Legal Maxim

Meaning

Magistratus majores

Superior magistrates

Malus usus est abolendus

Bad custom or usage is to be abolished.

Manifesta probatione non indigent

Things manifest do not require proof.

Melior est conditio possidentis vel defendentis

The condition of a possessor of a subject is better than that of the person challenging the right of possession.

Melius es tut decem noxii evadant quam utu nus innocens pereat

It is better ten guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person ahould perish or suffer.

Minor tenetur in quantum locupletior factus

A minor is bound to the extent to which he has been enriched or benefitted.

Mobilia sequuntur personam

Movables follow the person.

Mobilia situm non habent

Movables have no locality of their own different from that of the domicile of their owner.

Modus et convention vincunt legem

Form of agreement and convention of parties overrule the law.

Mutua petitio

A counter-claim.