A collection or institute of the earliest laws of ancient India. The work is of very remote antiquity. MER, or MERE. A fenny place. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MENU, LAWS OP
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MERCHANDISE
All commodities which merchants usually buy and sell whether at wholesale or retail; wares and commodities such as are ordinarily the objects of trade and commerce. But the term is never understood as including real estate and is rarely applied to provisions such as are purchased day by day or to such other articles as are required for immediate consumption. … [Read more...] about MERCHANDISE
MERE-STONE
In old English law. A stone for bounding or dividing lands. Yearb. P. 18 Hen. VI. 5. … [Read more...] about MERE-STONE
MERA NOCTIS
Midnight Cowell. … [Read more...] about MERA NOCTIS
MERCHANT
A man who traffics or carries on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and imports goods and sells them by wholesale. Webster. Merchants of this description are commonly known by the name of "shipping merchants." A trader; one who, as a business, buys and sells wares and merchandise. Commission merchant. See Commission. Law merchant. See Mebcantile.Merchant appraisers. … [Read more...] about MERCHANT