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  • MOHAMMEDAN LAW
    A system of native law prevailing among the Mohammedans in India, and administered there by the British government
  • MOHATRA
    In French law. A transaction covering a fraudulent device to evade the laws against usury. It takes place where an individual buys merchandise from another on a credit at a high price, to sell it immediately to the flrst seller, or to a third person who acts as his agent, More...
  • MOIDORE
    A gold coin of Portugal, valued at twenty-seven Ekigllsh shillings.
  • MOIETY
    The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Litt. 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283. -Moiety acts. A name sometimes applied to penal and criminal statutes which provide that half the penalty or fine shall inure to the benefit of the informer.
  • MOLENDINUM
    In old records. A mill.
  • MOLENDUM
    A grist; a certain quantity of corn sent to a mill to be ground.
  • 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.
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