"Mors" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

L. Lat In old Eng-lish law. An abatement of freehold; an en-try upon lands by way of Interposition be-tween the …

Lat A Join-ing together or contribution of goods into a common fund. This occurs where a portion of money, advanced …

L. Lat. With the will annexed. A term applied to administration granted where a testator makes an incomplete will, without …

(L. Lat. Deo dandum, a thing to be given to God.) In English law. Any personal chattel which was the …

(Lat He has closed his last day,—died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant in capite, …

Lat In the clvll and old English law. To bequeath; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation …

Lat Fear; terror. In a tech-nical sense, a reasonable and well-grounded apprehension of some great evil, such as death or …

Lat. In Roman law. The regula-tlon of justifiable defense. A term used to express that degree of force in defense …

Lat By reason of death; in contemplation of death. Thus used in the phrase “Donatio mortis causa," (q. v

Lat. Born, as distinguished from nasciturus, about to be born. Ante natus, one born before a particular person or event, …

Lat. In old crim-lnal law. The cutting off a foot; a punishment anclently Inflicted Instead of death. Fleta, lib. 1, …

Lat. In Roman law, it was competent for a testator after instituting a baeres (called the “baeres institutus") to substitute …

Lat. In the civil lgw. A coming in place of another, on hls decease; a coming into the estate which …