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By statute in some states, the mouth of a river or creek, which empties into another river or creek, is defined as the point where the middle of the channel of each intersects the other. Pol. Code Cal. 1908, … [Read more...] about MOUTH

Latin, meaning You will perceive many things more easily by experience than by rules. … [Read more...] about MUILTA EXERCITATIONE FACILIUS QUAM REGULIS PERCIPIES

A slang term referring to a lawyer. … [Read more...] about MOUTHPIECE

In Scotch law. The offense of setting fire to a muir or moor, 1 Brown, Ch. 78, 116. … [Read more...] about MUIRBURN

That which can be changed in place as movable property; or in time as movable feasts or terms of court. That which can be changed in place, as movable property; or In time, as movable feasts or terms of court. Movable estate. A term equivalent to "personal estate" or "personal property." Den v. Sayre, 3 N. J. Law, 187. Movable freehold. A term applied by Iiord Coke to real … [Read more...] about MOVABLE