MOLLITER MANUS IMPOSUIT
\mˈɒlɪtə mˈanəs ɪmpˈɒsuːt], \mˈɒlɪtə mˈanəs ɪmpˈɒsuːt], \m_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_t_ə m_ˈa_n_ə_s ɪ_m_p_ˈɒ_s_uː_t]\
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Lat He gently laid hands upon. Formal words in the old Latin pleas in actions of trespass and assault where a defendant justified faying hands upon the plaintiff, as where it was done to keep the peace, etc. The phrase is literally translated in the modern precedents, and the original is retained as the name of the plea in such cases. 3 Bl. Comm. 21; 1 Chit. PI. 501, 502; Id. 1071.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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