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MORESNET , a small neutral state lying on the borders of Prussia and Belgium, 4 m. S.W. of Aix-la-Chapelle, and em-bracing an area of nearly 1400 acres. Its only village
settlement
district
joint government of Prussia and Belgium. This arrangement lasted until 1841, when Moresnet was given an administration of its own, this being composed of a burgomaster and a council of ten members. The inhabitants decide individually whether they will perform military service for Prussia or for Belgium, and also whether they will accept the jurisdiction of the Prussian or of the Belgian courts.See Hoch, Un Territoire oublie au centre de 1'Europe (Bern, 1881) ; Schroder , Das grenzstreitige Gebiet von Moresnet (Aix-la-Chapelle,L902); and Spandau, Zur Geschichte von Neutral-Moresnet (Aix-lahapelle, 1904). MORETON BAY CHESTNUT, a tall tree known botanically as Castanospermum australe (natural order Leguminosae), native of Queensland and New South
long and 2 in. broad, and are divided interiorly by a spongy substance into three to five cells, each of which contains a large chestnut-like seed. The seeds are roasted and eaten by the natives; the timber, which somewhat-MORGAGNI 8 3 Iresembles walnut
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