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A more comprehensive term than "machine;" including the appurtenances necessary to the working of a machine. Seavey v. Central Mut. F. Ins. Co., Ill Mass. 540. … [Read more...] about MACHINERY

Lat. More; more fully; more In number; rather. Magis de bono qnam de malo lex in tendit. Co. Litt. 786. The law favors a good rather than a bad construction. Where the words used in an agreement are susceptible of two meanings, the one agreeable to, the other against, the law, the former is adopted. Thus, a bond conditioned "to assign all offices" will be construed to apply to … [Read more...] about MAGIS

The great hundred, or six score. Wharton. … [Read more...] about MAGNA CENTUM

In old English law. A barn or granary open at the top; a rick or stack of corn. Spelman. … [Read more...] about MACHOLUM

Lat. In English law. A master or ruler; a person who has attained to some eminent degree in science. Cowell. In the civil law. A title of several offices under the Roman Empire. Magister ad facilitates. In English ecclesiastical law. The title of an officer who grants dispensations; as to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, and the like. Bac. Abr. "Ecclesiastical Courts," … [Read more...] about MAGISTER