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Locus standi

party to appear and be heard on the question before any tribunal, frequently disputed in private bill legislation. Consult the works of Smethurst, or of Clifford and Stephens, on this subject.

Magna Carta

broken. and if anything should be done to the contrary, it shall beheld of no force or effect.' Consult 2 Hallam's Middle Ages, p. 326; McKechnie's Magna Carta.

Maintenance

to maintenance in matrimonial cases, Judic. Act, 1925, ss. 187, 190 et seq.; for the law before 1926, consult Jarman or Godefroi on Trusts, and Wolst. And Cherry, Conveyancing Statutes. As a rule, powers or trusts for

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Manufacture

patent for a manufacture, see LETTERS-PATENT. As to the operation of the Factory Acts, see that title, and consult Notcutt on the Factory and Workshop Acts. In relation to an explosive includes the process of--component parts or

Maritime Courts

of 1890, as to continuation or rescission of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty Courts in any Dominion; and consult Williams & Bruce's Admiralty Practice; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Admiralty.'

Maritime law

Maritime law, the law relating to harbours, ships, and seamen. An important branch of the commercial law of maritime nations; divided into a variety of departments, such as those about harbours, property of ships, duties and...

Markets and fairs

Acts, 1887 and 1891, and 1926. See Newcastle (Duke of) v. Workshop U.D.C., (1902) 2 Ch 145; and consult Pease and Chitty on Markets and Fairs. See FAIRS AND MANOR.

Marriage

Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 40), and 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 21). Consult Eversley and Craies, Marriage Laws of the British Empire. Foreign Marriages.--As to British subjects married in foreign Christian

Married women's property

deed. In regard to the torts by a married woman and the husband's liability, see HUSBAND AND WIFE. Consult Lush on Husband and Wife

Martial law

(10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 48), relating to acts done in the War, commencing 4th August, 1914. Consult Dicey's Law of the Constitution. Martial law, is arbitrarily in its decisions and is not built on any

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