Modus

Quick meaning: Modus is a noun meaning (law, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

Meaning

(law, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

More Meanings

1. (law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
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, etc.

Example Sentences

They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition.

To make a good and sufficient modus, the following rules must be observed

That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller.

Word Forms

• modi

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