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MATERIEL
For a project, operation, organization , or undertaking , this is all of the required apparatus, equipment, parts, and supplies, separate from the personnel.
MATERNA MATERNIS
Lat. A maxim of the French law, signifying that property of a decedent acquired by him through his mother descends to the relations on the mother’s side.
MATERNAL
That which belongs to. or comes from, the mother; as maternal au- thority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.
MATERNITY
The character, relation, state, or condition of a mother.
MATERNITY RIGHTS
Pregnant workers’ statutory rights: (1) pre-delivery antenatal examinations as paid time-off, (2) typically 14 weeks of material leave, (3) employment contract preservation during maternity leave, (4) normal sickpay rate payment […]
MATERTERA
Lat. In the civil law . A maternal aunt; a mother’s sister. Inst. 3, 6. 1; Bract, fol. 6S6.
MATHEMATICAL EVIDENCE
See EVIDENCE.
MATHEMATICAL MODEL
Forecasting future behavior method of simulated real-life situations with mathematical equations as this type of mathematical modeling. Decision-theory, queuing theory , and linear programming are typical tools. Large amounts of […]
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
To choose the best alternative from a set of available options one can use this type of computer program. Probability and mathematical models are used to predict future events. Used […]
MATILDA
A note issued in Australian currency to the Australian markey by a foreign country.
MATRICIDE
The murder of a mother; or one who has slain his mother.
MATRICULA
court of chancery , who holds a separate court ranking next to that of the lord chancellor , and lias the keeping of the rolls and grants which pass the […]
MATRICULATE
To enter as a student in a university. Matrimonia debent esse libera. Marriages ought to be free. A maxim of the civil law. 2 Kent, Comm. 102.
MATRIMONIAL
Of or pertaining to matrimony or the estate of marriage.
MATRIMONIAL ACTION
the term given to a law suit that alters a husband’s or wife’s status such as b y an annulment or a divorce.
MATRIMONIUM
Lat. In Roman law. A legal marriage, contracted in strict ac- cordance with the forms of the older Roman iaw, i. e., either with the farreum, the co- emptio, or […]
MATRIMONY
Marriage, (q. v.,) in the sense of the relation or status, not of the ceremony.
MATRIX
In the civil law . The protocol or first draft of a legal instrument , from which all copies must be taken. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 […]
MATRIX DIAGRAM
Graphical tool that shows the matrix’s tabular format of connections or correlations between ideas or issues. A present or absent relationship exists at each intersection of rows and columns.
MATRIX ECCLESIA
at A mother church. This term was anciently applied to a cathedral, in relation to the other churches in the same see, or to a parochial church, in relation to […]
MATRIX MANAGEMENT
Employees with dual responsibilities and dual bosses have multiple command-and-control structures. These employees have one boss, as project manager , for example, for day-to-day operations. They have another boss, a […]
MATRIX ORGANIZATION
The horizontal flow of skills and information moves easily through this type of organizational structure . The management of large projects or product development processes uses this type of structure. […]
MATRON
A married woman ; an elderly woman. The female superintendent of an establishment or institution , such as a hospital, an orphan asylum, etc., is often so called.
MATRONS, JURY OF
Such a jury is impaneled to try if a woman condemned to death be with child.