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MATERNA MATERNIS

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Latin: A maxim of the French law, signifying that property of a decedent acquired by him through his mother descends to the relations on the mother's side. … [Read more...]

MATRIX

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In the civil law. The protocol or first draft of a legal instrument, from which all copies must be taken. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 S. W. 53. … [Read more...]

MAUGRE

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Fr. In spite of; against the will of. Litt J 672. … [Read more...]

MATERNAL

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That which belongs to, or comes from, the mother; as maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line. Maternal property. That which comes from the mother of the party, and other ascendants of the maternal stock. Dom. Liv. Pr6J. t. 3, s. 2, no. 12. … [Read more...]

MATRIX ECCLESIA

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Latin: A mother church. This term was anciently applied to a cathedral, in relation to the other churches in the same see, or to a parochial church, in relation to the chapels or minor churches attached to it or depending on it. Blount. … [Read more...]

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