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Moratorium
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MoratoriumThe temporary suspension of legal action against a person.
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Temporary
That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary sta-tute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of time after its enactment the opposite of perpetual.
Suspension
1) A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. 2) Scotch law. That form of law by which the effect of a sentence-condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed, till the cause be again considered. 3) Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or hin-dered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called deprivation or amotion.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
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Mora
1) In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. 2) estates. A moor, barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath.
Moral evidence
That evidence which is not obtained either from intuition or demonstration. It consists of those convictions of the mind, which are produced by the use of the senses, the testimony of men, and analogy or induction. It is used in contradistinction to mathematical, evidence.
Moral insanity
Medical jurisprudence. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination.
Moral obligation
A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil.
Moral rights
The right, originating in Europe, to maintain control over work after it is sold to another, such as the right to claim authorship or prevent modification. Moral rights are separate from economic rights held by a copyright owner and are not recognized in the United States for writings, but are recognized for visual arts.
Moratur, in lege
He demurs in law. He rests on the pleadings of the case, and abides the judgment of the court.
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Mora
1) In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. 2) estates. A moor, barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath.
Moral evidence
That evidence which is not obtained either from intuition or demonstration. It consists of those convictions of the mind, which are produced by the use of the senses, the testimony of men, and analogy or induction. It is used in contradistinction to mathematical, evidence.
Moral insanity
Medical jurisprudence. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination.
Moral obligation
A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil.
Moral rights
The right, originating in Europe, to maintain control over work after it is sold to another, such as the right to claim authorship or prevent modification. Moral rights are separate from economic rights held by a copyright owner and are not recognized in the United States for writings, but are recognized for visual arts.
Moratorium
Moratur, in lege
He demurs in law. He rests on the pleadings of the case, and abides the judgment of the court.
Morgantic marriage
During the middle ages, there was an intermediate estate between matrimony and concubinage, known by this name. It is defined to be a lawful and inseparable conjunction of a single man, of noble and illustrious birth, with a single woman of an inferior or plebeian station, upon this condition, that neither the wife nor children should partake of the title, arms, or dignity of the husband, nor succeed to his inheritance, but should have a certain allowance assigned to them by the morgantic contract. The marriage ceremony was regularly performed; the union: was for life and indissoluble; and the children were considered legitimate, though they could not inherit.
Morris, john humphrey carlile
(1910- ) In The Proper Law of a Tort, (1951) Morris introduced the term "proper law of the tort", which he defined as "…the law which, on policy grounds, seems to have the most significant connection with the chain of acts and consequences in the particular situation before us." The concept of the "closest and most real connection", as seen in Dicey & Morris, in The Conflict of Laws, 1, is the basic concept of most conflict of laws legislation, national or international. Morris' concepts of "the most significant connection" / "the closest and most real connection" in contract.
Mort d'ancestor
An ancient and now almost obsolete remedy in the English law. An assize of mort d'ancestor was a writ which was sued out where, after the decease of a man's ancestor, a stranger abated, and entered into the estate.
Mortgagee
Estates, contracts. He to whom a mortgage is made.
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Temporary
That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary sta-tute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of time after its enactment the opposite of perpetual.
Suspension
1) A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like. 2) Scotch law. That form of law by which the effect of a sentence-condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed, till the cause be again considered. 3) Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or hin-dered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called deprivation or amotion.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Mora
1) In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. 2) estates. A moor, barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath.
Moral evidence
That evidence which is not obtained either from intuition or demonstration. It consists of those convictions of the mind, which are produced by the use of the senses, the testimony of men, and analogy or induction. It is used in contradistinction to mathematical, evidence.
Moral insanity
Medical jurisprudence. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination.
Moral obligation
A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil.
Moral rights
The right, originating in Europe, to maintain control over work after it is sold to another, such as the right to claim authorship or prevent modification. Moral rights are separate from economic rights held by a copyright owner and are not recognized in the United States for writings, but are recognized for visual arts.
Moratur, in lege
He demurs in law. He rests on the pleadings of the case, and abides the judgment of the court.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Mora
1) In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. 2) estates. A moor, barren or unprofitable ground; marsh; a heath.
Moral evidence
That evidence which is not obtained either from intuition or demonstration. It consists of those convictions of the mind, which are produced by the use of the senses, the testimony of men, and analogy or induction. It is used in contradistinction to mathematical, evidence.
Moral insanity
Medical jurisprudence. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination.
Moral obligation
A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfil.
Moral rights
The right, originating in Europe, to maintain control over work after it is sold to another, such as the right to claim authorship or prevent modification. Moral rights are separate from economic rights held by a copyright owner and are not recognized in the United States for writings, but are recognized for visual arts.
Moratorium
Moratur, in lege
He demurs in law. He rests on the pleadings of the case, and abides the judgment of the court.
Morgantic marriage
During the middle ages, there was an intermediate estate between matrimony and concubinage, known by this name. It is defined to be a lawful and inseparable conjunction of a single man, of noble and illustrious birth, with a single woman of an inferior or plebeian station, upon this condition, that neither the wife nor children should partake of the title, arms, or dignity of the husband, nor succeed to his inheritance, but should have a certain allowance assigned to them by the morgantic contract. The marriage ceremony was regularly performed; the union: was for life and indissoluble; and the children were considered legitimate, though they could not inherit.
Morris, john humphrey carlile
(1910- ) In The Proper Law of a Tort, (1951) Morris introduced the term "proper law of the tort", which he defined as "…the law which, on policy grounds, seems to have the most significant connection with the chain of acts and consequences in the particular situation before us." The concept of the "closest and most real connection", as seen in Dicey & Morris, in The Conflict of Laws, 1, is the basic concept of most conflict of laws legislation, national or international. Morris' concepts of "the most significant connection" / "the closest and most real connection" in contract.
Mort d'ancestor
An ancient and now almost obsolete remedy in the English law. An assize of mort d'ancestor was a writ which was sued out where, after the decease of a man's ancestor, a stranger abated, and entered into the estate.
Mortgagee
Estates, contracts. He to whom a mortgage is made.
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