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Latin: In the civil law. Delay: default; neglect; culpable delay or default Calvin. Sax. A moor; barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath; a watery bog or moor. A watery or boggy moor; a morass. Mora reprobatur in lege. Delay is reprobated in law. … [Read more...] about MORA

1. Anything by which the memory of a person or an event is preserved or perpetuated. A tomb where a dead body has been deposited. 2. In real property law and surveying, monuments are visible marks or indications left on natural or other objects indicating the lines and boundaries of a survey. In this sense the term includes not only posts, pillars, stone markers, cairns, and … [Read more...] about MONUMENT

1. Pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or to the general principles of right conduct. 2. Cognizable or enforceable only by the conscience or by the principles of right conduct, as distinguished from positive law. 3. Depending upon or resulting from probability; raising a belief or conviction in the mind independent of strict or logical proof. 4. Involving or … [Read more...] about MORAL

Permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining boundaries. 2. Monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers, known streams, springs, or marked trees. 3. When monuments are established, they must govern, although neither courses, nor distances, nor 'computed' contents correspond. … [Read more...] about MONUMENTS

Criminal law. Another term for beyond reasonable doubt. In a court, where the judge or jury has a reasonable belief (one level below absolute certainty) that the evidence presented in court indicates and proves that the defendant is guilty as charged. … [Read more...] about MORAL CERTAINTY