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Mixed




Mixed

To join; to mingle. A compound made of several simples is said to be something mixed.

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Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.

Said
Before mentioned.

Mixed
To join; to mingle. A compound made of several simples is said to be something mixed.



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Mixed actions
practice. An action partaking of a real and personal action by which real property is demanded, and damages for a wrong sustained: an ejectment is of this nature.

Mixed government
A government composed of some of the powers of a monarchical, aristocratical, and democratical government.

Mixed jurisdiction
A country or a political subdivision of a country in which a mixed legal system (infra) prevails.

Mixed legal system
A legal system in which the law in force is derived from more than one legal tradition or legal family. For example, in Scotland, South Africa, Louisiana and Quebec, the basic private law is derived partly from the civil law tradition (supra) and partly from the common law tradition (supra).

Mixed or compound larceny
Criminal law. A larceny which has all the properties of simple larceny, and is accompanied with one or both the aggravations of violence to the person or taking from the house.

Mixed property
That kind of property which is not altogether real nor personal, but a compound of both. Heir-looms, tomb-stones, monuments in a church, and title deeds to an estate, are of this nature.



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Mitigation of damages
A person who sues another for damages has a responsibility to minimize those damages, as far as reasonable. For example, in a wrongful dismissal suit, the person that was fired should make some effort to find another job so as to minimize the economic damage on themselves.

Mitior sensus
Construction. The more lenient sense. It was formerly held in actions for libel and slander, that when two or more constructions could be put upon the words, one of which would not be actionable the words were to be so construed, for verba accipienda sunt in mitiore sensu. 4 Co. 13, 20. It is now, however, well established, that they are not to be taken in the more lenient, or more severe sense, but in the sense which fairly belongs to them, and which they were intended to convey.

Mitter
Law-French. To put, to send, or to pass; as mitter' l'estate, to pass the estate; mitter le droit, to pass a right.

Mittimus
The name of an order in writing, issuing from a court and directing the sheriff or other officer to convey a person to a prison, asylum, or reformatory, and directing the jailer or other appropriate official to receive and safely keep the person until his or her fate shall be determined by due course of law.

Mittimus, crim
1) English practice. A writ enclosing a record sent to be tried in a county palatine; it derives its name from the Latin word mittimus, "we send." It is the jury process of these counties, and commands the proper officer of the county palatine to command the sheriff to summon the jury for the trial of the cause, and to return the record, &c. 2) Criminal law, practice. A precept in writing, under the hand and seal of a justice of the peace, or other competent officer, directed to the gaoler or keeper of a prison, commanding him to receive and safely keep, a person charged with an offence therein named until he shall be delivered by due course of law.

Mixed

Mixed actions
practice. An action partaking of a real and personal action by which real property is demanded, and damages for a wrong sustained: an ejectment is of this nature.

Mixed government
A government composed of some of the powers of a monarchical, aristocratical, and democratical government.

Mixed jurisdiction
A country or a political subdivision of a country in which a mixed legal system (infra) prevails.

Mixed legal system
A legal system in which the law in force is derived from more than one legal tradition or legal family. For example, in Scotland, South Africa, Louisiana and Quebec, the basic private law is derived partly from the civil law tradition (supra) and partly from the common law tradition (supra).

Mixed or compound larceny
Criminal law. A larceny which has all the properties of simple larceny, and is accompanied with one or both the aggravations of violence to the person or taking from the house.

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