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Merchant law
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Merchant lawA 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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Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Notice
The information given of some act done, or the interpellation by which some act is required to be done. It also signifies, simply, knowledge; as A had notice that B was a slave.
Nations
Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Take
This is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to seize, as to take and carry away.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
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Mercedes lawyer
A lawyer representing German multinational car maker Mercedes Benz.
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.
Merchantman
A ship or vessel employed in a merchant's service. This term is used in opposition to a ship of war.
Merchants' accounts
In the statute of limitations, there is an exception which has been copied in the acts of the legislatures of a number of the States, that its provisions shall not apply to such accounts as concern trade and merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants.
Merck lawsuit
A lawsuit related to Merck.
Mercury lawyer
A lawyer representing American multinational car maker Mercury.
Mercy
1) Practice. To be in mercy, signifies to be liable to punishment at the discretion of the judge. 2) Criminal law. The total or partial remission of a punishment to which a convict is subject. When the whole punishment is remitted, it is called a pardon; when only a part of the punishment is remitted, it is frequently a conditional pardon; or before sentence, it is called clemency or mercy.
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Mens rea
(United Kingdom) Guilty state of mind.
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
Merchantman
A ship or vessel employed in a merchant's service. This term is used in opposition to a ship of war.
Merchants' accounts
In the statute of limitations, there is an exception which has been copied in the acts of the legislatures of a number of the States, that its provisions shall not apply to such accounts as concern trade and merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants.
Mercy
1) Practice. To be in mercy, signifies to be liable to punishment at the discretion of the judge. 2) Criminal law. The total or partial remission of a punishment to which a convict is subject. When the whole punishment is remitted, it is called a pardon; when only a part of the punishment is remitted, it is frequently a conditional pardon; or before sentence, it is called clemency or mercy.
Mere
This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child unborn, or in the womb.
Merger
1) Where a greater and lesser thing meet, and the latter loses its separate existence and sinks into the former. It is applied to estates, rights, crimes, and torts. 2) estates. When a greater estate and less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the latter; example, if there be a tenant for years, and the reversion in fee simple descends to, or is purchased by him, the term of years is merged in the inheritance, and no longer exists; but they must be to one and the same person, at one and the same time, in one and the same right. 3) Criminal law. When a man commits a great crime which includes a lesser, the latter is merged in the former. 4) Rights. Rights are said to be merged when the same person who is bound to pay is also entitled to receive. This is more properly called a confusion of rights, or extinguishment.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Notice
The information given of some act done, or the interpellation by which some act is required to be done. It also signifies, simply, knowledge; as A had notice that B was a slave.
Nations
Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Take
This is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to seize, as to take and carry away.
Officio
EX. By virtue of one's office.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Mercedes lawyer
A lawyer representing German multinational car maker Mercedes Benz.
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.
Merchantman
A ship or vessel employed in a merchant's service. This term is used in opposition to a ship of war.
Merchants' accounts
In the statute of limitations, there is an exception which has been copied in the acts of the legislatures of a number of the States, that its provisions shall not apply to such accounts as concern trade and merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants.
Merck lawsuit
A lawsuit related to Merck.
Mercury lawyer
A lawyer representing American multinational car maker Mercury.
Mercy
1) Practice. To be in mercy, signifies to be liable to punishment at the discretion of the judge. 2) Criminal law. The total or partial remission of a punishment to which a convict is subject. When the whole punishment is remitted, it is called a pardon; when only a part of the punishment is remitted, it is frequently a conditional pardon; or before sentence, it is called clemency or mercy.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Mens rea
(United Kingdom) Guilty state of mind.
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
Merchantman
A ship or vessel employed in a merchant's service. This term is used in opposition to a ship of war.
Merchants' accounts
In the statute of limitations, there is an exception which has been copied in the acts of the legislatures of a number of the States, that its provisions shall not apply to such accounts as concern trade and merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants.
Mercy
1) Practice. To be in mercy, signifies to be liable to punishment at the discretion of the judge. 2) Criminal law. The total or partial remission of a punishment to which a convict is subject. When the whole punishment is remitted, it is called a pardon; when only a part of the punishment is remitted, it is frequently a conditional pardon; or before sentence, it is called clemency or mercy.
Mere
This is the French word for mother. It is frequently used as, in ventre sa mere, which signifies; a child unborn, or in the womb.
Merger
1) Where a greater and lesser thing meet, and the latter loses its separate existence and sinks into the former. It is applied to estates, rights, crimes, and torts. 2) estates. When a greater estate and less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the latter; example, if there be a tenant for years, and the reversion in fee simple descends to, or is purchased by him, the term of years is merged in the inheritance, and no longer exists; but they must be to one and the same person, at one and the same time, in one and the same right. 3) Criminal law. When a man commits a great crime which includes a lesser, the latter is merged in the former. 4) Rights. Rights are said to be merged when the same person who is bound to pay is also entitled to receive. This is more properly called a confusion of rights, or extinguishment.
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