The person who lends chattels in the contract of mutuum, (g. v.) … [Read more...] about MUTUANT
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MUTUARI
To borrow; mutuatus, a borrowing. 2 Arch. Pr. 25. … [Read more...] about MUTUARI
MUTUARY
A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender in kind and quantity ; the borrower in a contract of mutuu. … [Read more...] about MUTUARY
MUTUS ET SURDUS
Latin: In civil and old English law. Dumb and deaf. … [Read more...] about MUTUS ET SURDUS
MUTE
Speechless; dumb; that cannot or will not speak. In English criminal law, a prisoner is said to stand mute when, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose or with such matter as is not allowable, and will not answer otherwise, or, upon having pleaded not guilty, refuses to put himself upon the country. 4 Bl. Comm. … [Read more...] about MUTE