Modus

(n.) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

编辑:朱尔斯

• The tythe in the greater part of those parishes which pay what is called a modus, in lieu of all other tythe is a tax of this kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I saw a large number of persons being inoculated, and also the whole modus operandi, which was very interesting. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I don't know what I should do if there were not a modus in Tipton. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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