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MURDRUM

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old Engl. law. During the times of the Danes, and afterwards till the reign of Edward III, murdrum was the killing of a man in a secret manner, and in that it differed from simple homicide. 2. When a man was thus killed, and he was unknown, by the laws of Canute he was presumed to be a Dane, and the vill was compelled to pay forty marks for his death. After the conquest, a … [Read more...]

MURORUM OPERATIO

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Latin: The service of work and labor done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in buildiug or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (q. p.) Cowell. … [Read more...]

MURTHRUM

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In old Scotch law. Murther or murder. Skene. … [Read more...]

MULTITUDE

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An assemblage of many people. According to Coke it is not a word of very precise meaning; for some authorities hold that there must be at least ten persons to make a multitude, while others maintain that no definite number is fixed by law. Co. Litt. 257. Multitudinem decern facinnt. Co. Litt. 257. Ten make a multitude. Multitudem errantium nom parlt error! patrocinum. The … [Read more...]

MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE

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A law or regulation that is enacted by and enforceable within a town, city or village. … [Read more...]

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