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MAJOR
A person of full age; one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his civic rights. In military law. The officer next in rank above a captain.

A person of full age; one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his civic rights. In military law. The officer next in rank above a captain. Less...
MAJOR ANNUS
The greater year; the bissextile year, consisting of 366 days. Bract fol. 3596.

The greater year; the bissextile year, consisting of 366 days. Bract fol. 3596. Less...
MAJOR GENERAL
In military law. An officer next in rank above a brigadier general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an army corps. Major hsereditas venit nnicniqne nostrum a jnre et legions qnam a parenti has. 2 Inst 56. A greater inheritance comes to every More...

In military law. An officer next in rank above a brigadier general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an army corps. Major hsereditas venit nnicniqne nostrum a jnre et legions qnam a parenti has. 2 Inst 56. A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. Major nnmems in se continet minorem. Bract, fol. 16. The greater number contains in itself the less. Less...
MAJORA REGALIA
The king's dignity, power, and royal prerogative, as opposed to his revenue, which is comprised in the minora regalia. 2 Steph. Comm. 475; 1 Bl. Comm. 240. Majors poena affeetns qnam legions statnta est, non est infamis. One affected with a greater punishment than is provided by law is not More...

The king's dignity, power, and royal prerogative, as opposed to his revenue, which is comprised in the minora regalia. 2 Steph. Comm. 475; 1 Bl. Comm. 240. Majors poena affeetns qnam legions statnta est, non est infamis. One affected with a greater punishment than is provided by law is not infamous. 4 Inst 66. Less...
MAJORES
In Roman law and genealogical tables. The male ascendants beyond the sixth degree. In old English law. Greater persons; persons of higher condition or estate. Majori snmmss minor inest. In the greater sum the less is included. 2 Kent Comm. 618; Story, Ag. I 172.

In Roman law and genealogical tables. The male ascendants beyond the sixth degree. In old English law. Greater persons; persons of higher condition or estate. Majori snmmss minor inest. In the greater sum the less is included. 2 Kent Comm. 618; Story, Ag. I 172. Less...
MAJORITY
Full age; the age at which, by law, a person is entitled to the management of his own affairs and to the enjoyment of civic rights. The opposite of minority. Also the status of a person who is a major in age. In the law of elections, majority signifles the More...

Full age; the age at which, by law, a person is entitled to the management of his own affairs and to the enjoyment of civic rights. The opposite of minority. Also the status of a person who is a major in age. In the law of elections, majority signifles the greater number of votes. When there are only two candidates, he who receives the greater number of the votes cast is said to have a majority; when there are more than two competitors for the same office, the person who receives the greatest number of votes has a plurality, but he has not a majority unless he receives a greater number of votes than those cast for all his competitors combined. In military affairs, majority denotes the rank and commission of a major. Majiis dignnm trahit ad se minns dignnm. The more worthy draws to itself the less worthy. Co. Litt. 43, 3556; Bract fol. 175; Noy, Max. p.. 6, max. 18. Less...
MAJUS JUS
In old practice. Greater right or more right. A plea in the old real actions. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 476. Majus jus merum, more mere right Bract fol. 3L.

In old practice. Greater right or more right. A plea in the old real actions. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 476. Majus jus merum, more mere right Bract fol. 3L. Less...
MAKE
1. To cause to exist; to form, fashion, or produce; to do, perform, or execute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment 2. To do in form of law; to perform with due formalities; to execute in legal form; as to make answer, to make More...

1. To cause to exist; to form, fashion, or produce; to do, perform, or execute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment 2. To do in form of law; to perform with due formalities; to execute in legal form; as to make answer, to make a return. 3. To execute as one's act or obligation; to prepare and sign; to sign, execute, and deliver; as to make a conveyance, to make a note. 4. To conclude, determine upon, agree to, or execute; as to make a contract. 5. To cause to happen by one's neglect or omission; as to make default. 6. To make acquisition of; to procure; to collect; as to make the money on an execution. 7. To have authority or Influence; to support or sustain; as in the phrase, "This precedent makes for the plaintiff. -Make an assignment. To transfer one's property to an assignee for the benefit of one's creditors.-Make an award. To form and publish a judgment on the facts. Hoff v. Taylor, 5 N. J. Law, 833.-Make a oontraet. To agree upon, and conclude or adopt, a contract. In case of a written contract, to reduce it to writing, execute it in due form, and deliver it as binding.-Make default. To fail or be wanting in some legal duty; particularly, to Omit the entering of an appearance when duly summoned in an action at law or other judicial proceeding, to neglect to obey the command of a subpoena, etc.-Make one's faith. A Scotch phrase, equivalent to the old Englisb phrase, "to make one's law." Less...
MAKER
One who makes, frames, or ordains; as a "law-maker." One who makes or- executes; as the maker of a promissory note. See And v. Magruder, 10 Cal. 290; Sawyers v. Campbell, 107 Iowa, 397, 78 N. W. 56.

One who makes, frames, or ordains; as a "law-maker." One who makes or- executes; as the maker of a promissory note. See And v. Magruder, 10 Cal. 290; Sawyers v. Campbell, 107 Iowa, 397, 78 N. W. 56. Less...
MAKING LAW
In old practice. The formality of denying a plaintiff's charge, under oath, in open court, with compurgators. One of the ancient methods of trial, frequently, though inaccurately, termed "waging law," or "wager of law." 3 Bl. Comm. 341.

In old practice. The formality of denying a plaintiff's charge, under oath, in open court, with compurgators. One of the ancient methods of trial, frequently, though inaccurately, termed "waging law," or "wager of law." 3 Bl. Comm. 341. Less...

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