Bank or other financial institution that has merchant account services for traders. Processing onsite and online credit card and electronic-commerce transactions for a fee and/or the right to collect on […]
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MERCHANT APPRAISERS
Where the appraisement of an invoice of imported goods made by the revenue officers at the custom house is not satisfactory to the importer, persons may be selected (under this […]
MERCHANT BANK
Acceptance of bills of exchange, hire purchase or installment buying, international trade financing, long-term loans, and management of investment portfolios are services this type of British financial institution specializes in.
MERCHANT NAVY
Bulk carriers, coasters, container ships, tankers, passenger liners, and the like., but excluding fishing and research vessels, are all non-military ships listed on a country’s official registry. Also known as […]
MERCHANT SEAMEN
the name that is given to employees who work on privately owned ships.
MERCHANT SERVER
Electronic commerce through services associated with this specifically configured type of dedicated computer.
MERCHANT SERVICES PROVIDER
A credit card and electronic commerce transactions service company that may or may not have merchant accounts as this type of bank, internet service provider , or other firm.
MERCHANT’S PRIVILEGE
Merchant’s right to detain an individual suspected of stealing the merchant’s property. Rules governing an individual’s detention vary from state to state. A merchant may not search the suspected thief, […]
MERCHANTABLE
Fit for sale: vendible in market; of a quality such as will bring the ordinary market price . Riggs v. Armstrong, 23 W. Va. 773; Pacific Coast Elevator Co. v. […]
MERCHANTMAN
A ship or vessel employed in foreign or domestic commerce or in the merchant service.
MERCHET
In feudal law. A fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. Cowell. The same as mar- chcta (q. […]
MERCIAMENT
An amerciament, penalty, or fine, (q. v.)
MERCIMONIA
In old writs. Wares. Mcrcimonia et mcrcliandizas, wares and mer- chandises. Reg. Brev. Append. 10.
MERCIMONIATUS ANGEL
In old records. The impost of England upon merchandise . Cowell. MERCIS APPELLATIO 774
MERCIMONIATUS ANGLIC
In old records. The impost of England upon Merchandise. Cowell.
MERCOSUR
MERcado COmain del SUR. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay formed this customs union established under the 1991 Treaty Of Asunciean. In 1996, Bolivia and Chile joined it as its associate […]
MERCURY
Elemental heavy metal . Is a liquid at normal temperature . It is also a systemic poison focused on brain, bowels, kidneys, then other body organs. Its maximum allowable concentration […]
MERCY
In practice . The arbitrament of the king or judge in punishing offeuses not directly censured by law. Jacob. So, “to be in mercy” signifies to be amerced or fined […]
MERCY KILLING
the term that is given to the terminating of a person’s life that will end the pain and suffering .
MERE
Sax. A marsh. Spelman.
MERE EXPOSURE EFFECT
A person’s psychological tendency to prefer a previously encountered option versus a totally unfamiliar option never encountered, regardless how brief the 1st option’s prior exposure was. In marketing, the Mere […]
MERE MOTION
The free and voluntary act of a party himself, done without the suggestion or influence of another person, is said to be done of his mere motion , ex mcro […]
MERE RIGHT
The mere right of property in land; the jus proprietatis , without either possession or even the right of possession . 2 Bl. Comm. 197. The abstract right of property.
MERE-STONE
In old English law . A stone for bounding or dividing lands. Yearb. P. 18 Hen. VI. 5.
MERENNIUM
In old records. Timber. Cowell.