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A ship or vessel employed in foreign or domestic commerce or in the merchant service. … [Read more...] about MERCHANTMAN

A document presented to a legislative body, or to the executive, by one or more individuals, containing a petition or a representation of facts. In English law. That which contains the particulars of a deed, etc., and is the instrument registered, as in the case of an annuity which must be registered. Wharton. In practice. A short note, abstract, memorandum, or rough draft of … [Read more...] about MEMORIAL

In old English law. A measure. Mensura domini regis. "The measure of our lord the king," being the weights and measures established under King Richard I. in his parliament at Westminster, 1197. 1 Bl. Comm. 275; Mozley & Whitley. … [Read more...] about MENSURA

Lat. From memory; by or from recollection. Thus, memortter proof of a written instrument is such as is furnished by the recollection of a witness who had seen and known it. … [Read more...] about MEMORITER

Relating to or existing in the mind; intellectual, emotional, or psychic, as distinguished from bodily or physical. Mental alienation. A phrase sometimes used to describe insanity, (g. v.)Mental anguish. When connected with a physical injury, this term includes both the resultant mental sensation of pain and also the accompanying feelings of distress, fright, and anxiety. See … [Read more...] about MENTAL