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A kennel of hounds; one of the mortuaries to which the crown was entitled at a bishop's or abbot's decease. 2 Bl. Comm. 420. … [Read more...] about MUTA-CANUM

Monuments made in walls. 2. Owing to the difficulty or impossibility of removing them, secondary evidence may be given of inscriptions on walls, fixed tables, gravestones, and the like. … [Read more...] about MURAL MONUMENTS

Latin: In the civil law. Change of name. Cod. 9, 25. … [Read more...] about MUTATIO NOMINIS

Multiple disciplines or specialties, such as a law firm that has many lawyers who specialize in various areas of law. … [Read more...] about MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Latin: In Roman law. A provincial person; a countryman. This was the designation of one born in the provinces or in a city politically connected with Rome, and who, having become a Roman citizen, was entitled to hold any offices at Rome except some of the highest. In the provinces the term seems to have been applied to the freemen of any city who were eligible to the municipal … [Read more...] about MUNICEPS