KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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executive authority of a state or nation, pro claiming its reasons and motives for declar ing a war, or for any other important inter national action. MANIPULT7S. In canon law. A hand kerchief, which the priest always had in his left hand. Blount MANKIND. The race or species of hu man beings. In law, females, as well as males, may be included under this term. Fortesc. 91. MANNER. This is a word of large sig nification, but cannot exceed the subject to which it belongs. The incident cannot be extended beyond its principal. Wells v. Bain, 75 Pa. 39, 54, 15 Am. Rep. 563. Manner does not necessarily include time. Thus, a statutory requirement that a mining tax shall be "enforced in the same manner" as cer tain annual taxes need not imply an annual collection. State v. Eureka Consol. Min. Co., 8 Nev. 15, 29. Also a thing stolen, in the hand of the thief; a corruption of "mainour" (q. v.) MANNER AND FORM; MODO ET FORMA. Formal words introduced at the conclusion of a traverse. Their object is to put the party whose pleading is traversed not only to the proof that the matter of fact de nied is, in its general effect, true as alleged, but also that the manner and form in which the fact or facts are set forth are also ca pable of proof. Brown. MANNING. A day's work of a man. Cowell. A summoning to court Spelman. MANNIRE. To cite any person to ap pear in court and stand in judgment there. It is different from oannire; for, though both of them are citations, this is by the adverse party, and that is by the Judge. Du Cange. MANNOPUS. In old English law. Goods .taken in the hands of an apprehended thief. The same as "mainour," (q. v.) MANNUS. A horse. Cowell. MANOR. A house, dwelling, seat or residence. In English law, the manor was origi nally a tract of land granted out by the king to a lord or other great person, in fee. It was otherwise called a "barony" or "lord ship," and appendant to it was the right to hold a court, called the "court-baron." The lands comprised in the manor were divided into terrw tenementales (tenemental lands or bocland) and terrw dominicales, or demesne lands. The former were given by the lord of the manor to his followers or retainers in freehold. The latter were such as he re-

the statute absolutely void; if the provision is such that disregard of it will constitute an irregularity, but one not necessarily fatal, it Is said to be directory. So, the mandatory part of a writ is that which commands the person to do the act specified. —Mandatory injunction. See INJUNCTION. MANDATUM. Lat. In the civil law. The contract of mandate, (q. v,) MANDAVI BAXLIVO. (I have com manded or made my mandate to the bailiff.) In English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a writ, that he has commanded the bailiff to execute it 1 Tidd, Pr. 309; 2 Tidd, Pr. 1025. MANENTES. Tenants. Obsolete. Cowell. MANERA. In Spanish law. Manner or mode. Las Partidas, pt. 4, tit 4, 1. 2. MANERIUM. In old English law. A manor. Manerium dicitnr a manendo, secun dum excellentiam, cedes magna, fixa, et stabilis. Co. Litt 58. A manor is so called from manendo, according to its excel lence, a seat great fixed, and firm. MANGONARE. In old English law. To buy in a market MANGONEIXUS. A warlike instrument for casting stones against the walls of a castle. Cowell. MANHOOD. In feudal law. A term de noting the ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to his lord. The formula used was, "Devenio vester homo" I become your man. 2 Bl. Comm. 54. To arrive at manhood means to arrive at twenty-one years of age. Felton v. Billups, 21 N. C. 585. MANIA. See INSANITY. MANIFEST. In maritime law. A sea letter; a written document required to be carried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of the customs officers. See New York & Cuba S. S. Co. v. U. S. (D. C.) 125 Fed. 320. In evidence. That which is clear and re quires no proof; that which is notorious. Manifesta probatione non indigent. 7 Coke, 40. Things manifest do not require proof. MANIFESTO. A formal written decla ration, promulgated by a prince, or by the