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MUTATIO NOMINIS

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Latin: In the civil law. Change of name. Cod. 9, 25. … [Read more...]

MURDER

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The crime committed where a person of sound mind and discretion (that is, of sufficient age to form and execute a criminal design and not legally "insane") kills any human creature in being (excluding quick but unborn children) and in the peace of the state or nation (including all persons except the military forces of the public enemy in time of war or battle) without any … [Read more...]

MUTATION

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In French law. This term is synonymous with "change," and is especially applied to designate the change which takes place in the property of a thing in its transmission from one person to another. Mutation, therefore, happens when the owner of the thing sells, exchanges, or gives it. Merl. Rupert. … [Read more...]

MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE

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The intentional killing of a person with premeditated intent to cause and inflict harm and which may include prior planning. Murder in cold blood. … [Read more...]

MUTATION OF LIBEL

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In practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, by which there is an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new cause of action, pr asking one thing instead of another. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 213. … [Read more...]

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