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The place designated by law where bullion is coined into money under authority of the government. Also a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the crown. The privilege is now abolished. Wharton. Mint-mark. The masters and workers of the English mint, … [Read more...] about MINT

To cite falsely as a proof or argument … [Read more...] about MISALLEGE

(A) government. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is invested with the administration of some one of the principal branches of the government. 2. Ministers are responsible to the king or other supreme magistrate who has appointed them. 4 Conn. 134. (B) international law. This is the general name given to public functionaries who represent their country abroad, … [Read more...] about MINISTER

The charge or commission taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as "seigniorage." Also that which is coined or stamped as money; the product of the mint. … [Read more...] about MINTAGE

That which is done under the authority of a superior; opposed to judicial; that which involves obedience to instructions, but demands no special discretion, judgment or skill. Ministerial act. A ministerial act may be defined, to be one which a person performs in a given state of facts, in a prescribed manner, in obedience to the mandate of legal authority, without regard to or … [Read more...] about MINISTERIAL