Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

MANSLAUGHTER

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MANUMISSION

to be wanting in manslaughter. 1 East, F. C. 218; 5 Cush. 304. It also differs from "murder" in this: that there can be no accessaries before the fact, there having been no time for premeditation. 1 Hale, P. C. 437; I Buss. Crimes, 485; 1 Bish. Crim. Law, 678. MANSO, or MANSUM. A mansion or house. Spelman. MANSTEALING. A word sometimes used synonymously with "kidnapping," (

MANUALIS OBEDIENTIA. Sworn obedience or submission upon oath. Cowell. MANUCAPTIO. In old English prac tice A writ which lay for a man taken on suspicion of felony, and the like, who could: not be admitted to bail by the sheriff, or others having power to let to mainprise. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 249. MANUCAPTORS. The same as main pernors. MANUFACTORY. A building, the main or principal design or use of which is to be a place f*or producing articles as products of labor; not merely a place where something may be made by hand or machinery, but what in common understanding is known as a "factory." 57 Pa. St. 82. MANUFACTURE, t>. The primary meaning of this word is "making with the hand," but this definition is too narrow for its present use. Its meaning has expanded as workmanship and art have advanced, so that now nearly all artificial products of hu man industry, nearly all such materials as have acquired changed conditions or new and specific combinations, whether from the di rect action of the human hand, from chem ical processes devised and directed by human skill, or by the employment of machinery, are now commonly designated as "manufact ured." 57 Md. 526. See, also, 5 Blatchf. 215; 59 Mich. 163, 26 N. W. Rep. 311. MANUFACTURE, n. In patent law. Any useful product made directly by human labor, or by the aid of machinery directed and controlled by human power, and either from raw materials, or from materials worked up into a new form. Also the process by which such products are made or fashioned. MANUFACTURER. One who is en gaged in the business of woiking raw ma terials into wares suitable for use. 63 How. Pr. 453. See MANUFACTURE. MANUFACTURING CORPORA TION. A corporation engaged in the pro duction of some article, thing, or object, by skill or labor, out of raw material, or from matter which has already been subjected to artificial forces, or to which something has been added to change its natural condition 99 N. Y. 181, 1 N. E. Rep. 669. The term does not include a mining corporation. 106 Mass. 135. MANUMISSION. The act of liberating a slave from bondage and giving him free

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