Definition of Modus
Mo´dus
n.
1.
(Old Law)
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
.
3.
(Law)
A
fixed
compensation
or
equivalent
given
instead
of
payment
of
tithes
in
kind
,
expressed
in
full
by
the
phrase
modus
decimandi
.
They
,
from
time
immemorial
,
had
paid
a
modus
,
or
composition
.
- Landor.
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