MINT

The place designated by law where bullion is coined into money under authority of. the government. Also a place of privilege in South wark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves f.rom justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the crown. The privilege is now abolished. Wharton. -Mint-:mark, The masters and workers of the E·nglish mint, in the indentures made with them, agree "to make a privy mark in the money they make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making." After every trial of the pix, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietu8 under the great seal, and to be discharged from all suits or actions.· Wharton. -Mint-:maater, One who manages the coinage. MINTAGE, The charge or commi ion taken by the mint as a consideration for coining into money the bulllon which is brought to it f.or that purpose; the same as "seigniorage." Also that which is coined or stamped as money; the prodvct of the mint. MINUS, Lat. In the civil law. Le ; le than..The word had also, in some connections, the sense of "not at all." For example, a debt remaining wholly unpaid was described as "minus soiutum." Minus solvit, qui tardius solvit. He does not pay who pays too late. Dig. 50, 16, 12, 1. [s. 788]