In old Scotch law. A custom for the lord of a fee to lie the first night with the bride of his tenant Abolished by Malcolm III. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 83. A fine paid by the tenant for the remission of such right, originally a mark or half a mark of silver. Spelman. In old English law. A fine paid for leave to marry, or to bestow a daughter in marriage. CowelL … [Read more...] about MARCHETA
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MANWORTH
In old English law. The price or value of a man's life or head. Co well. … [Read more...] about MANWORTH
MARCHIONESS
A dignity in a woman answerable to that of marquis in a man, conferred either by creation or by marriage with a marquis. Wharton. … [Read more...] about MARCHIONESS
MANY
This term denotes a multitude, not merely a number greater than that denoted by the word "few." Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hall, 87 Ala. 708, 6 South. 277, 4 L. R. A. 710, 13 Am. St Rep. 84. But compare Hilton Bridge Const Co. v. Foster, 26 Misc. Rep. 338, 57 N. Y. Supp. 140, holding that three persons may be "many." … [Read more...] about MANY
MARE
Latin: The sea. Mare clausum. The sea closed; that is, not open or free. The title of Selden's great work, intended as an answer to the Mare Lib erum of Grotius; in which he undertakes to prove the sea to be capable of private dominion. 1 Kent, Comm. 27.Mare liberum. The sea free. The title of a work written by Grotius against the Portuguese claim to an exclusive trade to the … [Read more...] about MARE