A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi
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
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance
A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects
A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponens has the form:
A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus tollens has this form:
A modus operandi is a particular way of doing something. An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant. M.O. a way of doing something that is typical of a particular person or group
1 Latin term meaning "the manner of operation " The means of accomplishing an act, especially, the characteristic method employed by a defendant in repeated criminal acts
(Latin: "method of affirming" and "method of denying") In logic, two types of inference that can be drawn using a hypothetical proposition i. e., from a proposition of the form "If p, then q" (symbolically p q). Modus ponens refers to inferences of the form p q; p, therefore q. Modus tollens refers to inferences of the form p q; q, therefore, p. An example of modus tollens is the following: "If an angle is inscribed in a semicircle, then it is a right angle; this angle is not a right angle; therefore, this angle is not inscribed in a semicircle
A modus vivendi is an arrangement which allows people who have different attitudes to live or work together. After 1940, a modus vivendi between church and state was achieved. an arrangement between people with very different opinions or habits that allows them to live or work together without quarrelling