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Meaning of Mulier
A woman, virgin, wife, legitimate child.
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Of ancient time, “mulier” was taken for a wife, as it is commonly used for a woman, and sometimes for a widow; but it has been held that a virgin is included under the name “mulier.” Co. Litt. 170, 243; 2 Bl. Comm. 248. The term is used always in contradistinction to a bastard, mulier being always legitimate (Co. Litt. 243), and seems to be a word corrupted from melior, or the French meilleur, signifying lawful issue born in wedlock. But by Glanville, lawful issue are said to be mulier, not from melior, but because begotten e muliere and not ea concubina, for he calls such issue fUiog mulieratos, opposing them to bastards. Glanv. lib. 7, c. 1. If the said lands “should, according to the queen’s lawes, descend to the right heire, then in right it ought to descend to him, as next heire being myMedia borne, and the other not so borne.” Holinshead, Chron. Ireland, an. 1558,
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Concept of “Mulier”
Traditional meaning of mulier in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A woman; a wife. A lawful son. Mulier puisné (see BASTARD EIGNE): the eldest legitimate son. Multa conceduntur per obliquum quae non conceduntur in directo: many things are allowed indirectly which are not allowed directly. Multa in jure communi contra rationem disputandi, pro communi utilitate introducta sunt: many things have been introduced into the common law for the public good, which are inconsistent with sound reason.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Mulier”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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