Legal Term Dictionary

That which is done under the authority of a superior; opposed to judicial; that which involves obedience to instructions, but demands no special discretion, judgment or skill. -Ministerial act. A ministerial act may be defined, to be one which a person performs in a given state of facts, in a More...

That which is done under the authority of a superior; opposed to judicial; that which involves obedience to instructions, but demands no special discretion, judgment or skill. -Ministerial act. A ministerial act may be defined, to be one which a person performs in a given state of facts, in a prescribed manner, in obedience to the mandate of legal authority, without regard to or the exercise of his own judgment, upon the propriety of the act being done. Acts done out of court in bringing parties into court are. as a general proposition, ministerial acts. Pennington v. Streight. 54 Ind. 376 : Bair v. Struck, 29 Mont 45, 74 Pac. 69, 63 t. R. A. 481; State v. Nash, 66 Ohio St 612, 64 N. E. 558; Grider v. Tally, 77 Ala. 424, 54 Am. Rep. 65.-Ministerial duty. A ministerial duty, the performance of which may in proper cases be required of a public officer by judicial proceedings, is one in respect to which nothing is left tp discretion; it is a simple, definite duty arising under circumstances admitted or proved to exist and imposed bv law. Stote v. McGratb, 92 Mo. 355, 5 S. V 29; Mississippi v. Johnson, 4 Wall. 498, 18 L. Ed. 437; People v. Jerome, 36 Misc. Rep. 256, 73 N. Y. Supp. 306; Duvall v. Swann, 94 Md. 008. 51 Atl. 617; Gledhill v. Governor, 25 N. J. Law, 351. A ministerial duty arises when an individual has such a legal interest in its performance that neglect of performance becomes a wrong to such individual. Morton v. Comptroller General. 4 S. C. 473.-Ministerial ofllcer. One whose duties are purely ministerial, as distinguished from executive, legislative, or judicial functions, requiring obedience to the mandates of superiors and not involving the exercise of judgment or discretion. See U. S. v. Bell (C. C.) 127 Fed. 1002; Waldoe v. Wallace, 12 Ind. 572; State v. Loechner. 65 Neb. 814, 91 N. W. 874, 59 L. R. A. 915; Reid v. Hood, 2 Nott A McC. (S. C.) 169, 10 Am. Dec. 582.-Ministerial sower. See POWER. -Ministerial trust. See TBUST. Less...

The party cross-examining a witness was so called, under the old system of the ecclesiastical courts.

The party cross-examining a witness was so called, under the old system of the ecclesiastical courts. Less...

Lat In old English law. Ministers of the king, applied to the judges of the realm, and to all those who hold ministerial offices in the government 2 Jnst 208.

Lat In old English law. Ministers of the king, applied to the judges of the realm, and to all those who hold ministerial offices in the government 2 Jnst 208. Less...

Office; service. Those members of the government who are in the cabinet.

Office; service. Those members of the government who are in the cabinet. Less...

An infant or person who is under the age of legal competence. A term derived from the civil law, which described a person under a certain age as less than so many years. Minor viginti quinque annis, one less than twenty-five years of age. Inst 1, 14, 2. Also, less; More...

An infant or person who is under the age of legal competence. A term derived from the civil law, which described a person under a certain age as less than so many years. Minor viginti quinque annis, one less than twenty-five years of age. Inst 1, 14, 2. Also, less; of less consideration; lower; a person of inferior condition. Fleta, 2, 47. 13, 15; Calvin. -Minor sstas. Lat Minority or infancy. Cro. Car. 516. Literally, lesser age.-Minor fact. In the law of evidence. A relative, collateral, or subordinate fact; a circumstance. Wills, Circ Ev. 27; Burrill, Circ. Ev. p. 121, note, 582. Minor ante tempus agere non potest in oasu proprietatis nee etiam conve-nlre; differetur usque sstatem; sed non oadit breve. 2 Inst 29L A minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, nor even agree; it should be deferred until majority; but the writ does not fail. Minor juraro non potest. A minor cannot make oath. Co. Litt 172b. An Infant cannot be sworn on a Jury. Litt 289. Minor minorem oustodiro non. debet, alios enim prsBSumitnr male regere qui seipsum regere neseit. A minor ought not to be guardian to a minor, for he who knows not how to govern himself Is presumed to be unfit to govern others. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 10; Co. Litt 885. Minor non tenetnr respondere durante minor! estate, nisi in eansa dotis, propter farorem. 8 Bulst 143. A minor is not bound to reply during his minority, except as a matter of favor in a cause of dower. Minor qui infra sstatem 12 annornm fnerit ultagari non potest, nee extra le* gem poni, quia ante talent sstatem, non est sub lege aliqua, nee in deeenna. Co. Litt. 128. A minor who is under twelve years of age cannot be outlawed, nor placed without the law, because before such age he is not under any law, nor in a decennary. Minor septemdeeim annis nom admit-titnr fore eneeutorom. A person under seventeen years is not admitted to be an executor. 6 Coke, 67. A rule of ecclesiastical law. Less...

In Engli&h law. The lesser prerogatives of the crown, including the rights of the revenue. 1 Bl. Comm. 241.

In Engli&h law. The lesser prerogatives of the crown, including the rights of the revenue. 1 Bl. Comm. 241. Less...

The state or condition of a minor; infancy. The smaller number of votes of a deliberative assembly; opposed to majority, (which see.)

The state or condition of a minor; infancy. The smaller number of votes of a deliberative assembly; opposed to majority, (which see.) Less...

The place designated by law where bullion is coined into money under authority of the government. Also a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the crown. The privilege is now More...

The place designated by law where bullion is coined into money under authority of the government. Also a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the crown. The privilege is now abolished. Wharton. -Mint-mark. The masters and workers of the English mint, in the indentures made with them, agree "to make a privy mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making." After every trial of the pix, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the great seal, and to be discharged from all suits or actions. Wharton. -Mint-master. One who manages the coinage. Less...

The charge or commission taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as "seigniorage." Also that which is coined or stamped as money; the product of the mint.

The charge or commission taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as "seigniorage." Also that which is coined or stamped as money; the product of the mint. Less...

Lat In the civil law. Less; less than. The word had also, In some connections, the sense of "not at all." For example, a debt remaining wholly unpaid was described as "minus solutum" Minns solvit, qui tardius solvit. He does not pay who pays too late. Dig. 50, 16> 12, More...

Lat In the civil law. Less; less than. The word had also, In some connections, the sense of "not at all." For example, a debt remaining wholly unpaid was described as "minus solutum" Minns solvit, qui tardius solvit. He does not pay who pays too late. Dig. 50, 16> 12, 1. Less...