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MAYNOVER

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Fr. A work of the hand; a thing produced by manual labor. Yearb. M. 4 Edw. IIL 38. … [Read more...]

MEANS

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1. The instrument or agency through which an end or purpose is accomplished. 2. Resources; available property; money or property, as an available instrumentality for effecting a purpose, furnishing a livelihood, paying a debt, or the like. Means of support. This term embraces all those resources from which the necessaries and comforts of life are or may be supplied, such as … [Read more...]

MAYOR

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The executive head of a municipal corporation; the governor , or chief magistrate of a city. Mayor's court. A court established in some cities, in which the mayor sits with the powers of a police judge or committing magistrate in respect to offenses committed within the city, and sometimes with civil jurisdiction in small causes, or other special statutory powers.Mayor's court … [Read more...]

MEANS TEST

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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy test to determine whether a debtor's current monthly income is higher than the median family income in his or her state. … [Read more...]

MAYORAZGO

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In Spanish law. The right to the enjoyment of certain aggregate property, left with the condition thereon imposed that they are to pass in their integrity, perpetually, successively to the eldest son. Schm. Civil Law, 62 … [Read more...]

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