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Manor
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ManorEstates. This word is derived from the French manoir, and signifies, a house, residence, or habitation. At present its meaning is more enlarged, and includes not only a dwelling-house, but also lands.
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Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
House
Estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added.
Residence
The place of one's domicil. There is a difference between a man's residence and his domicil. He may have his domicil in Philadelphia, and still he may have a residence in New York; for although a man can have but one domicil, he may have several residences. A residence is generally tran-sient in its nature, it becomes a domicil when it is taken up animo manendi.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Present
A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
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Manifest
1) Evidence. That which is clear and requires no proof; that which is noto- rious. 2)Common law. A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or commercial vessel.
Manifesto
A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another.
Mankind
Persons of the male sex; but in a more general sense, it includes persons of both sexes; for example, the statute of 25 Hen. VIII.,makes it felony to commit, sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males axe included under the term mankind.
Manner and form
Pleading. After traversing any allegation in pleading, it is usual to say "in manner and form as he has in his declaration in that behalf alleged," which is as much as to include in the traverse, not only the mere fact opposed to it, but that in the manner and form in which it is stated by the other party. These words, however, only put in issue the substantial statement of the manner of tho fact traversed, and do not extend to the time, place, or other circumstances attending it, if they were not originally material and necessary to be proved as laid.
Mannopus
An ancient word which signifies goods taken in the hands of an ap- prehended thief.
Manor
Mansion
This term is synonymous with house. A portion only of a building may come under the description of a mansion-house.
Manslaughter
Criminal law. The unlawful killing of another without malice either express or implied. The distinctions between manslaughter and murder, consists in the following. In the former, though the act which occasions the death be unlawful, or likely to be attended with bodily mischief, yet the malice, either express or implied, which is the very essence of murder, is presumed to be wanting in manslaughter.
Manstealing
This word is sometimes used synonymously with kidnapping. The latter is more technical.
Manu forti
With strong hand. This term is used in pleading in cases of forcible entry, and no other words are of equal import
Manu opera
This has the same meaning with mannopus.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
House
Estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added.
Residence
The place of one's domicil. There is a difference between a man's residence and his domicil. He may have his domicil in Philadelphia, and still he may have a residence in New York; for although a man can have but one domicil, he may have several residences. A residence is generally tran-sient in its nature, it becomes a domicil when it is taken up animo manendi.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Present
A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
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Manifest
1) Evidence. That which is clear and requires no proof; that which is noto- rious. 2)Common law. A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or commercial vessel.
Manifesto
A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another.
Mankind
Persons of the male sex; but in a more general sense, it includes persons of both sexes; for example, the statute of 25 Hen. VIII.,makes it felony to commit, sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males axe included under the term mankind.
Manner and form
Pleading. After traversing any allegation in pleading, it is usual to say "in manner and form as he has in his declaration in that behalf alleged," which is as much as to include in the traverse, not only the mere fact opposed to it, but that in the manner and form in which it is stated by the other party. These words, however, only put in issue the substantial statement of the manner of tho fact traversed, and do not extend to the time, place, or other circumstances attending it, if they were not originally material and necessary to be proved as laid.
Mannopus
An ancient word which signifies goods taken in the hands of an ap- prehended thief.
Manor
Mansion
This term is synonymous with house. A portion only of a building may come under the description of a mansion-house.
Manslaughter
Criminal law. The unlawful killing of another without malice either express or implied. The distinctions between manslaughter and murder, consists in the following. In the former, though the act which occasions the death be unlawful, or likely to be attended with bodily mischief, yet the malice, either express or implied, which is the very essence of murder, is presumed to be wanting in manslaughter.
Manstealing
This word is sometimes used synonymously with kidnapping. The latter is more technical.
Manu forti
With strong hand. This term is used in pleading in cases of forcible entry, and no other words are of equal import
Manu opera
This has the same meaning with mannopus.
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