The persou who leuds chattels in the contract of mutuum, (q. v
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In crlminal law. An insur-rection of soldiers or seamen against the au-thorlty of their commanders; a sedition or revolt in the army or navy. See The St^-cey Clarke (D. C.) 54 Fed. 533; McCargo v. New orleans Ins. Co., 10 Rob. (La.) 313, 43 Am. Dec. 180
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Interchangeable; reciprocal; each acting in return or correspondence to the other; given and received; spoken of an engagement or relation in which like duties aud obligations are exchanged
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As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means renderlng the doc-ument imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting, tear
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Insubordinate; disposed to mutiny; tendlng to incite or encourage mu-tiny
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Lat. with the necessary changes in points of detail
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Speechless; dumb; that cannot or will not speak. In English crlminal law, a prisoner is sald to stand, mute when, heing arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose or with such matter as is not allowable, and will not auswer otherwise, or, upon having pleaded not guilty, refuses to put himself upon the country. 4 Bl. Comm. 324
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In French law. This term is synonymous with “change,” and is es-pecially applied to designate the change which takes place in the property of a thing in its transmission from one person to an-other. Mutation, therefore, happens when the owner of the thiug sells, exchanges, or gives it. Merl. Repert
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In practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, hy which there is an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new cause of ac-tion, pr asking oue thing instead of another. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 213
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A kennel of hounds; one of the mortuaries to which the crown was entitled st a bishop’s or abbot’s de-cease. 2 Bl. Comm. 426
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To assemble together troops and their arms, whether for inspection, drill, or service in the field. To take recruits into the service in the army and inscribe their names on the muster-roll or official record. See Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen (Mass.) 498
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A name given to the Issue of an Indian and a negro. Miller v. Dawson, Dud. (S. C.) 174
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A building or institution for the cultivation of science or the exhibition of curiosities or works of art
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In old English law. A moss or marsh ground, or a place where sedges grow; a place overrun with moss. Cowell
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Lat. Tlie service of work and labor done by lnhabitants and adjotnlng tenants in bulldlug or repairing the walls of a clty or castle; their personal service was commuted into murage, (q. v.) Cowell
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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 oriminal design and not legally “Insane”) kllls any human creature in being (exclud-Ing quick but unborn children) and in the peace of the state or natlon (Including all persons except tbe milltary forces of the publlc enemy in time of war or battle) wlth-out any warrant, justification, or excuse in law, wlth malice aforethought, express or implied, that is, with a deliberate purpose or a design or determination distinctly form-ed in the mind before the commlssion of the act, provided that death results from the injury inflicted within one year and a day after Its infliction. See Kilpatrick v. Com., 31 Pa. 198; Hotema v. U. S., 186 U. S. 413, 22 Sup. Ct. 895, 46 L. Ed. 1225; Gulteau’s Case (D. O.) 10 Fed. 161; Clarke v. State, 117 Ala. 1, 23 South. 671, 67 Am. St Rep. 157; People v. Enoch, 13 wend. (N. Y.) 167, 27 Am. Dec. 197; Kent v. People, 8 Colo. 563, 9 Pac. 832; Com. v. webster, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 295, 52 Am. Dec. 711; Arm-strong v. State. 30 Fla. 170, 11 South. 618, 17 L. R. A. 484; U. S. v. Lewie (C. 0.) Ill Fed. 632; Nye v. People, 35 Mlch. 16. For the distinction between murder and manslaugh-ter and other forms of homicide, see Homi-cidb; Manslaughter
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In old English law. The killing of a man in a secret manner
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In interua-tlonal law and United States statutes, this tenn Includes not only ordnance, ammunl-tion, and other material directly useful lo the conduct of a war, but also whatever may contribute to its successful maintenance
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Lat A gift; an office; a beu-eflce or feud. A gladiatorial show or spec-tacie. Calvin.; Du Cange
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The instruments of writing and written evidences which the owner of lands, possesslons, or Inheritances has, t>y which he is enabled to defend the title of his estate. Termes de la Ley; 3 Inst. 170
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E, or MUNIMENT-ROOM. A house or room of strength, in cathedrals, collegiate churches, castles, col-leges, public bulldings, etc., purposely made for keeping deeds, charters, writings, etc
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A munlclpal corpo* ration; a city, town, borough, or incbrporat-ed village. Also the body of officers, taken collectively, belonglng to a city
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In Roman law. A foreign town to which the freedom of the city of Rome was granted, and whose inhabitants had the privilege of enjoying oflices and honors there; a free town. Adams, Rom. Ant 47, 77
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