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MODERATE SPEED

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In admiralty law. AS applied to a steam-vessel, "such speed only is moderate as will permit the steamer reasonably and effectually to avoid a collision by slackening speed, or by stopping and reversing, within the distance at which an approaching vessel can be seen." The City of New York (C. C.) 35 Fed. 609; The Allianca (D. C.) 39 Fed. 480; The State of Alabama (D. C.) 17 Fed. … [Read more...]

MIXTUM IMPERIUM

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Latin: In old English law. Mixed authority; a kind of civil power. A term applied by Lord Hale to the "power" of certain subordinate civil magistrates as distinct from "jurisdiction." Hale, Anal. 111. … [Read more...]

MODERATOR

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A chairman or president of an assembly. A person appointed to preside at a popular meeting. The presiding officer of town-meetings in New England is so called. See Wheeler v. Carter, 180 Mass. 382, 62 N. E. 471. … [Read more...]

MLS

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See Multiple Listing Service. … [Read more...]

MODIATIO

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In old English law. A certain duty paid for every tierce of wine. Modica circumstantia facti jus nratat. A small circumstance attending an act may change the law. … [Read more...]

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