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Mad Dog Coll
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll (1908–1932), Irish-born gangster from Gweedore, County Donegal; Dutch Schultz's Bronx enforcer turned rival gang leader, kidnapper, press-dubbed "Mad Dog" after the 1931 child's death; acquitted by Leibowitz; machine-gunned in a phone booth at 23.
Made man
Made man: a fully initiated member (soldier) of the American Mafia, also called man of honor, goodfella, or wiseguy; entered via a blood-oath ceremony, restricted to men of Italian descent, revealed publicly by Joseph Valachi in 1963.
Madeline C. Arleo
Madeline C. Arleo, also known as Madeline Cox Arleo, is an American jurist and United States district judge in New Jersey since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Madhya Pradesh High Court (मध्य प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय)
Madhya Pradesh High Court (मध्य प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय), established 1 November 1956 from the Nagpur High Court, is the High Court of Madhya Pradesh with principal seat at Jabalpur and permanent benches at Indore and Gwalior (1968), governed by the 2008 Rules.
Madlanga Commission
Madlanga Commission, formally the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, is a South African presidential inquiry chaired by retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, established July 2025 after Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi's allegations of syndicate infiltration of police, prosecution and intelligence.
Madras High Court
Madras High Court, High Court of Judicature at Madras, the highest court in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. One of three 1862 presidency High Courts; principal seat Chennai, permanent Madurai Bench since 2004; writ, original, and appellate jurisdiction.
Madrid System
Madrid System: WIPO-administered international trademark registration under the 1891 Madrid Agreement and 1989 Protocol; 117 members, 133 countries, one application, basic mark required, 12/18-month examination.
Mae A. D'Agostino
Mae Avila D'Agostino, born 1954, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of New York since 2011, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Mae Capone
Mae Capone (Mary Josephine Coughlin, 1897–1986), Irish-American wife of mob boss Al Capone; married 1918 in Brooklyn, lived apart from his rackets, nursed him until his 1947 death, sued Desilu over The Untouchables.
Mafia
Mafia: organized crime born in 19th-century western Sicily, tied to citrus exports and weak post-1860 rule of law; comprises Cosa Nostra, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, Sacra Corona Unita; defined by protection rackets, omertà, initiation rites.
Mafia (series)
Mafia (series) is a narrative-driven action/adventure video game series about organized crime, established in 2002. It features storylines like Mafia III, where Lincoln Clay builds a criminal empire.
Mafia Commission Trial
The Mafia Commission Trial, formally United States v. Anthony Salerno, was a 1985–1986 federal RICO prosecution led by Rudolph Giuliani that convicted eight bosses of La Cosa Nostra.
Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg rights (Ukrainian: магдебурзьке право; German: Magdeburger Recht) are a medieval town law from Magdeburg that spread across Central and Eastern Europe, granting municipal self-government to over 1,000 towns.
Maggie Dickson
Maggie Dickson, "Half-Hangit Maggie" (c. 1702–c. 1765), a Musselburgh fishwife hanged in Edinburgh's Grassmarket on 2 September 1724 for infanticide, who revived in her coffin, was freed, and is remembered by a Grassmarket pub.
Magic Circle (law firms)
The Magic Circle is an informal label, coined by the legal press in the 1990s, for five leading London-based commercial law firms: A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May.
Magistrate
Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace: unpaid volunteer judicial officer in England and Wales hearing about 95% of criminal cases in benches of 2-3 without a jury, with up to 12 months' sentencing power; distinct from salaried district judges and professional magistrates abroad.
Magistrate (England and Wales)
A magistrate in England and Wales, also called a Justice of the Peace, is an unpaid, trained volunteer judge who handles about 95% of criminal cases.
Magistrates' court
A magistrates' court is a lower court of first instance where magistrates decide less serious criminal and civil cases, handling most prosecutions in many common-law jurisdictions.
Magistrates' court (England and Wales)
Magistrates' court, England and Wales (Justices of the Peace, petty sessions): lowest criminal court where all criminal cases start, no jury, about 95% of criminal cases; 1285 origins, 12-month maximum, 18 months planned.
Magistrates' court (Hong Kong)
Magistrates' Courts of Hong Kong: the lowest criminal courts, seven courts with 71 magistrates, two-year sentencing limit, entry point for all prosecutions, tracing colonial origins from 1841.
Magistrates' Court of Victoria
Magistrates' Court of Victoria (MCV), the first level of the Victorian court system under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989. Sits in 51 locations, no jury, over 250,000 cases yearly, civil claims to $100,000, Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan.
Magistrates' Courts Act 1952
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55) was an English and Welsh consolidating statute covering magistrates' court jurisdiction and procedure, in force from 1 June 1953 and repealed by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c. 43) is the principal England and Wales statute consolidating magistrates' court jurisdiction, procedure, either-way allocation, sentencing powers, enforcement, and justices' clerks' functions.
Magistrates' courts in India
Magistrates' courts in India are district-level criminal courts of Judicial and Executive Magistrates under the CrPC 1973 and, since 1 July 2024, the BNSS 2023, handling trials, remand, and preventive functions.
Magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland
Magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland are courts of summary jurisdiction hearing less serious criminal charges, chaired by legally qualified District Judges with lay magistrates in youth and family courts.
Magistrates' courts of Australia
The magistrates' courts of Australia are state and territory courts of summary jurisdiction, staffed by salaried, legally qualified magistrates who handle most criminal and civil cases.
Magistrates' courts of New Zealand
The magistrates' courts of New Zealand, later the district courts, were lower courts tracing to Courts of Petty Sessions and resident magistrates' courts from 1841 and 1846.
Magnitsky Act
Magnitsky Act: US law (P.L. 112-208, 2012) sanctioning Russians tied to lawyer Sergei Magnitsky's death, expanded globally by the Global Magnitsky Act (P.L. 114-328, 2016) for human rights abuse and corruption.
Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act
The Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. §§2301-2312) is the 1975 U.S. federal law governing written warranties on consumer products, requiring full/limited titling and disclosure, restricting implied-warranty disclaimers and tie-in sales, and giving consumers fee-shifting remedies.
Mahadev Betting App Case
Mahadev Betting App case: Indian ED and CBI probes into Mahadev Online Book, a Dubai-run illegal betting syndicate of Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, with estimated proceeds of ₹36,000–43,400 crore, money laundering charges, and fugitive proceedings.