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  • MAIHEMIUM
    In old English law. Mayhem, (q. v.) Malhemium est homieidimn inehoa-turn. 3 Inst 118. Mayhem is incipient homicide. Maiheminm est inter erimina majora minimum, et inter minora maximum. Co. Litt 127. Mayhem is the least of great crimes, and the greatest of small. Malaemium est membri mntilatio, at die! poterit, More...
  • MAIL
    As applied to the post-office, this term means the carriage of letters, whether applied to the bag into which they are put the coach or vehicle by means of which they are transported, or any other means employed for their carriage and delivery by public authority. Wynen v. Schappert, 6 More...
  • MAILABLE
    Suitable or admissible for transmission by the mall; belonging to the classes of articles which, by the laws and postal regulations, may be sent by post.
  • MAILE
    In old English law. A kind of ancient money, or silver half-pence; a small rent.
  • MAILED
    This word, as applied to a letter, means that the letter was properly prepared for transmission by the servants of the postal department and that It was put in the custody of the officer charged with the duty of forwarding the mail. Pier v. Heinrichshoffen, 67 Mo. 163, 29 Am. More...
  • MAILLS AND DUTIES
    In Scotch law. The rents of an estate. Bell.
  • MAIM
    To deprive a person of a member or part of the body, the loss of which renders him less capable of fighting; to commit mayhem, (q. v.). State v. Johnson, 58 Ohio St 417, 51 N. E 40, 65 Am. St Rep. 769. In this respect "to wound" is distinguishable More...
  • MAIN
    L. Fr. A hand. More commonly written "meyn." --Main-a-maln. Immediately. Kelham.
  • MAIN
    Principal, chief, most important in size, extent, or utility. -Main ehamiel. The main channel of a river is that bed over which the principal volume of water flows. See St. Louis, etc, Packet Co. v. Keokuk & H. Bridge Co. (C. C.) 31 Fed. 757: Cessill v. State, 40 Ark. More...
  • MAINAD
    In old English law. A false oath; perjury. Cowell. Probably from Sax. "manath" or "tnainath" a false or deceitful oath.
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