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In old Engllsh law. No-blemen who lived on the marshes of wales or Scotland, and who, according to Camden, had thelr private […]

An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and wales, or between England and Scotland, […]

In Scotch law. A boundary line or border. Bell. The word is aiso used, in composition; as march-dike, march-stone Source: Black’s Law […]

In Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A mark; a coin of the value of 13s. 4d. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The rent of a mark by the year anciently reserved in leases, etc Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

“A marauder is defined in the law to be ‘one wbo, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits larceny or […]

The name of a piece of money formerly coined at Hamburg. Its value was thirty-five cents Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In old Scotch law. Mayhem; mutilation of the body of a person. Skene Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A mere or moor; a lake, pool, or pond; a bog or Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. Tbe prlce or value of a man’s life or head. Co-well Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

This term denotes a multitude, not merely a number greater than that denoted by the word “few.” . Louisville de N Source: […]

A wrltlng; a paper written with the hand; a writing that has not been printed. Parton v. Prang, 18 Fed. Cas. 1275: […]

The old wrlt of maintenance. Reg. orlg. 182 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old Engllsh law. To oc-cupy; to use or cultivate; to have in man-ual occupation; to bestow manual labor upon. Cowell Source: […]

Lat, A hand Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in Roman law. The hire or wages of labor; compensation for labor or servlces performed. See Mack-eld. Rom. Law, S 413. […]

In old English law. Capable of being had or held in hand; capa-ble of manual occupation; capable of being cultivated; capable of […]

or MONUNG. In old English law. The district wlthin the jurisdic-tlon of a reeve, apparently so called from hls power to exerclse […]

In old English law. A foot of full and legal measure Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A corporation engaged In the production of some article, thing, or object, by skill or labor, out of raw material, or from […]

The act of liberating a slave from bondage and givlng him free-dom. in a wider sense, releasing or deliv-ering one person from […]

The same as main-pernors, (q. v Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A building, the main or principal design or use of which is to be a place for produclng articles as products of […]

Sworn obedience or submission upon oath. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)