Maimed. This is a term of art which cannot be supplied in pleading by any other word, as mutilavit, truncavit, etc. 3 Thorn. Co. Litt 548; Com. v. Newell, 7 Mass. 247. … [Read more...] about MAYHEMAVIT
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MEAN, OR MESNE
A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things, or time. … [Read more...] about MEAN, OR MESNE
MEDFEE
In old English law. A bribe or reward; a compensation given in exchange, where the things exchanged were not of equal value. CowelL … [Read more...] about MEDFEE
MAYN
Fr. A hand; handwriting. Britt c. 28. … [Read more...] about MAYN
MEANDER
To meander means to follow a winding or flexuous course; and when it is said, in a description of land, "thence with the meander of the river," it must mean a meandered line,a line which follows the sinuosities of the river,or, in other words, that the river is the boundary between the points indicated. Turner v. Parker, 14 Or. 341, 12 Pac. 495; Schurmeier v. St Paul & P. … [Read more...] about MEANDER