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Multi-Car Discount

A premium discount offered by some insurance companies if the policyholder insures more than one vehicle with them.

Monetary Threshold

An amount set by the no-fault laws in some states that must be met before a lawsuit for damages may be commenced against an at-fault driver in an accident.

MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED

an expression used by the plaintiff claiming he has given money to the defendant who should return it.

MORAL OBLIGATION

the name that is given to a duty that arises from conscience rather than law.

MEGALOMANIA

the term given to a mental illness where a patient has ideas of great importance.

MATERIAL WITNESS

the name that is given to the witness who can give information no one else can and is important to the case of the prosecution.

MENTAL CRUELTY

a term that describes the abuse of one spouse to the other that can endanger emotional and physical health.

MARRIAGE INFORMATION

a term given to the things that spouses need to tell each other before they get married such as previous marriages, criminal convictions etc.

MERETRICIOUS UNION

A term applied to people who are living together as if married but for one reason or other are unable to be legally married.

MENTAL RESERVATION

having thoughts about the contract but not expressing them and may be used as an excuse not to carry out all of the contract.

MUGGING

1. Robbing a person from behind and putting an arm around their neck so they are unable to retaliate. 2. Any type of hold up the occurs on the street.

MORTGAGE CHATTEL

the term that is applied to the mortgage on personal property rather than real estate.

MUNICIPAL COURTS

the term given to the city courts that are charged with administering the law of a city.

MORTGAGE DERIVATIVES

A term that applies to investments that are risky and based on the direction of future interest rates.

MONEY LAUNDERING

term applied to taking money gotten illegally and washing or laundering it so it appears to have been gotten legally.

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