Legal English Dictionary
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1magistrate (noun)
2magistrates' court (noun)
3maintain (verb)
4maintenance (noun)
5make a distinction (phrase)
6make an offer (verb)
7make public (verb)
8malfeasance (noun)
9malicious prosecution (noun)
10malpractice (noun)
11management buyout (noun)
12managerial acts or omissions (noun)
13mandate (verb)
14mandate (noun)
15mandatory (adjective)
16mandatory transfer (noun)
17manslaughter (noun)
18margin (noun)
19margin squeeze (noun)
20marginal lending rate (noun)
21marital (adjective)
22mark-up (noun)
23market capitalisation (price) (noun)
24market maker (noun)
25market price (noun)
26market share (noun)
27marketable (adjective)
28marketable title (noun)
29marriage (noun)
30marshal (noun)
31marshal (verb)
32master limited partnership (noun)
33material (adjective)
34material adverse change (noun)
35material breach (noun)
36material contract (noun)
37maternity (noun)
38matrimonial (adjective)
39matrimony (noun)
40matter (noun)
41maturity (noun)
42maturity date (noun)
43may (verb)
44means (noun)
45means test (noun)
46measure (noun)
47measure (verb)
48mechanism (noun)
49mediate (verb)
50mediation (noun)
51mediator (noun)
52medium term note (noun)
53meeting of creditors (noun)
54member (noun)
55member state (noun)
56memorandum (noun)
57memorandum of association (noun)
58mens rea (noun)
59mention (verb)
60mercantile (adjective)
61mercantile agency (noun)
62merchant bank (noun)
63merger (noun)
64merger control (noun)
65mergers and acquisitions (noun)
66merit (noun)
67mezzanine debt (noun)
68mezzanine finance (noun)
69minor (adjective)
70minor (noun)
71minority (noun)
72minority interest (noun)
73minority shareholder (noun)
74minute (verb)
75minutes (noun)
76minutes book (noun)
77mirrored (adjective)
78misappropriate (verb)
79misappropriation (noun)
80miscellaneous (adjective)
81mischief rule (noun)
82misconduct (noun)
83misdemeanour (noun)
84misfeasance (noun)
85misinform (verb)
86misinterpret (verb)
87misinterpretation (noun)
88mislaid property (verb)
89mislead (verb)
90misleading (adjective)
91misrepresent (verb)
92misrepresentation (noun)
93mistake (noun)
94mistake of law (noun)
95mitigate (verb)
96mitigation (noun)
97mitigation (of punishment) (noun)
98mitigation-of-damages (doctrine) (noun)
99money laundering (noun)
100monies (noun)
101monies on deposit (noun)
102monopolisation (noun)
103monopoly (noun)
104monopoly right (noun)
105moot (adjective)
106moot (verb)
107moot court (noun)
108moral (adjective)
109moral (noun)
110moral rights (noun)
111morality (noun)
112moratorium (noun)
113mortgage (noun)
114mortgage insurance (noun)
115motion (noun)
116motion to dismiss (noun)
117move (verb)
118multilateral trading facility (MTF) (noun)
119murder (noun)
120murder (verb)
121mutually exclusive (adjective)
