Lat In Roman law. The hire or wages of labor; compensation for labor or services performed. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 5 413.

The act of liberating a slave from bondage and giving him freedom. In a wider sense, releasing or delivering one person from the power or control of another. See Fenwick […]

lng shortly; directly; by the shortest course; without circuity.

In old English law . The district within the jurisdiction of a reeve, apparently so called from his power to exercise therein one of his chief functions, viz., to exact […]

In old English law . A foot of full and legal measure.

In old English law . Capable of being had or held in hand; capable of manual occupation ; capable of being cultivated; capable of being touched; tangible ; corporeal. Ilale, […]

In old English law . To occupy ; to use or cultivate; to have in manual occupation ; to bestow manual labor upon. Cowell.

Lat. A hand. In the civil law , this word signified power, control, authority, the right of physical coercion, and was often used as synonymous with “potcstas.” In old English […]

A writing; a paper written with the hand; a writing that has not been printed. Parton v. Prang, 18 Fed. Cas. 1275; Leon Loan & Abstract Co. v. Equalization Board, […]

A custom insurance policy used when standard means will not fit the property.

coverage or conditions not included in a standard policy are specifically written into this policy. To comply with state laws, a larger brokerage for a larger account will prepare this […]

The old writ of maintenance. Reg. Orig. 182.

In old English law . The price or value of a man’s life or head. Co- well.

This term denotes a multitude, not merely a number greater than that de- noted by the word “few.” Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hall, 87 Ala. 708, 6 South. […]

In old Scotch law . Mayhem; mutilation of the body of a person. Skene.

A representation of the earth’s surface, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented, usually on a flat surface. Webster. “A map is but […]

tracking an insurer’s exposure in a given area is this junior underwriter ‘s task . Tracking on maps property covered by policy number is how this is done.

1. In General, this is making a graphical representation , a map or flow, of something. That something can be a road, a procedure, a process, a structure, or a […]

From the Mexican-Spanish word ‘maquilar’ meaning ‘ to assemble’. Name for a Mexican-based ‘twin plant’ manufacturing program established in 1965. Typically straddling the US-Mexican border, these specialized production facilities import […]

In old records. A mere or moor; a lake, pool, or pond; a bog or marsh that cannot be drained. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.

“A marauder is defined in the law to be ‘one who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or […]

the term that describes bandits and lawless people who take part in felonious crimes of murder, plunder and robbery.

The name of a piece of money formerly coined at Hamburg. Its value was thirty-five ceuts.

A mark ; a coin of the value of 13s. 4d. Spelman.

The rent of a mark by the year anciently reserved in leases, etc.