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s; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.

An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil. Wharton.

To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. The... charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. Hallam.

g, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.…

A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. Macaula…

bring into subjection; to abase; to humble. With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. Harte. Mortify thy learned lust. Prior. Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth. Col. iii. 5.

e strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology. -- Mountain linnet (Zoöl.), the twite. -- Mountain magpie. (Zoöl.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. -- Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. -- Mountain meal (Min.), a…

A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.

in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.

ata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.

Mutiny act (Law), an English statute reënacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion. Wharton.

Reciprocity of consideration. Wharton.

Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte.

r thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.

prising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology. -- Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinious of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyte…

The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

m intermediate or translational in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology.

To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.