Search for: legalism
2661 Etymology dictionary, p. mandate (n.).2
… or legal order," from French mandat (15c.) and directly from Latin mandatum "commission, command, order," noun use of neuter past participle of mandare "to order …
2662 Etymology dictionary, p. manslaughter (n.).3
Etymologically it is comparable to Latin homicide, but in legal use usually it is distinguished from murder and restricted to "simple homicide, unlawful killing of another without malice either express or implied."
2663 Etymology dictionary, p. master (n.).4
… the legal language of the American colonies by 1705 in Virginia.
2664 Etymology dictionary, p. material (adj.).3
… , "of legal significance to the cause" (1580s).
2665 Etymology dictionary, p. matter-of-fact (adj.).2
… a legal term (1570s, translating Latin res facti ), "that which is fact or alleged fact; that portion of an inquiry concerned with the truth or falsehood of alleged …
2666 Etymology dictionary, p. medico-legal (adj.).1
medico-legal (adj.)
2667 Etymology dictionary, p. merge (v.).3
… specific legal sense of "absorb an estate, contract, etc. into another." Transitive sense of "cause to be absorbed or to disappear in something else" is from 1728 …
2668 Etymology dictionary, p. merger (n.).2
… in legal sense, "extinguishment by absorption," originally of real estate titles, from merge (v.), on analogy of French infinitives used as nouns (see waiver ). From …
2669 Etymology dictionary, p. messuage (n.).2
legal term for "a dwelling house," late 14c., (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Anglo-French messuage, which probably is a clerical error for mesnage (see menage ). Originally …
2670 Etymology dictionary, p. mile (n.).3
… by legal act at 320 perches (5,280 feet) by statute in Elizabeth's reign.
2671 Etymology dictionary, p. minority (n.).3
… under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part, smaller of two aggregates into which a whole is divided numerically" is from 1736. Specifically …
2672 Etymology dictionary, p. minor (n.).2
… under legal age for the performance of certain acts" (Latin used minores (plural) for "the young"). Musical sense is from 1797 (see the adjective). Academic meaning …
2673 Etymology dictionary, p. misdemeanor (n.).2
… the legal sense of "an indictable offense of less grave nature than a felony;" from mis- (1) "wrong" + Middle English demenure "conduct, management" (see demeanor ). Related …
2674 Etymology dictionary, p. misprision (n.).3
… in legal writers that the word means etymologically "failure to denounce" a crime.
2675 Etymology dictionary, p. moot (v.).2
… , begin legal proceedings." The meaning "raise or bring forward for discussion" is from 1680s. Related: Mooted; mooting .
2676 Etymology dictionary, p. moral (adj.).3
… to legal ).
2677 Etymology dictionary, p. moratorium (n.).2
… a legal term for "authorization to a debtor to postpone due payment," from neuter of Late Latin moratorius "tending to delay," from Latin morari "to delay," from …
2678 Etymology dictionary, p. mortgagor (n.).2
"one who grants a property as security for debt," 1580s, agent noun in Latin form from mortgage (v.). Native form mortgager is attested from 1630s. Barbarous mortgageor seems to be limited to legal writing.
2679 Etymology dictionary, p. motion (n.).3
… in legal sense of "application to a court or judge." To be in motion "in a state of motion" is from c. 1600; to set in motion "set working" is from 1590s. To go through the …
2680 Etymology dictionary, p. mufti (n.1).2
1580s, muphtie "official head of the state religion in Turkey," from Arabic mufti "judge," active participle (with formative prefix mu- ) of afta "to give," conjugated form of fata "he gave a (legal) decision" (compare fatwa ).