Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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MAISURA

MAKE A CONTRACT

MAISURA. A house, mansion, or farm. Co well. MAITRE. Fr. In French maritime law. Master; the master or captain of a ressel. Ord. Mar. liv. 2, tit. 1, art. 1. MAJESTAS. Lat. In Roman law. The majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the state or prince. Also a shorter form of the expression "crimen ma jestatis," or "crimen Icesce majestatis," an offense against sovereignty, or against the safety or organic life of the Roman people; L «., high treason. MAJESTY. Royal dignity. A term used of kings and emperors as a title of honor. MAJOB. A person of full age; one who is no longer a minor; one who has attained the management of his own concerns and the enjoyment of his civic rights. In military law. The officer next in rank above a captain. MAJOB ANNUS. The greater year; the bissextile year, consisting of 366 days. Bract, fol. 8596. MAJOB GENERAL. In military law. An officer next in rank above a brigadier general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an army corps. Major heereditas venit unicuique nos trum a jure et legibus quam a parenti bus. 2 Inst. 56. A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. Major numerus in se continet mi norem. Bract, fol. 16. The greater number contains in itself the less. MAJOBA REGALIA. The king's dig nity, power, and royal prerogative, as opposed to his revenue, which is comprised in the minora regalia. 2 Steph. Comm. 475; 1 Bl. Comm. 240. Majore poena affectus quam legibus statuta est, non est infamis. One affected with a greater punishment than is provided by law is not infamous. 4 Inst. 66. MAJOBES. In Roman law and gen ealogical tables. The male ascendants be yond the sixth degree. In old English law. Greater persons; persons of higher condition or estate.

Majori summse minor inest. In ihe greater sum the less is included. 2 Rent, Comm. 618; Story, Ag. § 172. MAJORITY. Full age; the age at which, by law, a person is entitled to the manage ment of his OWE affairs and to the enjoyment of civic rights. The opposite of minority. Also the status of a person who is a major in age. In the law of elections, majority signi fies the greater number of votes. When there are only two candidates, he who receives the greater number of the votes cast is said to have a majority; when there are more than two competitors for the same office, the per son who receives the greatest number of votes has a plurality ', but he has not a majority unless he receives a greater number of votes than those cast for all hi3 competitors com bined. In military affairs, majority denotes the rank and commission of a major. Majus dignum trab.it ad se minus dignum. The more worthy draws to itself the less worthy. Co. Litt. 43, 3556; Bract, fol. 175; ISToy, Max. p. 6, max. 18. MAJUS JUS. In old practice. Greatei right or more right. A plea in the old real actions. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 476. Majus jus merum, more mere right. Bract, fol. 31. MAKE. 1. To cause to exist; to form, fashion, or produce; to do, perform, or exe cute; as to make an issue, to make oath, to make a presentment. 2. To do in form of law; to perform with due formalities; to execute in legal form; as to make answer, to make a return. 3. To execute as one's act or obligation; to prepare and sign; to sign, execute, and de liver; as to make a conveyance, to make a note. 4. To conclude, determine upon, agree to, or execute; as to make a contract. 5. To cause to happen by one's neglect or omission; as to make default. 6. To make acquisition of; to procure; to collect; as to make the money on an execu tion. 7. To have authority or influence; to sup port or sustain; as in the phrase, "This prec edent makes for the plaintiff." MAKE AN ASSIGNMENT. Totrans fer one's property to an assignee for the ben efit of one's creditors. MAKE A CONTBACT. To agree upon, and conclude or adopt, a contract. In case of

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