Fraud that is substantial enough to have had a measured affect. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL FRAUD
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MASTER SERVANT RULE
The rule that an employer is responsible and liable for the acts of an employee who is performing within the scope of his or her duty for the employer. … [Read more...] about MASTER SERVANT RULE
MATERIAL ISSUE
A question that is in dispute between the parties and to be decided in a court of law. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL ISSUE
MAST-SELLING
In old English law. The practice of selling the goods of dead seamen at the mast. Held void. 7 Mod. 141. … [Read more...] about MAST-SELLING
MATERIAL MEN
This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings. 2. By the common law material men have a lien on a foreign ship for supplies of materials furnished for such ship, which may be recovered in the admiralty. 9 Wheat. 409. But they have no lien for furnishing materials for repairs of domestic ships. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL MEN