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med. jur. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination. … [Read more...] about MORAL INSANITY

In Hindu law. A written authority constituting an agent; a power of attorney. … [Read more...] about MOOKTARNAMA

A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill. 2. These obligations are of two kinds 1st. Those founded on a natural right; as, the obligation to be charitable, which can never be enforced by law. 2d. Those which are supported by a good or valuable antecedent consideration; as, where a man owes a debt barred by the act of … [Read more...] about MORAL OBLIGATION

The act of holding more than one job, usually referring to a second job performed after the work day and in the evening. Sometimes refers to a second job that is taken while on leave from another job. … [Read more...] about MOONLIGHTING

A copyright law term. This refers to the special rights that are guaranteed to authors by the Berne Convention which are personal in nature and thus are not able to be purchased or transferred. It is those rights that are said to be moral such as the right to state that you are the author of a work, disclaim that you authored a work and object to usage of a work that would be … [Read more...] about MORAL RIGHTS