Legal Term Dictionary

Parsonages or spiritual livings united to the tables of religious houses, and called "mensal benefices" amongst the canonists. Cowell.

Parsonages or spiritual livings united to the tables of religious houses, and called "mensal benefices" amongst the canonists. Cowell. Less...

Lat. In the civil and old English law. A month. Mensis vet it us, the prohibited month; fence-month, (q. v.)

Lat. In the civil and old English law. A month. Mensis vet it us, the prohibited month; fence-month, (q. v.) Less...

In the eivil law. A measurer of land; a surveyor. Dis. 11, 6; Id. 50, 6, 6; Cod. 12, 28.

In the eivil law. A measurer of land; a surveyor. Dis. 11, 6; Id. 50, 6, 6; Cod. 12, 28. Less...

In the civil law. A money-changer or dealer in money. Dig. 2, 14, 47, 1.

In the civil law. A money-changer or dealer in money. Dig. 2, 14, 47, 1. Less...

In old English law. A measure. -Mensnra domini regis. "The measure of our lord the king," being the weights and measures established under King Richard I. in his parliament at Westminster, 1197. 1 Bl. Comm. 275; Mozley & Whitley.

In old English law. A measure. -Mensnra domini regis. "The measure of our lord the king," being the weights and measures established under King Richard I. in his parliament at Westminster, 1197. 1 Bl. Comm. 275; Mozley & Whitley. Less...

Relating to or existing in the mind; intellectual, emotional, or psychic, aa distinguished from bodily or physical. -Mental alienation. A phrase sometimes used to describe insanity, (q. v.)-Mental an-gnisn. When connected with a physical injury, this term includes both the resultant mental sensation of pain and also the accompanying feelings More...

Relating to or existing in the mind; intellectual, emotional, or psychic, aa distinguished from bodily or physical. -Mental alienation. A phrase sometimes used to describe insanity, (q. v.)-Mental an-gnisn. When connected with a physical injury, this term includes both the resultant mental sensation of pain and also the accompanying feelings of distress, fright, and anxiety. See Railway Co. v. Corley (Tex.) 26 S. W. 904; Railway Co. v. Miller, 25 Tex. Civ. App. 460. 61 S. W. 978; Keyes v. Railway Co., 36 Minn. 290, 30 N. W. 888. In other connections, and as a ground for damages or an element of dam? ages, it includes the mental suffering resulting from the excitation of the more poignant ana painful emotions, such as grief, severe disappointment, indignation, wounded pride,' shame, public humiliation, despair, etc.-Mental ea- J iaeity or competence. Such a measure of ntelligence understanding, memory, and judgment (relative to the particular transaction) as will enable the person to understand the nature and effects of his act. Eaton v. Eaton, 37 N, J. Law, 113, 18 Am. Rep. 716; Davren v. White, 42 N. J. Eq. 569, 7 Atl. 682; Conley ?. Nailor, 118 U. S. 127, 6 Sup. Ct. 1001. 30 L. Ed. 112.-Mental defect. As applied to the qualification of a juror, this term must be understood to embrace either such gross ignorance or imbecility as practically disqualifies any person from performing the duties of a juror. Caldwell v. State, .41 Tex. 94.- Mental reservation. A silent exception to the general words of a promise or agreement not expressed, on account of a general understanding on the subject. But the word has been applied to an exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise. Wharton. Less...

Lat. To lie; to assert a falsehood. Calvin.; 3 Bulst 260.

Lat. To lie; to assert a falsehood. Calvin.; 3 Bulst 260. Less...

The act of lying; a falsehood.

The act of lying; a falsehood. Less...

A collection or institute of the earliest laws of ancient India. The work is of very remote antiquity.

A collection or institute of the earliest laws of ancient India. The work is of very remote antiquity. Less...

A fenny place. CowelL

A fenny place. CowelL Less...