The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob. Molitura libera. Free grinding; a liberty to have a mill without paying tolls to the lord. Jacob. … [Read more...]

Lat. He gently laid hands upon. Formal words in the old Latin pleas in actions of trespass and assault where a defendant justified laying hands upon the plaintiff, as where it was done to keep the peace, etc. The phrase is literally translated in the modern precedents, and the original is retained as the name of the plea in such cases. 3 BL Comm. 21; 1 Chit PL 501, 502; Id. … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]