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Meliorations

Meliorations, 1. Improvements other than repairs on an estate. 2. Lasting Improvements Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 997.

Meliorator

One who meliorates

Melior

Melior, [Latin] Better, the better ('the better thing or chattel'), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 997.

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Melioration

The act or operation of meliorating or the state of being meliorated improvement

Meliority

The state or quality of being better melioration

Meliorate

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Meliorism

The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement

Melior est justitia vere pr'veniens quam severe puniens

Melior est justitia vere pr'veniens quam severe puniens. 3 Inst. Epil.-(Justice truly preventing is better than severely punishing.)

Melior est conditio possidentis, et rei quam actoris

Melior est conditio possidentis, et rei quam actoris. 4 Inst. 180.-The condition of the possessor is the better, and

Melior est conditio possidentis ubi neuter jus habet

Melior est conditio possidentis ubi neuter jus habet. Jenk. Cent. 118.-(The condition of the possessor is the better where

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