In French law. A document in the form of a petition, hy which ap-peals to the court of cassation are initiated
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Lat. To he remembered ; he it remembered. A formal word with which the body of a record in the court of king’s beuch ancientiy commenced. Townsh. Pl. 486 ; 2 Tldd, Pr. 719. The whole clause is now, in practice, termed, from this iuitial word, the “memorandum,” and lts use is sup-posed to have originated from the circum-stance that proceedings “by bill” (in which alone it has been employed) were formerly considered as the by-business of the court. Gilb. Com. Pl. 47, 48
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In English law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with officers or deputies in attendance; and they are lawful places of exportation or importation. 1 ChiL Com. Law, 726
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Lat Better; the better. Melior res, the better (best) thing or chattel. Bract fol. 60
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In Scotch law. Improvements of an estate, other than mere re-pairs; betterments. 1 Bell, Comm. 73. occasionally used in English and American law in the sense of valuable and lasting improve-ments or betterments. See Green v. Biddle, 8 wheat. 84, 5 L. Ed. 547
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In medical jurispru-dence. A kind of mental unsoundness char-acterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, aud brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas webster. See Insanitt
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In Saxon law. The recompense due and given to him who made dis-covery of any breach of penal laws committed by another person, called the “promot-er’s It. e., informer’s] fee.” wharton
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In Spanish law. Prefer-red; advanced, white, New Recop. L 3, tit 10, c. 1, | 4
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A coming together of per-sons; an assembly. Particularly, in law, an assembling of a number of persons for the purpose of discussing and acting upon some matter or matters in which they have a eoin-mon interest
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In Saxon law. A recompense for the murder of a relation
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A harvest sapper or entertainment given to laborers at harvest-home. Cowell
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In old English law. A mixing together; a medley or mdle’e; an af-fray or sudden encounter. An offense sud-denly committed in an affray. The English word “medley” is preserved in the term “chance-medley.” An intermeddling, without violence, in any matter of business. Spelman
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An affray; a sudden or cas-ual fighting; a hand to hand battle; a mdtee. See Chance-Medley; Ch aud-Medley
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A judicial writ to distrain a lord for the acquitting of a mesne lord from a rent, which he had ac-knowledged in court not to belong to him. Reg. Jur. 129
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In old English law. Meantime; mesne profits. Cowell
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A box containing aa assortment of medicines, required by stat
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Relating to the law concerning medical questions
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Pertaining, relating, or be-longlng to the study nnd practice of medicine, or the science and art of the investigation, prevention, cure, and alleviation of disease
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