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manifest injustice

manifest injustice : an outcome in a case that is plainly and obviously unjust [acceptance of an involuntary guilty plea constitutes manifest injustice] ...


manifest necessity

manifest necessity : a circumstance (as an incurable pleading defect, the unavailability of an essential witness, juror misconduct, or illness of counsel) which is of such an overwhelming and unforeseeable nature that the conduct of trial or reaching of a fair result is impossible and which necessitates the declaration of a mistrial NOTE: If there is a manifest necessity for the declaration of a mistrial, the defendant may be retried without violation of the prohibition on double jeopardy. ...


Manifestation

The act of manifesting or disclosing or the state of being manifested discovery to the eye or to the understanding...


Manifesto, or Manifest

Manifesto, or Manifest, a public declaration made by a prince, in writing, showing his intention to begin a war or other enterprise, with the motives that induce him to it, and the reasons on which he founds his rights and pretensions, Encyc. Londin.In commercial navigation, a document signed by the master, containing a general statement of the ship and cargo, i.e., the names of the places where the goods have been laden, and the places for which they are destined, the name and tonnage of the vessel, the name of the master, and the place to which the vessel belongs, a particular description of the packages on board, marks, numbers, etc., the goods contained in them, and the name sof the shippers and consigness, as far as known. The manifest must be made out, dated, and signed by the captain, at places where the goods, or any part, are taken on board....


Voluntas donatoris in charta doni sui manifeste expressa observetur

Voluntas donatoris in charta doni sui manifeste expressa observetur (Co. Litt. 21a), the Will of the donor, manifestly expressed in his deed of gift, is to be observed...


manifest

manifest 1 : capable of being readily perceived by the senses and esp. by sight [a injury] 2 : capable of being easily understood or recognized : clearly evident, obvious, and indisputable [vacating an arbitrator's award because of the arbitrator's disregard of the law] man·i·fest·ly adv vt : to make evident or certain by showing or displaying [ing the intent to make a gift] man·i·fes·ta·tion [ma-nə-fə-stā-shən, -fe-stā-] n n : a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane) ...


manifest error

manifest error see error ...


manifest weight of the evidence

manifest weight of the evidence :a deferential standard of review under which reversal of a decision or verdict requires showing that it is obviously erroneous and unsupported by the evidence and that an opposite conclusion is clearly evident ...


Manifestable

Such as can be manifested...


Manifestible

Manifestable...


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