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TITLE JURISDICTION

the term applied when the title to a mortgaged property is kept by the mortgagee until the owner has paid off the mortgage in full.

TITLE PRESUMPTIVE

the presumed ownership of property that is based on the occupancy of the property rather than the legal right to the title.

TRUST EDUCATIONAL

a trust that will benefit an educational institution or whose money or property will go towards establishing one.

TESTIMONY IMPARTIAL

the term given to evidence that does not favour either party and is offered by a disinterested party.

TEMPERANCE

a term that means the restraint, moderation and to refrain from an excess.

TRUE MAN DOCTRINE

a principle that says a person under attack ha the right to stand and defend himself with force and if the assailant is killed he won’t be considered guilty. See justifiable homicide.

TACIT LAW

the term that is given to a law that is accepted by the consent of the people rather than a government body.

TRANSFERRED INTENT

a principle that states a person is guilty of a crime if he has injured or attacked a person he hasn’t meant to harm.

TRUST INVOLUNTARY

This term is applied to a trust that arises from the result of a law that will enforce it being created.

TAINTED EVIDENCE

the name for evidence that results from the illegal conduct of an official and is inadmissible under the 14th amendment.

TRUST VOTING

a right that is vested in one or more people to vote on behalf of shareholders to elect officers to control the activities of a corporation.

TEMPORARY OBSERVATION

a medical term where a person is placed in a hospital to monitor his mental and physical actions to determine if he is competent.

THINGS IN ACTION

a term for a creditor’s right to be paid by a debtor and a right to possession that is recoverable by a law suit.

TWO-ISSUE RULE

the principle that states there are 2 or more issues in dispute in a court case and the verdict will stand even if there has been an error in trying and deciding

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