Category: T

In Saxon law. A husbandman or inferior tenant; an under-thane. Cowell.

An uuder-constable. Cowell.

In medical Jurisprudence. The front or anterior part of the neck. Where one was indicted for murder by “cutting the throat” of the deceased, it was held that the word “throat” was

Pr. Such. Nul tiel record, no such record.

Sax. In old forest law. A petty ofiicer of the forest who had the care of vert aud venison by night, and performed other servile duties.

title to lands.

One who collects tribute or taxes.

In French law. A species of association or partnership formed among persons who are iu receipt of perpetual or life annuities, with the agreement that the shares or annuities of those who

In old English law. A court of record, having criminal jurisdiction, in each county, held before the sheriff, twice a year, in one place after another, following a certain circuit or rotation.

A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods he produces, so that they may be identified in the market, and their origin

In criminal pleading. An essential word in indictments for treason. The offense must be laid to have been committed traitorously. Whart. Crim. Law, 100.

See COVENANT.

To go from one place to another at a distance; to journey; spoken of voluntary change of place. See White v. Beazley, 1 Barn. & Aid. 171; Hancock v. Rand, 94 N.

In practice. Damages given by statute in certain cases, con- sisting of the single damages found by the TREBUCKET 1171 TRESVIRI jury, actually tripled In amount The usual practice has been for

In French law. Certain courts composed of a president, judges, and substitutes, which take cognizance of all cases between merchants, and of disagreements among partners. Appeals lie from them to the courts

Lat In Saxon law. A threefold necessity or burden. A term used to denote the three things from contributing to the performance of which no lands were exempted, viz., pontis rcpara- tio,

In common-law practice, the action of trover (or trover and conversion) Is a species of action on the case, and originally lay for the recovery of damages against a person who had

A steam vessel built for towing; synonymous with “tow-boat.”

Guardianship; state of being under a guardian.

A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate or otherwise, who uses his power unjustly and arbitrarily, to tlie oppression of liis subjects.