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TRUST TRANSGRESSIVE

This term applies to a trust that violates all of the rules that concern perpetuities. See perpetuity.

THIRD MORTGAGE

a mortgage that is the subject to the first and second mortgage.

TRIAL NEW

This involve re-trying the same issues in the same court but with another jury after the verdict has been handed down due to new facts.

TESTES TRIAL PER

a trial where a judge will make the decision and issue a verdict after having heard a case.

TRUST EXECUTORY

a trust that needs action by the originator for it to become fully effective and meaningful.

TENANT AT WILL

the name of the person who had a lease on a property and it has expired but he is still able to live there with the owner’s consent.

TRIED

the term that means having had a trial heard by a court.

TAKING THE FIFTH

refusing to answer a question on the grounds of self-incrimination. See the fifth amendment.

TRIAL JURY

the jury that will hear all evidence and decide the case.

TESTE

a term that means to bear witness and is a declaration at the conclusion of a court order that bears witness to the official character of the document.

TESTAMENT MUTUAL

a will where 2 people leave their property to the survivor. See will, mutual.

TAX COURT

the name of a federal court of law that deals with tax disputes.

TRADEMARK

This term is given to a recognisable name , marking or term that a company can by law use to identify itself and its products. See infringement of trademark.

TREBLE PENALTY

the term that is given to a sentence 3 times the normal sentence for a crime that is given to a habitual criminal.

TRIAL BY JURY

the trial where a jury will deliver a verdict after it has heard all of the evidence, see trial, non-jury.

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