Latin meaning Great or gross negligence. Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpa dolus est. Gross negligence is fault; gross fault is fraud. … [Read more...] about MAGNA NEGLIGENTIA
M
MAD POINT
A term used to designate the idea or subject to which is confined the derangement of the mental faculties of one suffering from monomania. Owing's Case, 1 Bland (Md.) 388, 17 Am. Dec. 311. See Insanity. … [Read more...] about MAD POINT
MAGISTER SOCIETATI
Civil law. The principal manager of the business of a society or partnership … [Read more...] about MAGISTER SOCIETATI
MADE KNOWN
Where a writ of scire facias has been actually served upon a defendant, the proper return is that its contents have been "made known" to him. … [Read more...] about MADE KNOWN
MAGISTERIAL
Relating or pertaining to the character, office, powers, or duties of a magistrate or of the magistracy. Magisterial precinet. In some American states, a local subdivision of a county, defining the territorial jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables. Breckinridge Co. v. Mc Iracken, 61 Fed. 194, 9 C. C. A. 442. … [Read more...] about MAGISTERIAL