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Mulatto
MulattoA person born of one white and one black parent. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Motion to modify A written request of the court to change a previous order regarding child custody, support, alimony or other divorce Mou Abbreviation fo "Memorandum of Understanding." A document which, if meeting the other criteria, can be, in law, a contract. Generally, in the world of commerce or international negotiations, a MOU is considered to be a preliminary document; not a comprehensive agreement between two parties but rather an interim or partial agreement on some elements, in some cases a mere agreement in principle, on which there has been accord. Most MOU's imply that something more is eventually expected. Mourning This word has several significations. 1) It is the apparel worn at funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the death of some one, and to honor his memory. 2) The expenses paid for such apparel. Movables Estates. Such subjects of property as attend a man's person wherever he goes, in contradistinction to things immovable. Moving surveillance Following the target of surveillance from one position to another, as in Shadowing or Tailing a suspect. Mulatto Mulct 1) Punishment. A fine imposed on the conviction of an offence. 2) Commerce An imposition laid on ships or goods by a company of trade, for the maintenance of consuls and the like. Obsolete. Mulier A woman, a wife; sometimes it is used to designate a marriageable virgin, and in other cases the word mulier is employed in opposition to virgo. Multifariousness Equity pleading. By multifariousness in a bill, is understood the improperly joining in one bill distinct matters, and thereby confounding them; as, for example, the uniting in one bill, several matters, perfectly distinct and unconnected, against one defendant; or the demand of several matters of distinct natures, against several defendants in the same bill. Multi-level marketing A form of Pyramid Scheme, not necessarily fraudulent, where sales are made to retail customers and commissions earned through many levels of the chain within the pyramid. The chain is built and expanded by each layer constantly recruiting more people to sell the product or service. Multimodal carriage Multimodal carriage is the transport of goods by two or more carriers using two or more types of carriage (i.e. truck, rail, sea and air). The Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, 1980 (the Multimodal Convention 1980) was adopted by the United Nations, but is not in force. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Mulatto. If you have a better definition for Mulatto than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Mulatto may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Mulatto and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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