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Monogram
MonogramA character or cipher composed of one or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Character The qualities impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from other persons. These constitute his real character; while the qualities he is supposed to possess constitute his estimated character or reputation. "Reputation" may be evidence of character, but is not character itself. 8 Barb. 608 (1850). That which a person really is, in distinction from that which he may be reputed to be. Abbreviation Practice. The omission of some words or letters in writing Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Monocracy A government by one person only. Monocrat A monarch who governs alone; an absolute governor. Monogamy A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion of all the rest of mankind; it is used in opposition to bigamy and polygamy Monomania Medical jurisprudence. Insanity only upon a particular subject; and with a single delusion of the mind. Monopoly Commercial law. This word has various significations. 1). It is the abuse of free commerce by which one or more individuals have procured the advantage of selling alone all of a particular kind of merchandise, to the detriment of the public. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Monition Practice. In those courts which use the civil law process, (as the court of admiralty, whose proceedings are, under the provisions of the acts of congress, to be according to the course of the civil law,) it is a process in the nature of a summons; it is either, general, special, or mixed. Monitory letter Ecclesiastical law. The process of an official, a bishop or other prelate having jurisdiction, issued to compel, by ecclesiastical censures, those who know of a crime or other matter which requires to be explained, to come and reveal it. Monocracy A government by one person only. Monocrat A monarch who governs alone; an absolute governor. Monogamy A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion of all the rest of mankind; it is used in opposition to bigamy and polygamy Monogram Monomania Medical jurisprudence. Insanity only upon a particular subject; and with a single delusion of the mind. Monopoly Commercial law. This word has various significations. 1). It is the abuse of free commerce by which one or more individuals have procured the advantage of selling alone all of a particular kind of merchandise, to the detriment of the public. Monster Physiology, persons. An animal which has a conformation contrary to the order of nature. Monstrans de droit Literally showing of right, in the English law, is a process by which a subject claim from the crown a restitution of a right. Monstrans de fait Literally, showing of a deed; a profert. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Monogram. If you have a better definition for Monogram than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Monogram may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Monogram and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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