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MONTES

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In Spanish law. Forests or woods. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c. 6, I 3L … [Read more...]

MONOCRAT

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A monarch who governs alone; an absolute governor. … [Read more...]

MONTES PIETATI

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or Monts de Piete. The name of institutions established by public authority for lending money upon pledge of goods. In those establishments a fund is provided, with suitable warehouses, and all necessary accommodations. Directors, manage these concerns. When the money for which the goods pledged is not returned in proper time, the goods are sold to reimburse the institutions. … [Read more...]

MONOGAMY

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The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife. Webster. A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion of all the rest of mankind. The term is used in opposition to "bigamy" and "polygamy." Wolff, Dr. de la Nat … [Read more...]

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