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;maintenance:In family law, an antiquated term referring to child support and spousal support. See "child support" and "spousal support". | ;maintenance:In family law, an antiquated term referring to child support and spousal support. See "child support" and "spousal support". | ||
;male fides:A Latin phrase meaning “in bad faith.” Intentionally misleading someone else, whether by doing or not doing something; acting in a manner contrary to one's actual intention; failing to act honestly and openly. See "good faith". | ;''male fides'':A Latin phrase meaning “in bad faith.” Intentionally misleading someone else, whether by doing or not doing something; acting in a manner contrary to one's actual intention; failing to act honestly and openly. See "good faith". | ||
;malfeasance:Doing an act which is wrongful or unlawful by operation of law. A "malfeasor" is a person committing a wrongful or unlawful act. See "unlawful". | ;malfeasance:Doing an act which is wrongful or unlawful by operation of law. A "malfeasor" is a person committing a wrongful or unlawful act. See "unlawful". | ||
;marriage:A legal relationship between two persons, whether of the same or opposite genders, that is solemnized by a marriage commissioner or licenced religious official and gives rise to certain mutual rights, benefits and obligations. See also "conjugal rights", "consortium" and "marriage, validity of". | ;marriage:A legal relationship between two persons, whether of the same or opposite genders, that is solemnized by a marriage commissioner or licenced religious official and gives rise to certain mutual rights, benefits and obligations. See also "conjugal rights", "consortium" and "marriage, validity of". | ||
;marriage, validty of:For a marriage to be valid, the spouses must be unmarried at the time of the marriage, not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, and capable of understanding the meaning of marriage, and the marriage must be performed by a person entitled to solemnize marriage in the jurisdiction where the marriage is performed under the laws of that jurisdiction. See "age of majority", "bigamy", "consanguinity" and "disability". | ;marriage, validty of:For a marriage to be valid, the spouses must be unmarried at the time of the marriage, not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, and capable of understanding the meaning of marriage, and the marriage must be performed by a person entitled to solemnize marriage in the jurisdiction where the marriage is performed under the laws of that jurisdiction. See "age of majority", "bigamy", "consanguinity" and "disability". | ||
;Marriage Act:Provincial legistion that governs the capacity to marry and the formalities of the marriage ceremony. | ;''Marriage Act'':Provincial legistion that governs the capacity to marry and the formalities of the marriage ceremony. | ||
;marriage agreement:An agreement signed by people who are or have married that is intended to govern their rights and obligations in the event of the breakdown of their marriage and, sometimes, their rights and obligations during their marriage. See "family law agreement". | ;marriage agreement:An agreement signed by people who are or have married that is intended to govern their rights and obligations in the event of the breakdown of their marriage and, sometimes, their rights and obligations during their marriage. See "family law agreement". | ||
;marriage-like relationship:In family law, the quality of an unmarried couple's relationship that demonstrates their commitment to each other, their perception of themselves as a couple and their willingness to sacrifice individual advantages for the advantage of themselves as a couple; a legal requirement for a couple to be considered unmarried spouses. See "cohabitation", "marriage" and "spouse". | ;marriage-like relationship:In family law, the quality of an unmarried couple's relationship that demonstrates their commitment to each other, their perception of themselves as a couple and their willingness to sacrifice individual advantages for the advantage of themselves as a couple; a legal requirement for a couple to be considered unmarried spouses. See "cohabitation", "marriage" and "spouse". | ||
;Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act:Federal legislation that describes the degrees of relatedness within which persons cannot marry. | ;''Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act'':Federal legislation that describes the degrees of relatedness within which persons cannot marry. | ||
;married spouse:A person who is legally married to another spouse. See "unmarried spouse". | ;married spouse:A person who is legally married to another spouse. See "unmarried spouse". | ||
;master:A provincially-appointed judicial official with limited jurisdiction usually charged with making decisions before an after final judgment in a court proceeding, including the hearing of interim applications, the assessment of lawyers' bills and the settling of Bills of Cost. See "interim application", "judge" and "jurisdiction". | ;master:A provincially-appointed judicial official with limited jurisdiction usually charged with making decisions before an after final judgment in a court proceeding, including the hearing of interim applications, the assessment of lawyers' bills and the settling of Bills of Cost. See "interim application", "judge" and "jurisdiction". | ||
