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Matertera






Matertera

Maternal aunt; the sister of one's mother.

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Maternal
That which belongs to, or comes from the mother: as, maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.

Aunt
Domestic relations. The sister of one's father or mother; she is a relation in the third degree.

Sister
A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister.

Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.



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Mate
The second officer on board of a merchant ship or vessel.

Mater familias
Civil law. The mother of a family, and, by extension, the mistress of a family.

Material evidence
Evidence which is relevant to the issues in a case.

Material men
This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings.

Materiality
That which is important; that which is not merely of form but of substance.

Materials
Everything of which anything is made.

Materna maternis
This expression is used in the French law to signify that in a succession the property coming from the mother of a deceased person, descends to his maternal relations.

Maternal
That which belongs to, or comes from the mother: as, maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.

Maternal property
That which comes from the mother of the party, and other ascendants of the maternal stock.

Maternity
The state or condition of a mother.



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Materials
Everything of which anything is made.

Materna maternis
This expression is used in the French law to signify that in a succession the property coming from the mother of a deceased person, descends to his maternal relations.

Maternal
That which belongs to, or comes from the mother: as, maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.

Maternal property
That which comes from the mother of the party, and other ascendants of the maternal stock.

Maternity
The state or condition of a mother.

Matertera

Mathematical evidence
That evidence which is established by a demonstration. It is used in contradistinction to moral evidence.

Matricula
Civil law. A register in which are inscribed the names of persons who become members of an association or society.In the ancient church there was matricula clericorum, which was a catalogue of the officiating clergy; and matricula pauperum, a list of the poor to be relieved; hence to be entered in the university is to be matriculated.

Matrimonial causes
In the English ecclesiastical courts there are five kinds of causes which are classed under this head. 1. Causes for a malicious jactitation. 2. Suits for nullity of marriage, on account of fraud, incest, or other bar to the marriage. 3. Suits for restitution of conjugal rights. 4. Suits for divorces on account of cruelty or adultery, or causes which have arisen since the marriage. 5. Suits for alimony.

Matrimonium
By this word is understood the inheritance descending to a man, ex parti matris. It is but little used.

Matrimony
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.

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