Latin: In pleading. He moderately chastised. The name of a plea in trespass which justifies an alleged battery on the ground that It consisted in a moderate chastisement of the plaintiff by the defendant, which, from their relations, the latter had a legal right to inflict … [Read more...] about MODERATE CASTIGAVIT
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MIXTION
The mixture or confusion of goods or chattels belonging severally to different owners, in such a way that they can no longer be separated or distinguished; as where two measures of wine belonging to different persons are poured together into the same cask. … [Read more...] about MIXTION
MODERATE SPEED
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...] about MODERATE SPEED
MIXTUM IMPERIUM
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...] about MIXTUM IMPERIUM
MODERATOR
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...] about MODERATOR