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  • MANENTES
    Tenants, Obsolete, Cowell.
  • MANERA
    In Spanish law. Manner or mode. Las Partidas, pt 4, tit 4, 1. 2.
  • MANERIUM
    In old English law. A manor. Manerinm dicitnr a manendo, secun-dnm excellentiam, cedes magna, ftxa, et stabills. Co. Litt 58. A manor is so called from manendo, according to its excellence, a seat great fixed, and firm.
  • MANGONARE
    In old English law. To buy In a market
  • MANGONELLUS
    A warlike instrument for casting stones against the walls of a castle. Cowell.
  • MANHOOD
    In feudal law. A term denoting the ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to his lord. The formula used was, "Devenio vester homo," I become your man. 2 Bl. Comm. 54. To arrive at manhood means to arrive at twenty-one years of age. Felton v. Blllups, 21 N. C. More...
  • MANIA
    See INSANITY.
  • MANIFEST
    In maritime law. A sea-letter ; a written document required to be carried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of the customs officers. See New York & Cuba S. S. Co. v. U. S. (D. C.) 125 Fed. 320. In evidence. More...
  • MANIFESTO
    A formal written declaration, promulgated by a prince, or by the executive authority of a state or nation, proclaiming Its reasons and motives for declaring a war, or for any other important international action.
  • MANIPULUS
    In canon law. A handkerchief, which the priest always had in his left hand. Blount
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