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TORTURE

In old criminal law. The question; the Infliction of violent bodily pain upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel, or other engine, under judicial sanction and superintendence, in connection with

TO-WIT

That is to say; namely; scilicet; videlicet.

TRADICION

Span. In Spanish law. Delivery. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 9.

TRANSACTION

In the civil law. A transaction or compromise is an agreement between two or more persons, who, for preventing or putting an end to a lawsuit, adjust their differences by mutual consent,

TRANSLATITIUM EDICTUM

Lat In Roman law. The praetor, on his accession to ollice, did not usually publish an entirely new edict, but retained the whole or a part of that promulgated by bis predecessor,

TRESAYLE

An abolished writ sued on ouster by abatement, on the death of the grandfather’s grandfather.

TRIENNIAL ACT

An English statute limiting the duration of every parliament to three years, unless sooner dissolved. It was passed by the long parliament in 1640, and afterwards repealed, and the term was fixed

TRISTRIS

In old forest law. A freedom from the duty of attending the lord of a forest when engaged In the chase. Spelman.

TRUST

1. An equitable or beneficial right or title to land or other property, held for the beneficiary by another person, in whom resides the legal title or ownership, recognized and enforced by

T VOYAGE

In maritime law. The passing of a vessel by sea from one place, port, or country to another. The term is held to include the enterprise entered upon, and not merely the

T R E

An abbreviation of “Tempore Regis Edicardi,” (in the time of King Edward,) of common occurrence in Domesday, when the valuation of manors, as it was in the time of Edward the Confessor,

TAIL, ESTATE IN

he would have no right to do but in his capacity as heir. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 98S.

TAKER

One who takes or acquires; particularly, one who takes an estate by devise. When an estate is granted subject to a remainder or executory devise, the devisee of the immediate interest is

TAMEN

Lat Notwithstanding; nevertheless ; yet.

TAX

In a general sense, a tax is any contribution imposed by government upon individuals, for the use and service of the state, whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabel, impost,

TEGULA

In the civil law. A tile. Dig. 19, 1, 18.

TEMPORALIS

Lat. In the civil law. Temporary ; limited to a certain time.

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