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In Civil Law. Manner; means; way. Ainsworth. A rhythmic song. Du Cange. In Old Conveyancing. Manner; e. g., the manner in which an estate should be held, etc. A qualification, whether in restriction or enlargement of the terms of the instrument; especially with relation to the kind of grant called “donatio,” the making those quxtsi heirs who were not in fact heirs, according to the ordinary form of such conveyances. And this modus or qualification of the ordinary form became so common as to give rise to the maxim, modus et conventio vincunt legem. Co. Litt. 19a; Bracton, 17b; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 293. A consideration. Bracton, 17, 18. In Ecclesiastical Law. A peculiar manner of tithing, growing out of custom. See “Modus Decimandi.”

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In Civil Law. Manner; means; way. Ainsworth. A rhythmic song. Du Cange. In Old Conveyancing. Manner; e. g., the manner in which an estate should be held, etc. A qualification, whether in restriction or enlargement of the terms of the instrument; especially with relation to the kind of grant called “donatio,” the making those quxtsi heirs who were not in fact heirs, according to the ordinary form of such conveyances. And this modus or qualification of the ordinary form became so common as to give rise to the maxim, modus et conventio vincunt legem. Co. Litt. 19a; Bracton, 17b; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 293. A consideration. Bracton, 17, 18. In Ecclesiastical Law. A peculiar manner of tithing, growing out of custom. See “Modus Decimandi.”

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