In medical jurisprudence. Derangement of a single faculty of the mind, or with regard to a particular subject the other faculties being in regular exercise. See INSANITY. Monopolia dicitur, com nuns solus aliquod genus mereaturse universum emit, pretium ad suum libitum stataens. It is said to be a monopoly when one person alone buys up the whole of one kind of commodity, … [Read more...]
MOLMUTIAN LAWS
The laws of Dunvallo Molmutuis, a legendary or mythical king of the Britons, who is supposed to have begun his reign about 400 B. C. These laws were famous In the land till the Conquest Tomlins; Mozley & Whitley. … [Read more...]
MODUS
Lat. In the civil law. Manner ; means; way. In old conveyancing. Mode; manner; the arrangement or expression of the terms of a contract or conveyance. Also a consideration; the consideration of a conveyance, technically expressed by the word "ut." A qualification, involving the idea of variance or departure from some general rule or form, either by way of restriction or … [Read more...]
MOMENTUM
In the civil law. An instant; an indivisible portion of time. Calvin. A portion of time that might be measured; a division or subdivision of an hour; answering in some degree to the modern mtali fe, but of longer duration. Calvin. … [Read more...]
MODUS OPERANDI
Latin for the method of operation. This usually refers to a criminal defendant's pattern of conduct or typical manner or conformance to a plan or pattern in which a criminal conducted his or her unlawful acts. … [Read more...]