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Webster 1913 Edition

Modus

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Mo′dus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Modi
(#)
.
[L. See
Mode
.]
(Old Law)
1.
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
2.
(Law)
A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.
Bracton.
3.
(Law)
A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase
modus decimandi
.
Blackstone.
They, from time immemorial, had paid a
modus
, or composition.
Landor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Modus

MO'DUS

,
Noun.
[L.] A compensation for tithes; an equivalent in money or other certain thing, given to a parson or vicar by the owners of land in lieu of tithes. The whole phrase is modus decimandi; but modus alone is commonly used.

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