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  • MOLESTATION
    In Scotch law. A possessory action calculated for continuing proprietors of landed estates in the lawful possession of them till the point of right be determined against all who shall attempt to disturb their possession. It is chiefly used in questions of commonty or of controverted marches. Ersk. Inst. 4, More...
  • MOLITURA
    The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob. -Molitnra libera. Free grinding; a liberty to have a mill without paying tolls to the lord. Jacob.
  • MOLLITER MANUS IMPOSUIT
    Lat. He gently laid hands upon. Formal words in the old Latin pleas in actions of trespass and assault where a defendant justified laying hands upon the plaintiff, as where it was done to keep the peace, etc. The phrase is literally translated in the modern precedents, and the original More...
  • MOLMUTIAN LAWS
    The laws of Dunvallo Molmutuis, a legendary or mythical king of the Britons, who is supposed to have begun his reign about 400 B. C. These laws were famous In the land till the Conquest Tomlins; Mozley & Whitley.
  • MOMENTUM
    In the civil law. An instant; an indivisible portion of time. Calvin. A portion of time that might be measured; a division or subdivision of an hour; answering in some degree to the modern mtali fe, but of longer duration. Calvin.
  • MONACHISM
    The state of monks.
  • MONARCHY
    A government in which the supreme power is vested in a single person. Where a monarch is invested with absolute power, the monarchy is termed "despotic ;" where the supreme power is virtually in the laws, though the majesty of government and the administration are vested in a single person, More...
  • MONASTERIUM
    A monastery; a church. Spelman.
  • MONASTICON
    A book giving an account of monasteries, convents, and religious] houses.
  • MONETA
    Lat. Money, (q. v.) Moneta est jnstnm medium et mensu-ra rernm oommutabilinm, nam per me dinm monetae fit omnium rerun conveniens ot jnsta sestimatio. Dav. Ir. K. B. 18. Money is the just medium and measure of commutable things, for by the medium of money a convenient and just estimation More...
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