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Definition of: manus
(mā′nəs) noun plural ma·nus
1. Anat. The hand, or the corresponding terminal part of a limb in vertebrates, as a forefoot, claw, hoof, or the like.
2. In ancient Roman law, authoritative control: said of persons rather than of things, as of the wife or children being in manu (literally, in the hand) of the husband or father. [<L, hand]
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