, p. 823. The result of a hung Parliament is either a minority Government or a coalition which...

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