KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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MISCARRIAGE

MINORA REGALIA

MINUTIO. Lat. In the civil law. A lessening; diminution or reduction. Dig. 4, 5, 1. MIRROR. The Mirror of Justice, or of the Justices, commonly spoken of as the "Mirror," is an ancient treatise on the laws of England, written during the reign of Ed ward II., and attributed to one Andrew Home. MIS. An inseparable particle used in composition, to mark an ill sense or deprava tion of the meaning; as "miscomputation" or "misaccompting," i. c, false reckoning. Sev eral of the words following are illustrations of the force of this monosyllable. MISA. In old English, law. The mise or issue in a writ of right Spelman. In old records. A compact or agreement; a form of compromise. Cowell. MISADVENTURE. A mischance or ac cident; a casualty caused by the act of one person and inflicting injury upon another. Homicide "by misadventure" is where a man, doing a lawful act, without any In tention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 182; Williamson v. State, 2 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 292; Johnson v. State, 94 Ala. 35, 10 South. 667. MISALLEGE. To cite falsely as a proof or argument. MISAPPLICATION. Improper, illegal, wrongful, or corrupt use or application of funds, property, etc. Jewett v. U. S., 100 Fed. 840, 41 O. C. A. 88; U. S. v. Youtsey (C. C.) 91 Fed. 867; U. S. v. Taintor, 28 Fed. Cas. 9. MISAPPROPRIATION. This Is not a technical term of law, but It is sometimes applied to the misdemeanor which is com mitted by a banker, factor, agent, trustee, etc, who fraudulently deals with money, goods, securities, etc., intrusted to him, or by a director or public officer of a corpora tion or company who fraudulently misap plies any of its property. Steph. Crim. Dig. 257, et seq.; Sweet. And see Winchester v. Howard, 136 Cal. 432, 64 Pac. 692, 89 Am. St. Rep. 153; Frey v. Torrey, 70 App. Div. 166, 75 N. Y. Supp. 40. MISBEHAVIOR. Ill conduct; Improper or unlawful behavior. Verdicts are some times set aside on the ground of misbehavior of jurors. Smith v. Cutler, 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 590, 25 Am. Dec. 580; Turnbull v. Martin, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 430; State v. Arnold, 100 Tenn. 307, 47 S. W. 221. MISCARRIAGE. In medical juris prudence. The expulsion of the ,ovum or embyro from the uterus within the first six

MINORA REGALIA. In English law. The lesser prerogatives of the crown, includ ing the rights of the revenue. 1 Bl. Comm. 241. MINORITY. The state or condition of a minor; infancy. The smaller number of votes of a delib erative assembly; opposed to majority, (which see.) The place designated by law where bullion is coined into money under authority of the government. Also a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons for merly sheltered themselves from justice un der the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the crown. The privilege Is now abolish The masters and workers of the English mint, in the indentures made with them, agree "to make a. privy mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making." After every trial of the pix, having^ proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the great seal, and to be dis charged from all suits or actions. Wharton. — Mint-master. One who manages the coin age. MINTAGE. The charge or commission taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as "seigniorage." Also that which is coined or stamped as money; the product of the mint Lat. In the civil law. Less; less than. The word had also, in some con nections, the sense of "not at all." For ex ample, a debt remaining wholly unpaid was described as "minus solutum." Minns solvit, qui tardius solvit. He does not pay who pays too late. Dig. 50, 16, 12, 1. MINUTE. In measures of time or cir cumference, a minute is the sixtieth part of an hour or degree. In practice. A memorandum of what takes place in court, made by authority of the court. Moore v. State, 3 Helsk. (Tenn.) 509. — Minute-book. A book kept by the clerk or prothonotary of a courjt for entering memoranda of its proceedings. In Scotch practice. A pleading put into writing before the lord or dinary, as the ground of his judgment Bell. In business law. Memoranda or notes of a transaction or proceeding. Thus, the record of the proceedings at a meeting of di rectors or shareholders of a company is call ed the "minutes." MINT. ed. Wharton. — Mint-mark. MINUS. MINUTES.