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Migrant
MigrantA person who leaves his/her country of origin to seek residence in another country. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. Country By country is meant the state of which one is a member. 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. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Micel gemot English law. In Saxon times, the great council of the nation bore this name, sometimes also called the witena gemot, or assembly of wise men; in aftertimes, this assembly assumed the name of parliament. Michaelmas term English law. One of the four terms of the courts; it begins on the 2d day of November, and ends on the 25th of November. It was formerly a movable term. Michigan One of the new, states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act, of Congress of January 26th, 1837, which enacts "that the state of Michigan shall be one and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of Amaerica, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever." Middleman Contracts. A person who is employed both by the seller and purchaser of goods, or by the purcbaser alone, to receive them into his possession, for the purpose of doing something in or about them; as, if goods be delivered from a ship by the seller, to a wharfinger, to be by him forwarded to the purchaser, who has been appointed by the latter to receive them; or if goods be sent to a packer, for and by orders of the vendee, the packer is to be considerpd as a middleman. Midwife Medical jurisprudence. A woman who practices midwifery; a woman who pursues the business of an account. Migrant Mile Measure. A length of a thousand paces, or seventeen hundred and sixty yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six inches. Mileage A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. Milestone A point after a job is started and before it is completed at which an approval or re-evaluation is made by participants in a contract and to which partial compensation, based on a fixed bid sum, is often tied. The milestone may be based on the passage of some specified period of time, or on the completion of some percentage of the job. Military That which belongs or relates to the army. Military allotment A deduction from child support from the salary of a noncustodial parent on active duty in the united states military. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Migrant. If you have a better definition for Migrant than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Migrant may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Migrant and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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