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A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.

Lat. Iu Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground. Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the first prison In Rome. Adams,

Lat. In the civil law. To render an account of tutelage. Calvin. Tutelam reposcere, to demand an account of tutelage.

In medical jurisprudence. A poisonous ptomaine produced in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decomposition of albuminous constituents.

Lat. In Roman law. Tables. Writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius.

Fr. Ill old French law. A tax or assessment levied by the king, or by any great lord, upon his subjects, usually taking the form of an imposition upon the owners of

L. Lat A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of any one’s Income or means. Spelman.

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. Originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot Web- ster. The word “tavern,”

Belonging or peculiar to an art or profession. Technical terms are frequently called in the books “words of art.”

A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme vio- lence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 30; Thistle v.

L. Fr. A dispute; a quarrel. Kelham.

By the tenor of these presents, i. e., the matter contained therein, or rather the intent and meaning thereof. Cowell.

Lat. Ends; bounds; limiting or terminating points.

A writ that lay for a man convicted by attaint, to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment, and then to deliver to him

A woman who makes a will; a woman who dies leaving a will; a female testator.

Such lands as were granted by charter of the Saxon kings to their thanes with all immunities, except from the trinoda neeessitas. Cowell.

In Saxon law. Offenders who joined in a body of seven to commit depreda- tions. Wharton.

The designation, In colloquial language, of that portion of a decedent’s personal estate (one-tliird) which goes to the widow where there is also a child or chil- dreu. See Yeomans v. Stevens,

To ignore, (a bill of indictment.)

Fr. Third. Tierce mcin, third hand. Britt. c. 120.