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In French law. A document in the form of a petition, hy which ap-peals to the court of cassation are initiated Source: […]

Lat. To he remembered ; he it remembered. A formal word with which the body of a record in the court of […]

Lat in tbo oivil lav Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A slip or small piece of land Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To be better inquired Into Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with officers or deputies in attendance; and they are […]

Lat Better; the better. Melior res, the better (best) thing or chattel. Bract fol. 60 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. Improvements of an estate, other than mere re-pairs; betterments. 1 Bell, Comm. 73. occasionally used in English and American […]

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 […]

In Saxon law. The recompense due and given to him who made dis-covery of any breach of penal laws committed by another […]

MEINE, or MEINIE. In old Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish law. Prefer-red; advanced, white, New Recop. L 3, tit 10, c. 1, | 4 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

r MAISNADER. In old Eng-lish law. A family Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Fr. Minority; lesser age. Kelham Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A coming together of per-sons; an assembly. Particularly, in law, an assembling of a number of persons for the purpose of discussing […]

In Saxon law. A recompense for the murder of a relation Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A bribe; hush money Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A harvest sapper or entertainment given to laborers at harvest-home. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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 […]

An affray; a sudden or cas-ual fighting; a hand to hand battle; a mdtee. See Chance-Medley; Ch aud-Medley Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

A judicial writ to distrain a lord for the acquitting of a mesne lord from a rent, which he had ac-knowledged in […]

In old English law. Meantime; mesne profits. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A box containing aa assortment of medicines, required by stat Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Relating to the law concerning medical questions Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Pertaining, relating, or be-longlng to the study nnd practice of medicine, or the science and art of the investigation, prevention, cure, and […]