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Mens rea
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Mens rea(United Kingdom) Guilty state of mind.
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Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
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Mensa
This comprehends all goods and necessaries for livelihood. Obsolete
Mensa et thoro
The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage.
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Memorialized
In writing.
Memory
Understanding; a capacity to make contracts, a will, or to commit a crime, so far as intention is necessary.
Memory, time of
According to the English common law, the time of memory commenced from the reign of Richard the First,
Menace
A threat; a declaration of an intention to cause evil to happen to another.
Menial
This term is applied to servants who live under their master's roof.
Mens rea
Mensa
This comprehends all goods and necessaries for livelihood. Obsolete
Mensa et thoro
The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
Merchant law
A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all commercial nations; and those customs constitute a part of the general law of the land; and being a part of that law their existence cannot be proved by witnesses, but the judges are bound to take notice of them ex officio.
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Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
State
1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him.
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Mensa
This comprehends all goods and necessaries for livelihood. Obsolete
Mensa et thoro
The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Memorialized
In writing.
Memory
Understanding; a capacity to make contracts, a will, or to commit a crime, so far as intention is necessary.
Memory, time of
According to the English common law, the time of memory commenced from the reign of Richard the First,
Menace
A threat; a declaration of an intention to cause evil to happen to another.
Menial
This term is applied to servants who live under their master's roof.
Mens rea
Mensa
This comprehends all goods and necessaries for livelihood. Obsolete
Mensa et thoro
The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
Merchant law
A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all commercial nations; and those customs constitute a part of the general law of the land; and being a part of that law their existence cannot be proved by witnesses, but the judges are bound to take notice of them ex officio.
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