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  • MAYHEM
    In criminal law. The act of unlawfully and violently depriving another of the use of such of his members as may render him lees able, in fighting, either to defend himself or annoy his adversary. 4 Bl. Comm. 205. Foster v. People, 50 N. Y. 604; Terrell v. State, 86 More...
  • MAYHEMAVIT
    Maimed. This is a. term of art which cannot be supplied in pleading by any other word, as mutilavit, truneavit, etc. 3 Thorn. Co. Litt 548; Com. v. Newell, 7 Mass. 247.
  • MAYN
    L. Fr. A hand; handwriting. Britt c. 28.
  • MAYNOVER
    L. Fr. A work of the hand; a thing produced by manual labor, Yearb. M. 4 Edw. III. 38.
  • MAYOR
    The executive head of a municipal corporation; the governor or chief magistrate of ^a city. Waldo v. Wallace, 12 Ind. 577; People v. New York, 25 Wend. (N. Y.) 36; Crovatt v. Mason, 101 Ga. 246, 28 S. E. 891. -Mayor's court. A court established in some cities, in which More...
  • MAYORAZGO
    In Spanish law. The right to the enjoyment of certain aggregate property, left with the condition thereon imposed that they are to pass in their integrity, perpetually, successively to the eldest son. Schm. Civil Law, 62.
  • MEAD
    Ground somewhat watery, not plowed, but covered with grass and flowers. Enc. Lond.
  • MEADOW
    A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay. Webster. A tract which lies above the shore, and is overflowed by spring and extraordinary xtides only, and yields grasses which are good for hay. Church v. Meeker, 34 Conn. 429. See State v. Crook, 132 More...
  • MEAL-RENT
    A rent formerly paid in meal.
  • MEAN, OR MESNE
    A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time.
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