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modus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Modus \Mo"dus\, n.; pl {Modi}. [L. See {Mode}.] (Old Law) 1. 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 --Bracton. 3. (Law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi --Blackstone. They from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition. --Landor. {Modus operandi}[L.], manner of operating.
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