orporations. A merger of corporations consist in the uniting of two or more corporations by the transfer of property of all to one of them, which continues in existence, the others being swallowed up or merged therein. In regard to the survivor-ship of one of the constituent corporations, it differs from a “consolidation,” wherein all the consolidating companies surrender their separate existence and become parts of a new corporation. Adams v. Yadoo & M. V. R. Co., 77 Miss. 194, 24 South. 200, 60 L. R. A. 33; Vicksburg ft Y. C. Tel. Co. v. Citizens’ Tel. Co., 79 Miss. 341, 30 South. 725, 89 Am. St. Rep. 056
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In old Engllsh law. Noon. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5, $ 31
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of tbe nature of un-Iawful sexual connection. The term is descriptive of the relation sustained oy persons wbo contract a marriage that is vold by reason of legal incapacity. 1 Bl. Comm. 436
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The fusion or absorption of one thing or rigbt Into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the subjects is of less dignity or importance than the
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In old English law. A stone for bounding or dlvlding lands. Yearb. P. 18 Hen. VI. 5
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The free and volun-tary act of a party himself, done without the suggestion or influence of another person, is said to be done of his mere motion, ex mere motu, (q. v.) Brown
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The mere right of prop-erty in land; the jus proprietatis, without either possession or even the right of pos-sesslon. 2 Bl. Comm. 197. The abstract right of property
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L. Fr. Mother. JBle, mere, flllc, grandmother, mother, daughter. Brltt c. 89. En ventre sa mere, in its mother’s womb
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In praotioe. The arbitrament of the king or judge in punishing offenses uot directly censured by law. Jacob. So, “to be in mercy” signifies to be amerced or fined for bringing or defending an unjust snit, or to be liable to punishment in the discretion of the court
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In old writs, wares. Mercimonia et inerchandisas, wares and merchandises. Reg. Brev. Append. 10
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A ship or vessel employed in foreign or domestic commerce or in the merchant service
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In fendal law. A fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. Cowell. The same as marcheta (q. v
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A man who traffics or car-rles on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and Imports goods and sells them by wholesale, webster. Merchants of thls de-scriptlon are commonly known by the name of “shipping merchants.”
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Fit for sale; vendible In market; of a quality such as will brlng the ordinary market price. Riggs v. Armstrong, 23 W. Va. 773; Pacific Coast Elevator Co. v. Bravinder, 14 wash. 315, 44 Pac. 544
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Lat. In the civll law. Re-ward of labor in money or other thlngs. As dlstlngulshed from “pensto,” it means the rent of farms, (pradia rustiei.) Calvin
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All commodities which merchants usually buy and sell, whether at wholesale or retail; wares and commodities such as are ordinarily the objects of trade and commerce. But • the term is never understood as including real estate, and is
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The law of the Mer-clans. one of the three prlncipal systems of laws which prevailed In England about the beginning of the eleventh century. It was observed in many of the mldland counties, and those bordering on the principality of wales. 1 Bl. Comm. 65
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Lat. A market. A con-tract of sale. Supplies for an army, (com
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