The Law Dictionary

Your Free Online Legal Dictionary • Featuring Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Ed.

Category: T

TRUST EXECUTED

This applies to a trust that states what its assets will be used for.

TRANSIENT PERSON

This term is applied to a person with fixed address or a person on his way through one state into another state.

THIRD DEGREE

a term for the illegal attempt to get a confession from a suspected criminal.

TEMPERANCE

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

TITLE OF AN ACT

the name of a statute or a law or the brief description of item purpose and nature.

TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD

the typed or written copy of the court reporter’s notes that have been taken down during a trial.

TAFT HARTLEY ACT

federal law that was enacted in 1947 giving rights to employees and employers where strikes are legal and other union deals.

TIME REASONABLE

a term for a period of time that si line with a contract’s provisions.

THIRD PARTY ACTION

the situation where the defendant brings into the case a third person as he believes the person is involved with him in the law suit.

TRAVERSE JURY

This term applies to the trial jury that is not the grand jury who offers an indictment but doesn’t try the case.

TRUST CONTINGENT

the term given to a trust whose operation is dependent on an event in the future.

TORT PROPERTY

the term that is used when one person interferes with a person who is enjoying his own property

TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY

the name given to the immunity to incriminating yourself that is granted a witness by a court.

TAX EXPENDITURES

This term applies to revenue losses of a federal government due to it granting a special tax benefit to some tax payers.

TENDER OF AMENDS

an offer by a person who has committed wrong to right that wrong by paying a sum of money to the person he has wronged.

TACIT ACCEPTANCE

an act by the heir to an estate that shows that he intends to accept his inheritance.

Topic Archives:

Disclaimer

This site contains general legal information but does not constitute professional legal advice for your particular situation. The Law Dictionary is not a law firm, and this page does not create an attorney-client or legal adviser relationship. If you have specific questions, please consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.