Loquendum ut vulgus, sentiendum ut docti. We should speak as the common people, we should think as the learned. 7 Co. 11.
Lubricum linquw non facile trahendurn est in pmnam. The slipperiness of the tongue (i. e. its liability to err) ought not lightly to be subjected to punishment. Cro. Car. 117.
Lucrum facere ex pupilli tutela tutor non debet. A guardian ought not to make money out of the guardianship of his ward.. I Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 527. Lunaticus, qui gaudet in lucidis intervallis. He is a lunatic who enjoys lucid intervals. 1 Story, Cont. § 73.
Magis dignum traMt ad se minus dignum. The more worthy' draws to itself the less worthy. Year B. 20 Hen. VI. 2, arg.
Magister rerum usus; magistra rerum experientia. Use is the master of things ; experience is the mis tress of things. Co. Litt. 69, 229 ; Wing. Max. 752. Magna culpa doles est. Gross negligence is equiv alent to fraud. Dig. 50. 16. 226 ; 2 Spear (S. C.) 256 ; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 646.
Magna negligentia vulva est, magna culpa do/us est. Gross negligence is a fault, gross fault is a fraud. Dig. 60. 16. 226. (Culpa is an intermediate degree of negligence between negligentia, or lack of energetic care, and doles, or fraud, seeming to approach nearly to our "negligence" in meaning.) See Whart. Negl.
Maihemium est homicidium inchoatum. Mayhem is incipient homicide. 3 Inst. 118.
Maihemium est inter crimina majors minimum, et inter minora maximum. Mayhem is the least of great crimes, and the greatest of small. Co. Litt. 127.
Major continet in se minus. The greater includes the less. 19 Vin. Abr. 379.
Major horeditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus. A greater inherit ance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. 2 Inst. 56.
Major numerics in se continet minorem. Ths greater number contains in itself the lees. Bracton 16.
Majore pcena affectits quam legibus statute est, non est infamis. One affected with a greater pun ishment than is provided by law is not infamous. 4 Inst. 66.
Afajori summce minor inert. The lesser is in cluded in the greater sum. 2 Kent 618; Story, Ag. § 172.
Majus dignum trahit ad se minus dignum. The more worthy or the greater draws to it the less worthy or the lesser. 5 Vin. Abr. 684, 586; Co. Litt.
43, 355 b; 2 Inst. 307; Finch, Law 22; Broom, Max. 176, n.
Majus est delictum seipsum occidere quam It is a greater crime to kill one's self than another. Bart. Max. 108. See Stamm Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam; sed in ex positione instrumentorum mala grammatica quoad fieri possit evitanda est. Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed ; but in the construction of instrii ments, bad grammar, as far as it can be done, is to be avoided. 6 Co. 39 ; 9 id. 48 ; Vin. Abr. Grammar (A) ; Lofft 441 ; Broom, Max. 686.
Maledicto expositio quce corrunvpit textum. It is a cursed construction which corrupts the text. 2 Co. 24; 4 id. 35; 11 id. 34; Wing. Max. 26; Broom, Max. 622.
Maleficia non debent remanere impunita, et im punitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquenti. Evil deeds ought not to remain unpunished, and impunity affords continual incitement to the delin quent. 4 Co. 46.
Maleficia propositis distinguuntur. Evil deeds are distinguished from evil purposes. Jenk. Cent. 290. Malitia est acida, eat mall; aninvi off ectus. Malice is sour, it is the quality of a had mind. 2 Bulstr. 49.
Malitia supplet cetatem. Malice supplies age. Dyer 104; I Bla. Com. 464; 4 id. 22, 23, 312; Broom, Max. 316. See MALICE.
Malum hominum est obviandum. The malicious plans of men must be avoided. 4 Co. 16.
Malum non habet efficientem, sed dejicientem cau sam. Evil has not an efficient, but a deficient, • • • cause. 3 Inst. Prmme.
Malum non prwsumitur. Evil is not presumed. 4 Co. 72 ; Branch, Princ.
Malum quo communes eo pejus. The mere com mon the evil, the worse. Branch, Princ.
Malus usus est abolendus. An evil custom ought to be abolished. Co. Litt. 141; Broom, Max. 921; Litt. § 212 ; 5 Q. B. 701 ; 12 id. 845; 2 M. & K. 449; 71 Pa. 69.
Mandata licita strictam recipient interpretation em, sed illicita latam et extensam. Lawful com mands receive a strict interpretation, but unlawful, a wide or broad construction. Bacon, Max. Reg. 16. Mandataries terminos sibi positos transgredi non potent. A mandatary cannot exceed the bounds of his authority. Jenk. Ceut. 53.