a Latin phrase that means the method of operation.

Latin phrase that means the mode of the living.

Fr. Movable. Biens moeblcs, movable goods. Britt. c. 11.

The secret killing of another; murder. 4 Bl. Comm. 194.

A system of native law prevailing among the Mohammedans in India, and administered there by the British government.

In French law . A transaction covering a fraudulent device to evade the laws against usury. It takes place where an individual buys merchandise from another on a credit at […]

the German geologist Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839) invented this scale in 1812. Ten minerals arranged and numbered from the softest to the hardest. The mineral with a higher number can scratch […]

A gold coin of Portugal, valued at twenty-seven English shillings.

The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Litt. 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283.

A material or substance’s water amount, regardless of the water’s form.

Repeated centrifuging in crystalline sugar manufacturing of concentrated and clarified cane or beet juice leaves this heavenly, heavy, viscous liquid after the removal of sucrose from the mother liquor. The […]

1. Hollow cavity, form, or matrix for placing a liquid or semiliquid material. Upon cooling or drying, will take the desired shape of the mold. 2. Type of fungus; spoils […]

In old records. A mill.

A grist; a certain quantity of corn sent to a mill to be ground.

In Scotch law. A possessory action calculated for continuing pro- prietors of landed estates in the lawful possession of them till the point of right be determined against all who […]

The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob.

Lat He gently laid hands upon. Formal words in the old Latin pleas in actions of trespass and assault where a defendant justified faying hands upon the plaintiff, as where […]

The laws of Duuvallo Molmutuis, a legendary or mythical king of the Britons, who is supposed to have begun his reign about 400 B. C. These laws were famous iu […]

To increase steel’s resistance to corrosion in making high speed steels or stainless steel , this metal is added to iron.

Typically inexperienced or small-sum Investors who invest minimally. They do not invest any large sums, not expecting to supplement their income from stock proceeds.

Typically open for business only in a single location, a family-owned, controlled, and operated business, small, independent , with a few employees, a small business volume, and not franchised.

The customer’s opportunity to form or change an impression about the firm. That instance of contact or interaction between a customer and a firm. A product, sales force , or […]

In the civil law . An instant; an indivisible portion of time. Calvin. A portion of time that might be measured; a division or subdivision of an hour; an- swering […]

The upward and downward movement of a security in the market index .

High volume and rapidly rising or dropping prices make target stocks in this type of trading strategy.