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TESTIMONY IMPARTIAL

the term given to evidence that does not favour either party and is offered by a disinterested party.

TEMPERANCE

a term that means the restraint, moderation and to refrain from an excess.

TRUE MAN DOCTRINE

a principle that says a person under attack ha the right to stand and defend himself with force and if the assailant is killed he won’t be considered guilty. See justifiable homicide.

TACIT LAW

the term that is given to a law that is accepted by the consent of the people rather than a government body.

TRANSFERRED INTENT

a principle that states a person is guilty of a crime if he has injured or attacked a person he hasn’t meant to harm.

TRUST INVOLUNTARY

This term is applied to a trust that arises from the result of a law that will enforce it being created.

TAINTED EVIDENCE

the name for evidence that results from the illegal conduct of an official and is inadmissible under the 14th amendment.

TRUST VOTING

a right that is vested in one or more people to vote on behalf of shareholders to elect officers to control the activities of a corporation.

TEMPORARY OBSERVATION

a medical term where a person is placed in a hospital to monitor his mental and physical actions to determine if he is competent.

THINGS IN ACTION

a term for a creditor’s right to be paid by a debtor and a right to possession that is recoverable by a law suit.

TWO-ISSUE RULE

the principle that states there are 2 or more issues in dispute in a court case and the verdict will stand even if there has been an error in trying and deciding

TRUST EXECUTORY

a trust that needs action by the originator for it to become fully effective and meaningful.

THEORY OF CASE

These are the facts that a law suit will be founded on and forms the basis of a right to sue.

TENANT-OWNER

a person who owns shares in and possessed property in cooperative apartment block or a condominium.

TERRITORIAL WATERS

the term that is applied to the seas that extend from the coast of a state that it has a jurisdiction over.

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