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Candidate

from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a

Sheldrake

Tadorna tadorna which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit but breeds in burrows

Plight

Plight, signifieth an estate, with the habit and quality of the land; it extends to a rent-charge

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Mansura

Mansura, the habitation of people in the country, Domesday.

Marriage

mutual intention, when proved, constitutes marriage. The so-called marriage by habit and repute, or by declaring themselves husband and wife before

Mortuary

mortuaries for travellers be paid 'where they had their most habitation.' See also MUTA CANUM. Mortuaries could be compounded for by

Mynster-ham

Mynster-ham (ecclesi' mansio, Lat.), monastic habitation; [perhaps the part of a monastery set apart for purposes

New building

space for, lighting, ventilation, and dimensions of rooms for human habitation, also height of existing buildings, when altered, extended or changed.

Obdurate legal obscurantism

at the tendency of litigants to be oversmart and their habit of concealing certain material facts from the court. (Justice V.R.

Ordinum fugitivi

the religious who deserted their houses, and, throwing off the habits, renounced their particular order in contempt of their oath and

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