This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child unborn, or in the womb. … [Read more...]

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The free and voluntary act of a party himself, done without the suggestion or influence of another person, is said to be done of his mere motion, ea mero motu, (g. v.) Brown. The phrase is used of an interference of the courts of law, who will, under some circumstances, of their own motion, object to an irregularity in the proceedings, though no objection has been taken to the … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. Reward of labor in money or other things. As distinguished from "pensio," it means the rent of farms, (prcedia rustici.) Calvin. … [Read more...]

The mere right of property in land; the jus proprietatis, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 197. The abstract right of property. … [Read more...]