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MUIRBURN

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

MOVABLE

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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...]

MULATTO

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A person born of one white and one black parent. … [Read more...]

MULCT

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(A) punishment. A fine imposed on the conviction of an offence. (B) commerce. An imposition laid on ships or goods by a company of trade, for the maintenance of consuls and the like. Obsolete. … [Read more...]

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