Latin: The service of work and labor done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in buildiug or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (q. p.) Cowell. … [Read more...] about MURORUM OPERATIO
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MURTHRUM
In old Scotch law. Murther or murder. Skene. … [Read more...] about MURTHRUM
MUSEUM
A building or institution for the cultivation of science or the exhibition of curiosities or works of art The term "museum" embraces not only collections of curiosities for the entertainment of the sight but also such as would interest, amuse, and instruct the mind. Bostick v. Purdy, 5 Stew. & P. (Ala.) 109. … [Read more...] about MUSEUM
MUSICAL COMPOSITION
The act of congress of February 3, 1831, authorizes the granting of a copyright for a musical composition. A question was formerly agitated whether a composition published on a single sheet of paper, was to be considered a book, and it was decided in the affirmative. … [Read more...] about MUSICAL COMPOSITION
MUSSA
In old English law. A moss or marsh ground, or a place where sedges grow; a place overrun with moss. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MUSSA