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Markandey Katju
Markandey Katju, Indian retired Supreme Court judge (2006-2011), former Chief Justice of Madras and Delhi High Courts, Press Council of India chairman 2011-2014, known for judicial restraint rulings and later public commentary.
Market manipulation
Market manipulation: deliberate trading or disclosure conduct creating false appearances of activity or price in financial markets. Includes wash trading, spoofing, pump-and-dump; prohibited under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, UK MAR, and similar laws.
Marrakesh Treaty
Marrakesh Treaty (Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled): WIPO copyright treaty adopted June 27, 2013, in force September 30, 2016, mandating copyright exceptions and cross-border exchange of accessible-format books; 106 contracting parties by 2026.
Marriage certificate
A marriage certificate, also called a certificate of marriage, is the official government record created after a marriage ceremony is performed and filed; it serves as proof of marriage for banks, insurers, and agencies.
Marriage in England and Wales
Marriage in England and Wales: legally recognised unions under 1836-era and Marriage Act 1949 rules, requiring 29-day notice, approved venues or registered religious buildings, with 2025 to 2026 reforms proposing officiant-based overhaul.
Marriage in Israel
Marriage in Israel is conducted only through recognized religious authorities (Chief Rabbinate, Sharia, Druze, ecclesiastical courts); no civil marriage exists domestically. Couples excluded marry abroad, notably via Utah online marriages recognized after the 2023 Bril Supreme Court ruling.
Marriage in Ukraine
Marriage in Ukraine (шлюб): state-registered union of a man and a woman under the 2002 Family Code; 18-year minimum age, one-month ZAGS/DRACS waiting period, joint property default, wartime online registration since 2024.
Marriage law
Marriage law: the legal rules governing who may marry, valid formation, spousal rights, and dissolution. Covers the shift from canon law to civil marriage (France 1791, England 1753/1836), minimum ages, divorce, and same-sex marriage recognition.
Marsha J. Pechman
Marsha J. Pechman is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, appointed by President Clinton in 1999.
Marsha S. Berzon
Marsha Siegel Berzon, born 1945 in Cincinnati, is an American jurist serving as a senior Ninth Circuit judge since 2022, appointed by President Clinton in 2000.
Marshal of the United States Supreme Court
Marshal of the United States Supreme Court: the Court's own appointed officer (not the U.S. Marshals Service), created by the 1867 statute, serving as chief security officer, building superintendent, disbursing officer, and courtroom crier; Gail Curley has held the post since June 2021.
Marshall Court
The Marshall Court (1801–1835), under Chief Justice John Marshall, the longest-serving Chief Justice, established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, federal supremacy in McCulloch v. Maryland, the commerce power in Gibbons v. Ogden, and the Marshall Trilogy of federal Indian law.
Marshalsea
Marshalsea: London debtors' prison in Southwark under the Knight Marshal of the Royal Household, jurisdiction 12 miles round Whitehall; housed Ben Jonson and Dickens's father (1824), closed 1842 under the Queen's Prison Act, setting of Little Dorrit.
Marsy's Law
Marsy's Law, or the Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008 (California Proposition 9), is a model state constitutional amendment granting crime victims enforceable rights; first passed in California in 2008 and adopted in twelve states, named for murder victim Marsy Nicholas.
Martens Clause
The Martens Clause is a provision of international humanitarian law, first appearing in the preamble of the 1899 Hague Convention and proposed by Russian delegate Fyodor Martens.
Martha A. Vázquez
Martha Alicia Vázquez, born 1953, is a senior United States district judge for the District of New Mexico, appointed by President Clinton in 1993 and chief judge from 2003 to 2010.
Martha C. Daughtrey
Martha C. Daughtrey, also known as Martha Craig Daughtrey, is an American jurist appointed by President Clinton to the Sixth Circuit in 1993, taking senior status in 2009.
Martha M. Pacold
Martha M. Pacold, also known as Martha Maria Pacold, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in the Northern District of Illinois since 2019.
Martha Minow
Martha Minow is an American legal scholar, dean of Harvard Law School from 2009 to 2017, known for Making All the Difference (1990) and Between Vengeance and Forgiveness (1998).
Martial law in the Philippines
Martial law in the Philippines: Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1081 of September 21, 1972 placed the country under military rule until January 1981, marked by mass arrests and torture; the 1987 Constitution limited the power, tested by Duterte's 2017 Mindanao martial law.
Martin Cahill
Martin Cahill, "The General" (1949–1994), Dublin crime boss behind the 1983 O'Connor's jewellery robbery and 1986 Russborough House art theft; shot dead by the IRA in Ranelagh, Dublin, in 1994.
Martin D. Ginsburg
Martin David Ginsburg (1932-2010), American tax lawyer and Georgetown Law professor, husband of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; co-argued Moritz v. Commissioner and co-authored Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts.
Martin Edelman
Martin L. Edelman (born 1941), also known as Marty Edelman, is an American real estate lawyer, Of Counsel at Paul Hastings, senior advisor to Mubadala, General Counsel of G42, and a City Football Group board member since 2013; distinct from personal injury lawyer Martin W. Edelman.
Martin family disappearance
Martin family disappearance: Kenneth, Barbara, Barbie, Virginia, and Susan Martin of Portland, Oregon, vanished December 7, 1958, during a Columbia River Gorge greenery trip; their 1954 Ford station wagon was found near Cascade Locks in 2024 and DNA identified three members in 2026.
Martin K. Reidinger
Martin K. Reidinger, born Martin Karl Reidinger in 1958, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of North Carolina since 2007.
Martin Lee (李柱铭)
Martin Lee Chu-ming (李柱銘), born 1938, Hong Kong Senior Counsel, founding chairman of the Democratic Party, LegCo member 1985–2008, called the father of Hong Kong's democracy movement; prosecuted over the 2019 protests.
Marty Jackley
Marty Jackley is an American Republican attorney serving as Attorney General of South Dakota, holding the office from 2009 to 2019 and again after his 2022 election.
Marvin E. Aspen
Marvin E. Aspen (born 1934) is an American jurist and senior judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Marvin Gabrion
Marvin Charles Gabrion II, Michigan murderer convicted in 2002 of drowning Rachel Timmerman in Oxford Lake in the Manistee National Forest in 1997, receiving the first federal death sentence in a non-death-penalty state, commuted to life by Biden in 2024.
Marvin Heemeyer
Marvin John Heemeyer was an American welder who, on June 4, 2004, drove a homemade armored bulldozer through Granby, Colorado, destroying 13 buildings before killing himself.