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MOST FAVORED NATION CLAUSE

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A clause where a country or a party to an agreement is to be given the best and most favorable terms with regard to something, e.g. the lowest rate to purchase a good. … [Read more...]

MOSTRENCOS

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In Spanish law. Strayed goods; estrays. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. 6. … [Read more...]

MOTE

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Sax. A meeting; an assembly. Used in composition, as burgmote, folkmote, etc. Mote-hell. The bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the court. Cowell. … [Read more...]

MOTEER

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A customary service or payment at the mote or court of the lord, from which some were exempted by charter or privilege. Cowell. … [Read more...]

MOTHER

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A woman who has borne a child; a female parent; correlative to "son" or "daughter." The term may also include a woman who is pregnant. Mother-in-law. The mother of one's wife or of one's husband. … [Read more...]

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