TRIVERBIAL DAYS
In the civil law. Juridical days; days allowed to the praetor for deciding causes; days on which the pr.-etor might speak the three characteristic words of his office, viz., do, dico, addico.
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In the civil law. Juridical days; days allowed to the praetor for deciding causes; days on which the pr.-etor might speak the three characteristic words of his office, viz., do, dico, addico.
Lat. Have or take your things to yourself. The form
A gate set across a road, to stop travelers and carriages until toll is paid for the privilege of passage thereon.
The lower order of Saxons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts inflicted for crimes. Cowell.
In old records. A kind of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell.
A conviction of felony, or the person so convicted. Cowell.
A case reported In Yearb. 12 Edw. IV. 19-21, which is regarded as having established the foundation of common recoveries.
One who keeps a tavern. One who keeps an Inn; an innkeeper.
Two officers yearly chosen In Cambridge, England, to see the true gauge of all the weifehts and measures.
In Scotch law. A term corresponding to tithes (q. v.) in English ecclesias- tical law.
The laity; secular people.
An ancient writ, lying to the city of London, or any other corporation, (where the old custom was that men might devise by will lands and tenements, as well as goods and
In English law. The statute 9 Geo. IV. c. 14, taking Its name from Lord Tenterden, who procured its enactment, which is a species of extension of the statute of frauds, and
A day given to a defendant. Spelman.
The courts established in the territories of the L’nited States.
One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. lust. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris ultima voluntas
Lat. A witness; one who gives evidence in court, or who witnesses a docu- ment. Testis de visu praeponderat aliis. 4 Inst. 279. An eye-witness is preferred to others. Testis Inpanaris sufficit
The statute 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 98, which restricted accumula- tions to a term of twenty-one years from the testator’s death. It was passed iu conse- quence of litigation over
One who has been guilty of larceny or theft The term covers both compound and simple larceny. America Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 1 Ilill (N. Y.) 25.
In old English law. A measure of corn or grain, consisting of twenty- four sheaves or four shocks, six sheaves to every shock. Cowell.