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MAGNETIC STRIPE
A narrow rectangular magnetic strip. Bank cards, credit cards, and the like carry one on the back. Information retained on a magnetic stripe can be damaged or wiped out by […]
MAGNETIC STRIPE READER
Device for reading information by required contact with a magnetic stripe card. The card must pass through a slot, or swipe, to read stored information. Also known as card swipe […]
MAGNETIC TAPE
Plastic coated magnetic ribbon of ferric oxide material. Available in several standard widths, with half inch being the most common. Used mainly in cassettes for audio, video, and data storage, […]
MAGNETO OPTICAL (M-O)
One of two leading rewritable-recording methods for ‘erasable’ data storage disks. The other is CDRW. Two 5-1/2 inch disks are glued together to make a double-sided MO disk. ISO 9660 […]
MAGNITUDE
Relative, scaled range of a specific criterion. An example is the Richter scale . It translates the magnitude of an earthquake into a scaled level that can be compared to […]
MAGNUM CAPE
framed by the masters or principal clerks of the chancery. Bract, fol. 4136; Crabb, Com. Law, 547, 548.
MAGNUM CONCILIUM
In old English law . The great council; the general council of the realm; afterwards called ” parliament .” 1 Bl. Comm. 148; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 62; Spelman. The […]
MAGNUS ROTULUS STATUTORUM
The great statute roll. The first of the English statute rolls, beginning with Maijna Charta, and ending with Edward III. Hale, Com. Law, 16, 17.
MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT
the name given to a federal law that requires all labels to be plain, visible and understood easily by the consumers.
MAHA-GEN
In nindu law. A banker or any great shop-keeper.
MAHAL
In Hindu law. Any land or public fund producing a revenue to the gov- ernment of Hindostan. “Mahaluat” is the plural.
MAHLBRIEF
In maritime law . The German name for the contract for the building of a vessel. This contract contains a specification of the kind of vessel intended, her dimensions, the […]
MAIDEN
In Scotch law. An instrument formerly used in beheading criminals. It resembled the French guillotine, of which it is said to have been the prototype. Whar- ton.
MAIDEN ASSIZE
In English law . Originally an assize at which no person was condemned to die. Now it is a session of a criminal court at which there are no prison- […]
MAIDEN RENTS
A fine paid by the tenants of some manors to the lord for a license to marry a daughter. Cowell. Or, perhaps, for the lord’s omitting the custom of marclicta, […]
MAIDENHEAD
another term for hymen.
MAIGNAGIUM
A brasier’s shop, or, perhaps, a house. Cowell.
MAIHEM
See MAYHEM; MAIM.
MAIHEMATUS
Maimed or wounded.
MAIHEMIUM
In old English law . Mayhem, (q. v.) Maihemiumest homicidium inchoa- tum. 3 Inst.118. Mayhem is incipient homicide. Maihemiumest inter crimina majora minimnm, etinter minora maximum. Co. Litt. 127. Mayhem […]
As applied to the post-otfice, this term means the carriage of letters, whether applied to the hag into which they are put. the coach or vehicle by means of which […]
MAIL ORDER
Sales method using some version of mailing to obtain the order. Generates inquiries and orders from advertisements in suitable media, including the Internet. Contrast to phone order. Buyers and sellers […]
MAIL ORDER COMPANY
Companies that do mail-order. Refer to mail order. Characteristics are a catalog or product list or website of available items. Consumers order by telephone, internet, or mail order and check […]
MAIL ORDER/TELEPHONE ORDER (MOTO) DISCOUNT RATE
When the actual card is unavailable to the merchant, the merchant’s account provider charges a handling fee for credit card transactions. By-mail, by-phone, or by-Internet orders are that situation. Due […]