Category: T

In order that a river may be “tidal” at a given spot, it may not be necessary that the water should be salt, but the spot must be one where the tide,

A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord’s house. Cowell. TIME 1156 TIPSTAFF

One of the civil divisions of England, being a portion of that greater di- vision called a “hundred.” It was so called because ten freeholders with their families composed one. It Is

To bar, defeat, or take away; thus, to toll the entry means to deny or take away the right of entry.

In old English law. A custom or impost upon wines and other mer- chandise exported or imported, according to a certain rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell.

Lat. With all one’s might or power; with all his might; very strenuously.

Lat. In the civil law. A beam or rafter of a house. Calvin. In old English law. A measure of grain, containing twenty-four sheaves; a thrave. Spelman.

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See Iu re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647. 34 S. W. 960;

In old English law. A writ or action of trespass. Transgressione mnltiplicata, crescat poena; inflictio. When transgression is mul- tiplied, let the infliction of punishment be increased. 2 Inst 479.

In Spanish law. A copy; a sight. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 3. A copy of a document taken by the notary from the original, or a subsequent copy

An officer of a public or private corporation, company, or government, charged with the receipt, custody, and disbursement of its moneys or funds. See State v. Eames, 39 La. Ann. 9S6, 3

Withdrawn, as a juror. Written also treat. Cowell.

In English law. A society at Deptford Strond, incorporated by Hen. VIII. iu 1515, for the promotion of commerce and navigation by licensing and regulating pilots, and ordering and erecting beacons, light-houses,

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.

A certificate which was given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction.

In old records. A public iuu, or house of entertainment. Cowell.

The uniting securities given at different times, so as to prevent any inter- mediate purchaser from claiming a title to redeem or otherwise discharge one lien, which is jjrior, without redeeming or

ishment of an Injury by an act of tbe same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin. Talis interpretatio semper fiends est, nt evitetur absurdum