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Miserabile depositum
Miserabile depositumCivil law. The name of an involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevitable calamity. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Civil 1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction. Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. Involuntary An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then, which is performed under duress. Necessity In general, whatever makes the contrary of a thing impossible, whatever may be the cause of such impossibilities, Instance Civil and French law. It signifies, generally, all sorts of actions and judicial demands. Shipwreck The loss of a vessel at sea, either. by being swallowed up by the waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Mise English law. In a writ of right which is intended to be tried by the grand assize, the general issue is called the mise. Lawes, Civ. Pl. 111; 7 Cowen, 51. This word also signifies expenses, and it is so commonly used in the entries of judgments in personal actions; as when the plaintiff recovers, the judgment is quod recuperet damna sua for such value, and pro mises et custagiis for costs and charges for so much, &c. Misericordia Mercy. An arbitrary or discretionary amercement. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Miscognlsant This word, which is but little used, signifies ignorant or not knowing. Misconduct Unlawful behaviour by a person entrusted in any degree: with the administration of justice, by which the rights of the parties and the justice of the, case may have been affected. Miscontinuance Practice. By this term is understood a continuance of a suit by undue process. Its effect is the same as a discontinuance. Misdirection Practice. An error made by a judge in charging the jury in a special case. Such misdirection is either in relation to matters of law or matters of fact. Mise English law. In a writ of right which is intended to be tried by the grand assize, the general issue is called the mise. Lawes, Civ. Pl. 111; 7 Cowen, 51. This word also signifies expenses, and it is so commonly used in the entries of judgments in personal actions; as when the plaintiff recovers, the judgment is quod recuperet damna sua for such value, and pro mises et custagiis for costs and charges for so much, &c. Miserabile depositum Misericordia Mercy. An arbitrary or discretionary amercement. Misfeasance Torts, contracts. The performance of an act which might lawfully be done, in an improper manner, by which another person receives an injury. It differs from malfeasance, or, nonfeasance. Misjoinder Pleading. Misjoinder of causes of action, or counts, consists in joining, in different counts in one declaration, several demands, which the law does not permit to be joined, to enforce several distinct, substantive rights of recovery; as, where a declaration joins a count in trespass with another in case, for distinct wrongs or a count in tort, with another in contract. Mis-joinder When a person has been named as a party to a law suit when that person should not have been added. When this is asserted, a court will usually accommodate a request to amend the court documents to strike, or substitute for, the name of the mis-joined party. Compare with non-joinder. Misnomer The act of using a wrong name. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Miserabile depositum. If you have a better definition for Miserabile depositum than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Miserabile depositum may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Miserabile depositum and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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