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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.

One who meliorates

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

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The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement

To make better to improve to ameliorate to soften to make more tolerable

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. 4 Inst. 180.-The condition of the possessor is the better, and

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

Melior est conditio defendentis.-(The condition of the party in possession is the better one, i.e., where the right of

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