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MORALS – it refers to what is judged as good conduct. The
term moral is also used to describe someone who has the
capacity to make value judgments and discern right
from wrong.

MORGUE – a laboratory that determines cause of
death; when the cause is questionable or is other
than a known disease, conducts analyses that
produce investigative information.

MORTGAGOR – borrower in a mortgage; a
homeowner. The word “mortgagor”, as used in the
charter of the Philippine National Bank in
connection with the right of redemption, includes
both the estate of a deceased mortgagor and his
heirs.

MOTION - an application to the court for some rule
or order or order granting some type of relief;
motions are various kinds and may be classified as
litigated, expert, special, or a motion of course.

MOTIVATION – is the process of arousing or
strengthening a specific desire or drive among
various competing drives, so as to make the
aroused drive the most urgent and compelling to
be satisfied.

MOTIVE – that which induces one to indulge in a
criminal act, admissible as evidence in order to
arrive at the truth of the matter; the moving power
which impels one to action for a definite result. In
criminal psychology, it refers to the reason or
cause why a person or group of persons will
perpetrate a crime or the purpose or aim of doing
something.

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