Dung. When collected in a heap, it is considered as personal property, but, when spread, it becomes a part of the land and acquires the character of real estate. In old English law. To occupy; to use or cultivate; to have in manual occupation; to bestow manual labor upon. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MANURE
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MARCHANDISES AVARIEES
In French mercantile law. Damaged goods. … [Read more...] about MARCHANDISES AVARIEES
MANUS
Latin: A hand. In the civil law, this word signified power, control, authority, the right of physical coercion, and was often used as synonymous with "potestae." In old English law, it signified an oath or the person taking an oath; a compurgator. Manns mortna. A dead hand; mortmain. Spelman. … [Read more...] about MANUS
MARCHERS
In old English law. Noblemen who lived on the marshes of Wales or Scotland, and who, according to Camden, had their private laws, as if they had been petty kings; which were abolished by the statute 27 Hen. VIII. c. 26. Called also "lords marchers." Cowell. … [Read more...] about MARCHERS
MANUSCRIPT
A writing; a paper written with the hand; a writing that has not been printed. Parton v. Prang, 18 Fed. Cas. 1275; Leon Loan & Abstract Co. v. Equalization Board, 86 Iowa, 127, 53 N. W. 94, 17 L. R. A. 199, 41 Am. St. Rep. 486. … [Read more...] about MANUSCRIPT