Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

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MATRICULATE

masters of the common-law courts, the queen's coroner and attorney, the master of the crown office, the two record and writ clerks, and the three associates. Wharton. MASTER OP THE TEMPLE. The chief ecclesiastical functionary of the Temple Church. MASTER'S REPORT. The formal re port or statement made by a master in chan cery of his decision on any question referred to him, or of any facts or action be has been directed to ascertain or take. MASURA. In old records. A decayed house; a wall; the ruins of a building; a cer tain quantity of land, about four oxgangs. MATE. The officer second in command on a merchant vessel. MATELOTAGE. In French law. hire of a ship or boat. The MATER-FAMILIAS. Lat. In the civil law. The mother or mistress of a family. A chaste woman, married or single. Calvin. MATERIA. Lat. In the civil law. Materials; as distinguished from species, or the form given by labor and skill. Dig. 41, 1, 7, 7-12; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 14. Materials (wood) for building, as distin guished from "lignum." Dig. 32,55, pr. In English law. Matter; substance; subject-matter. 3 Bl. Comm. 322. MATERIAL. Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished from form. An allegation is said to be material when it forms a substan tive part of the case presented by the plead ing. Evidence offered in a cause, or a ques tion propounded, is material when it is rele vant and goes to the substantial matters in dis pute* or has a legitimate and effective influ ence or bearing on the decision of the case. MATERIAL-MAN. A person who has furnished materials used in the construction or repair of a building, structure, or vessel. MATERIALITY. The property or char acter of being material. See MATERIAL. MATERIALS. The substance or matter of which anything is made; matter furnished for the erection of a house, ship, or other structure; matter used or intended to be used in the construction of any mechanical prod uct. See 71 Pa. St. 293.

MATERNA MATERNIS. Lat. A maxim of the French law, signifying that property of a decedent acquired by him through his mother descends to the relations on the mother's side. MATERNAL. That which belongs to, or comes from, the mother; as maternal au thority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line. MATERNAL PROPERTY. That which comes from the mother of the party, and other ascendants of the maternal stock. Dom. Liv. Frel. t. 3, s. 2, no. 12. MATERNITY. The character, relation, state, or condition of a mother. MATERTERA. Lat. In the civil law. A maternal aunt; a mother's sister. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract, fol. 686. MATERTERA MAGNA. In the civil law. A great aunt; a grandmother's sister, {avice soror.) Dig. 38, 10, 10, 15. MATERTERA MAJOR. In the civil law. A greater aunt; a great-grandmother's sister, [jproavice soror;) a father's or mother's great-aunt, (patris vel matris matertera magna.) Dig. 38,10, 10, 16. MATERTERA MAXIMA. In the civil law. A greatest aunt; a great-great-grand mother's sister, (abavice soror;) a father's or mother's greater aunt, (patris vel matri* matertera major.) Dig. 38, 10, 10,17. MATH. A mowing. MATHEMATICAL EVIDENCE. Demonstrative evidence; such as establishes its conclusions with absolute necessity and certainty. It is used in contradistinction to moral evidence. MATIMA. A godmother. MATRICIDE. The murder of amotherJ. or one who has slain his mother. MATRICULA. In the civil and old En glish la w. A register of the admission of of* fleers and persons entered into any body or society, whereof a list was made. Hence those who are admitted to a college or univer sity are said to be "matriculated." Also & kind of almshouse, which had revenues ap propriated to it, and was usually built near the church, whence the name was given to the church itself. Wharton. MATRICULATE. To enter as a stu dent in a university.

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