Minus est actionem habere, quam rem.
It is less to have an action than the property.
Mobilia sequuntur personam.
Moveables follow the person.
Misera est servitus ubi jus est vagum aut incognitum.
Bondage is miserable where the law is vague or uncertain.
Mitius imperanti melius paretur.
The more mildly a man commands, the better is he obeyed.
Modus de non decimando non valet.
A mode of not taking tithes is unavailing.