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A Memorandum of Understanding. This is usually a non-binding memorandum that states all the terms upon which the parties agree and intend to draft into an enforceable contract. At times, it can be recognized as a contract under existing contract law. … [Read more...] about MOU

See CAUTIO. … [Read more...] about MUCIANA CAUTIO

This word has several significations. 1. It is the apparel worn at funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the death of some one, and to honor his memory. 2. The expenses paid for such apparel. 2. It has been held in England, that a demand for mourning furnished to the widow and family of the testator, is not a funeral expense. … [Read more...] about MOURNING

In Spanish law. Movables; all sorts of personal property. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 3, c. 1 … [Read more...] about MUEBLES

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