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Mainovre

Mainovre, 1. A trespass committed by hand. 2. Manual labour. Also spelled mainoeuvre, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 964.

Mainovre or Main'uvre

Mainovre or Main'uvre, a trespass committed by hand. See 7 Rich. 2, c. 4.

malice in law, which merely denotes absence of legal excuse. To amount to murder, a killing must be committed with 'malice aforethought.' A aforethought does not necessarily imply premeditation, but it implies intention, which must necessarily precede

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Marischal

an officer in Scotland, who, with the Lord High Constable, possessed a supreme itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the Court, wherever it might happen to be.

Market, Court of the Clerk of the

weights and measures, to try whether they were according to the true standard thereof, which standard was anciently committed to the custody of the bishop, who appointed some clerk under him to inspect abuses; and hence this

Crime of violence

doing of a hostile act, R (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452. May be committed when there is no use of force, but the victim is put in reasonable fear of immediate physical

King's Bench

the revenue. Its jurisdiction in civil action was formerly limited to trespass or injuries said to have been committed vi et armis, but by means of fictitious proceedings called Bill of Middlesex and Latitat (which see) it

Justiciary, High Court of

Court of Session who are exofficio Lords Commissioners of Justiciary. It has jurisdic-tion in all cases of crime committed in Scotland or in a British ship at sea. It sits in Edinburgh, and, on circuit, at various

Hinegeld

Hinegeld. See HIDGILD. A ransom for an offence committed by servant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Incite

is a Common Law misdemeanor to incite any person to commit a crime. If the crime be actually committed, he who has incited another to the deed is, in the case of felony, an accessory before the

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