Tag: ME

  • Measures Of Solidity

    Measures of Solidity In the Past The stere, used in measuring firewood. It is a cubic metre. Its subdivisions are similar to the preceding. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The term is used only for measuring fire-wood. For the measure of other things, the […]

  • Measures Of Solidity

    Measures of Solidity In the Past The stere, used in measuring firewood. It is a cubic metre. Its subdivisions are similar to the preceding. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The term is used only for measuring fire-wood. For the measure of other things, the […]

  • Mensa Et Thoro

    Mensa et Thoro In the Past The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage. Vide Divorce. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about mensa et thoro is based on the Bouvier's Law […]

  • Melancholia

    In the Past A name given by the ancients to a species of par- tial intellectual mania, now more generally known by the name of monomania. (see this concept in the corresponding entry on this reference) It bore this name because it was supposed to be always attended by dejection of mind and […]

  • Melancholia

    In the Past A name given by the ancients to a species of par- tial intellectual mania, now more generally known by the name of monomania. (see this concept in the corresponding entry on this reference) It bore this name because it was supposed to be always attended by dejection of mind and […]

  • Mentally Deficient

    Meaning of Mentally Deficient This is a brief definition of mentally deficient; a term used, in general, in the field of procedural law within the United States: Refers to a non_psychotic person mentally retarded from infancy, incapable of managing himself or his affairs with ordinary prudence.

  • Mentally Deficient

    Meaning of Mentally Deficient This is a brief definition of mentally deficient; a term used, in general, in the field of procedural law within the United States: Refers to a non_psychotic person mentally retarded from infancy, incapable of managing himself or his affairs with ordinary prudence.

  • Mere

    In the Past This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) unborn or in the womb. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about mere is […]

  • Mere

    In the Past This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) unborn or in the womb. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about mere is […]

  • Merits

    In the Past This word is used mainly in matters of defence. Developments A defense upon the merits, is one that rests upon the justice of the cause and not upon technical grounds only; there is, therefore, a difference between a good defence, which may be technical or not and a defense on the […]

  • Merits

    In the Past This word is used mainly in matters of defence. Developments A defense upon the merits, is one that rests upon the justice of the cause and not upon technical grounds only; there is, therefore, a difference between a good defence, which may be technical or not and a defense on the […]

  • Menace

    In the Past A threat; a declaration of an intention to cause evil to happen to another. Developments When menaces to do an injury (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) to another have been made, the party making them may, in general, be held to bail to keep the […]

  • Messuage

    In the Past This word is synonymous with dwelling-house; and a grant of a messuage with the appurtenances, will not only pass a house, but all the buildings attached or belonging to it, as also its curtilage, garden and orchard, together with the close on which the house is built. 1 Inst. 5, […]

  • Messuage

    In the Past This word is synonymous with dwelling-house; and a grant of a messuage with the appurtenances, will not only pass a house, but all the buildings attached or belonging to it, as also its curtilage, garden and orchard, together with the close on which the house is built. 1 Inst. 5, […]

  • Measures Of Weights

    Measures of Weights In the Past See art. Weights. [1] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about measures of weights is based on the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, including measures of […]