KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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MANAGE

MALT

and proceeding from ignorance, carelessness, want of proper professional skill, disregard of established rules or principles, neglect, or "a malicious or criminal intent. See Rodgers v. Kline, 56 Miss. 816, 31 Am. Rep. 389; Tucker v. Gillette, 22 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 669; Abbott v. Mayfleld, 8 Kan. App. 387, 56 Pac. 327; Hibbard v. Thompson, 109 Mass. 288. The term is occasionally applied to lawyers, and then means generally any evil practice in a professional capacity, but rather with reference to the court and its practice and process than to the client. See In re Baum, 55 Hun, 611, 8 N. Y. Supp. 771; In re Silkman, 88 App. Div. 102, 84 N. Y. Supp. 1025; Cowley v. O'Connell, 174 Mass. 253, 54 N. E. 558. A substance produced from bar ley or other grain by a process of steeping in water until germination begins and then drying in a kiln, thus converting the starch into saccharine matter. See Hollender v. Magene (C. C.) 38 Fed. 915; U. S. v. Cohn, 2 Ind. T. 474, 52 S. W. 38. — Malt liquor. A general term including all alcoholic beverages prepared essentially by the fermentation of an infusion of malt (as distin guished from such liquors as are produced by the process of distillation), and particularly such beverages as are made from malt and hops, like beer, ale, and porter. See Allred v. State, 89 Ala. 112, 8 South. 56; State v. Gill, 89 Minn. 502, 95 N. W. 449; U. S. v. Ducournau

den by positive law; an act involving an ille gality resulting from positive law. Contrasted with malum in se. Story, Ag. § 346. Malum non habet efficientem, sed de flcientem, causam. 3 Inst. Proem. Evil has not an efficient, but a deficient, cause. Wickedness is not presumed. Branch, Princ.; 4 Coke, 72a. Malum quo communius eo pejus. The more common an evil is, the worse it Is. Branch, Princ. A bad or invalid custom is [ought] to be abolished. Litt § 212; Co. Litt 141; 1 Bl. Comm. 76; Broom, Max.* 921. In old English law. Ill will; crimes and misdemeanors; malicious practices. Cowell. L. Fr. Such as used to pack juries, by the nomination of either party in a cause, or other practice. Cowell. MALVEISA. A warlike engine to batter and beat down walls. law. This word is applied to all grave and pun ishable faults committed in the exercise of a charge or commission, (office,) such as corruption, exaction, concussion, larceny. Merl. Repert A human being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty. In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory. The Anglo-Saxon relation of lord and man was originally purely personal, and founded on mutual contract. 1 Spence, Ch. 37. —Man of straw. See MEN OF STRAW. To conduct; to carry on; to direct the concerns of a business or establish ment Generally applied to affairs that are somewhat complicated and that involve skill and judgment. Com. v. Johnson, 144 Pa. 377, 22 Atl. 703; Roberts v. State, 26 Fla. 360, 7 South. 861; Ure v. Ure, 185 111.216, 56 N. E. 1087; Youngworth v. Jewell, 15 Nev. 48; Watson v. Cleveland, 21 Conn. 541; The Silvia, 171 U. S. 462, 19 Sup. Ct 7, 43 L. Ed. 241. r-Manager. A person chosen or appointed to manage, direct, or administer the affairs of an other person or of a corporation or company. Com. v. Johnson, 144 Pa. 377, 22 Atl. 703; Oro Mia. & Mill. Co. v. Kaiser, 4 Colo. App. Malum non prsesumitur. Mains usus abolendus est. MALVEILLES. MALVEIS PKOCUEORS. MALVERSATION. In French MAN. MANACLES. Chains for the hands; shackles. MANAGE.