The code of law that applies only to members of the military. … [Read more...] about MILITARY LAW
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MILITES
Lat. Knights; and, In Scotch law, freeholders. … [Read more...] about MILITES
MILITIA
The military force of the nation, consisting of citizens called forth to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection and repel invasion. 2. The Constitution of the United States provides on this subject as follows: Art. 1, s. 8, 14. Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel … [Read more...] about MILITIA
MILK
To milk; to exploit by drawing out, to induce someone to pay a stream of money, a metaphor for milking the cow. … [Read more...] about MILK
MILL
(A) estates. Mills are so very different and various, that it is not easy to give a definition of the term. They are used for the purpose of grinding and pulverising grain and other matters, to extract the juices of vegetables, to make various articles of manufacture. They take their names from the uses to which they are employed, hence we have paper-mills, fulling-mills, … [Read more...] about MILL