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The killing of a person that is the result of the commission of a felonious act. … [Read more...] about MURDER IN THE THIRD DEGREE

old Engl. law. During the times of the Danes, and afterwards till the reign of Edward III, murdrum was the killing of a man in a secret manner, and in that it differed from simple homicide. 2. When a man was thus killed, and he was unknown, by the laws of Canute he was presumed to be a Dane, and the vill was compelled to pay forty marks for his death. After the conquest, a … [Read more...] about MURDRUM

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

In old Scotch law. Murther or murder. Skene. … [Read more...] about MURTHRUM

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