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MUTATIS MUTANDIS. The necessary changes. This is a phrase of frequent practical occurrence, meaning that matters or things are generally the same, but...

MURDER, pleadings. In an indictment for murder, it must be charged that the prisoner "did kill and murder" the deceased, and unless the word...

MURDER, crim. law. This, one of the most important crimes that can be committed against individuals, has been variously defined. Hawkins defines it to...

MULTITUDE. The meaning of this word is not very certain. By some it is said that to make a multitude there must be ten persons at least, while others ...

MULATTO. A person born of one white and one black parent. 7 Mass. R. 88; 2 Bailey, 558.MULCT, punishment. A fine imposed on the conviction of an offen...

MOTIVE. The inducement, cause or reason why a thing is done.2. When there is such a mistake in the motive, that had the truth been known, the contract...

MORTUUM VADIUM. A mortgage; a dead pledgeMORTUUS EST. A return made by the sheriff, when the defendant is dead, as an excuse for not executing the wri...

MORTGAGEE, estates, contracts. He to whom a mortgage is made.2. He is entitled to the payment of the money secured to him by the mortgage; he has the ...

MORGANTIC MARRIAGE. During the middle ages, there was an intermediate estate between matrimony and concubinage, known by this name. It is defined to b...

MORA, In civil law. This term, in morÉ, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform i...