to labor;
statute of, customs of, 1285.
"Long and short haul clause" (_see Rates_).
Looms, engrossing forbidden.
Loss of service laws.
Ludlow Company, strike at.
Lynching,
State or county liable for;
civil damages for;
law of.
Machine politics, entrenched by regulation of.
Magna Charta, chapter concerning,
chapter II, marks the complete restoration of Anglo-Saxon liberties;
sworn to in the coronation oath;
taxation clause;
history of the grants of by King John;
of Henry III omits taxation clauses;
confirmed more than thirty times by later kings;
history of the grant of by Henry III;
important clauses of;
of John further discussed;
to be read twice a year in every cathedral;
to be interpreted in the courts as is the American Constitution,
under the new ordinances of 1311;
never published in French;
causes of.
Maintenance, statutes against.
Majority, powers of, not unlimited.
Malice in conspiracy (_see Conspiracy_).
Manufacture of cloth regulated by statute.
Margins, sales on forbidden.
Marine law (_see Sea_).
Market towns, regulation of tolls in.
Markets, citizens of London forbidden to trade in.
Marlborough, statute of.
Marriage (_see also Miscegenation_),
jurisdiction over first in church;
is a sacrament by Roman view;
creates a status;
not a mere contract at common law;
forbidden between English and Irish;
religious ceremony first dispensed with under Cromwell;
between first cousins invalid in Pennsylvania;
modern legislation;
may be forbidden to parties of different races;
discussion of the common-law marriage;
now abolished in New York;
the ceremony;
chapter concerning, chapter XVII, lawfulness of, determined by law of
State;
law of formerly appertained to the church;
in some States a simple contract;
when void because of age;
when void because of failure of parents to consent, restriction of by
modern statute;
between near relations;
of insane persons void;
of impotent persons;
of epileptics;
of drunkards;
State examination to permit;
tuberculosis disqualification for;
of consumptives forbidden;
of unchaste persons forbidden;
medical examinations may be required;
common-law marriage abolished in Illinois.
Marriage and divorce, chapter relating to, chapter XVII, as related to
women's rights question.
Married women, regulation of labor of;
original laws;
have same property rig
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