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TERMINO

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

TERRITORY

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

TESTATUM WRIT

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

THANESHIP

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.

THIRLAGE

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

THRUSTING

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

TIERCE

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

TINKERMEN

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

TITULUS

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

TOLLSESTER

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

TORT

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.

TOUT UN SOUND

L. Fr. All one sound; sounding the same ; idcvi sonans. Toute exception non surveillee tend & prendre la place du principe. Every exception not watched tends to assume the place of

TRADER

A person engaged in trade; one whose business is to buy and sell mer- chandise, or any class of goods, deriving a profit from his dealings. 2 Kent, Comm. 389; State v.

TRAMP

A strolling beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. See State v. Hogan, 63 Ohio St. 202, 58 N. E. 572, 52 L. R. A. 863, 81 Am. St. Rep. 626; Miller v. State,

TRAVERSER

In pleading. One who traverses or denies. A prisoner or party indicted; so called from his traversing the indictment.

TREMAGIUM, TREMESIUM

In old records. The season or time of sowing summer corn, being about March, the third month, to which the word may allude. Cowell. Tres faciunt collegium. Three make a corporation ;

TRIPLICACION

L. Fr. In old pleading. A rejoinder in pleading; the defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication. Britt. c. 77.

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