modus.
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
Meaning & usage
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
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.
A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode.
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