Meum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meum \Me"um\, n. [L., neut. of meus mine.]
     Lit., mine; that which is mine; -- used in the phrase meum et
     tuum, or meum and tuum; as, to confound meum and tuum, to
     fail to distinguish one's own property from that of others;
     to be dishonest.
  


           Ancestors . . . generally esteemed more renowned for
           ancient family and high courage than for accurately
           regarding the trifling distinction of meum and tuum.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]