A question that is in dispute between the parties and to be decided in a court of law. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL ISSUE
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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
MASURA
In old records. A decayed house; a wall; the ruins of a building; a certain quantity of land, about four oxgangs. … [Read more...] about MASURA
MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION
The misrepresentation or fraudulent concealment of an important fact that, if the purchaser had known the truth about that fact, the purchaser may not have completed the transaction. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION