Category: T

Lat A notary, or ta- bellio. Calvin.

In Scotch law. An entail. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exer- cising his inherent right of disposing of his property, settles upon others than those to whom it

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.

Spreading. Tedding grass is spreading it out after it is cut in the swath. 10 East, 5.

A religious order of knighthood, instituted about the year 1110, and so called because the members dwelt iu a part of the temple of Jerusalem, aud not far from the sepulclier of

In old English law. To tender or offer. Cowell.

A sort of ancient tax or military contribution. Wharton.

In Spanish law. A common ; common land. Common because of vicinage. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6,

A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. In American law. A portion of the United States, not within the limits of any state, which

In practice. A writ containing a testatum clause; such as a testatum capias, a testatum ft. fa., and a testatum ca. sa. See TESTATUM.

The office and dignity of a thane; the seigniory of a thane. That which I may defeat by my entry I make good by my confirmation. Co. Litt. 300.

In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5.

In Scotch law. A servitude by which lands are astricted or “thirled” to a particular mill, to which the possessors must carry the grain of the growth of the astricted lands to

Within the meaning of a criminal statute, “thrusting” is not necessarily an attack with a pointed weapon; It means pushing or driving with force, whether the point of the weapon be sharp

A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons. i

Fishermen who destroyed the young fry ou the river Thames by nets and unlawful engines. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil law. Title ; the source or ground of possession ; the means whereby possession of a thing is acquired, whether such possession be lawful or not. In old

Au old excise; a duty paid by tenants of some mauors to the lord for liberty to brew and sell ale. Cowell.

Wrong ; injury; the opposite of right So called, according to Lord Coke, be cause it is wrested, or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and straight. Co. Litt 1586.