日期：2008-03-20 MIXED PROPERTY. That kind of property which is not altogether real nor personal, but a compound of both. Heir-looms, tomb-stones, monuments in a church, and title deeds to an estate, are of this nature. 1 Ch. Pr. 95; 2 Bl. Com. 428; 3 Barn. Adolph.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MITIOR SENSUS, construction. The more lenient sense. It was formerly held in actions for libel and slander, that when two or more constructions could be put upon the words, one of which would not be actionable the words were to be so construed, for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISTAKE, contracts. An error committed in relation to some matter of fact affecting the rights of one of the parties to a contract. 2. Mistakes in making a contract are distinguished ordinarily into, first, mistakes as to the motive; secondly, mista... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISSOURI. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by a resolution of congress, approved March 2, 1821, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1823, by which it is resolved, that Missouri shall be admitte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISREPRESENTATION, contracts. The statement made by a party to a contract, that a thing relating to it is in fact in a particular way, when he knows it is not so. 2. The misrepresentation must be both false and fraudulent, in order to make the party... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISPLEADING. Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defence of an action, is so called. 2. Pleading not guilty to an action of debt, is an example of the first; and when the plaintiff sets out a t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISNOMER. The act of using a wrong name. 2. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions. 3. - 1. In general, when the party can be ascertained, a mistake in the name will not avoid the cont... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISE, English law. In a writ of right which is intended to be tried by the grand assize, the general issue is called the mise. Lawes, Civ. Pl. 111; 7 Cowen, 51. This word also signifies expenses, and it is so commonly used in the entries of judgment... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISCASTING. By this term is not understood any pretended miscasting or mis- valuing, but simply an error in auditing and numbering. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4128. MISCOGNlSANT. This word, which is but little used, signifies ignorant or not knowing. Stat. 32... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MISBEHAVIOUR. Improper or unlawful conduct. See 2 Mart. N. S. 683. 2. A party guilty of misbehaviour; as, for example, to threaten to do injury to another, may be bound to his good behaviour and thus restrained. See Good Behaviour. 3. Verdicts are n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MINUTE, measures. In divisions of the circle or angular measures, a minute is equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth part of a degree. 2. In the computation of time, a minute is equal to sixty seconds, or the sixtieth part of an hour. Vide Measure.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MINISTER, eccles. law. One ordained by some church to preach the gospel. 2. Ministers are authorized in the United States, generally, to marry, and are liable to fines and penalties for marrying minors contrary to the local regulations. As to the ri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MINISTER, 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 appointe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MILLED MONEY. This term means merely coined money, and it is not necessary that it should be marked or rolled on the edges. Running's case, Leach, 708. MIL-REIS. The name of a coin. The mil-reis of Portugal is taken as money of account, at the custo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MILL, 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 art... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MILITARY. That which belongs or relates to the army. 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... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MIDDLEMAN contracts. A person who is employed both by the seller and purchaser of goods, or by the purcbaser alone, to receive them into his possession, for the purpose of doing something in or about them; as, if goods be delivered from a ship by th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MICHAELMAS TERM. Eng. law. One of the four terms of the courts; it begins on the 2d day of November, and ends on the 25th of November. It was formerly a movable term. St. 11 G. IV. and 1 W. IV. 70. MICHIGAN. One of the new, states of the United Stat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MESNE, WRIT of. The name of an ancient writ, which lies when: the lord para- mount distrains on the tenant paravail; the latter shall have a writ of mesne against the lord who is mesne. F. N. B. 316. MESSENGER. A person appointed to perform certain... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MERTON, STATUTTE OF. A statute so called, because the parliament or rather council, which enacted it, sat at Merton, in Surrey. It was made the 20 Hen. III. A. D. 1236. See Barr. an the Stat. 41. MESCROYANT. Used in our ancient books. An unbeliever.... 阅读全文>>