A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his place of residence to the seat of congress, at the commencement and end of every session. Act of Jan. 22, 1818; 3 Story, Laws U. … [Read more...] about MILEAGE
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MINARE
In old records. To mine or dig mines. Minator, a miner. Cowell. … [Read more...] about MINARE
MILES
Latin: In the civil law. A soldier. In old English law. A knight because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight 1 Bl. Comm. 404; Seld. Tit. Hon. 834. … [Read more...] about MILES
MINATOR CARUCAE
A plowman. Cowell. Minatur innocentibus qui parcit no centibus. 4 Coke, 45. He threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. … [Read more...] about MINATOR CARUCAE
MILITARE
To be knighted. … [Read more...] about MILITARE