TIDESMEN,
in English law, are certain officers of the custom-house, appointed to watch or attend upon ships till the customs are paid; and they are so called because they go aboard the ships
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in English law, are certain officers of the custom-house, appointed to watch or attend upon ships till the customs are paid; and they are so called because they go aboard the ships
An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income. Timores vani sunt sestimandi qui non cadunt in constantem virum. 7 Coke, 17. Fears which do
In Saxon and old English law. Money paid to the sheriff by the several tithings of his county. Cowell.
Payment of toll; money charged or paid as toll; the liberty or franchise of charging toll
In old Scotch law. A thief-taker.
In Insurance law. To stop at a port. If there be liberty granted by the policy to touch, or to touch and stay, at an intermediate port 011 the passage, the better
A lot, piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not importing. in itself, any precise dimension. See Edwards v. Derrickson, 2.8 N. J. Law, -15. Tractent fabrilia
Justices of trail-bas- ton were justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Ilollingshed, for trailing
In maritime law. The act of taking the cargo out of one ship and loading it in another.
One who is drawn, or drawn upon. The drawee of a bill of exchange. Ileinecc. de Camb. c. 0. 5, 6.
A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, a place where the public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is dis- bursed to defray the expenses
The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the law of the land, of the facts or law put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue. A
Sittings of the English court of appeal and of the high court of justice in London and Middlesex, commencing on the Tuesday after Whitsun week, and terminating on tlie 8th of August.
In English law. A customary duty or toll for weighing wool; so called because it was weighed by a common trona, or beam. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12.
In English law. A barrister who has a preaudience in the exchequer, and also one who has a particular place in court, is so called. Brown.
Lat. Baseness; infamy; immorality; turpitude. Tuta est custodia quae sibimet cre- ditur. Ilob. 340. That guardianship is secure which is intrusted to itself alone.
Brit. A tribe or family branching or issuing out of another. Cowell.
A synopsis or condensed statement, bringing together numerous items or details so as to be comprehended in a single view; as genealogical tables, exhibiting the names and relationships of all the persons
Lat. Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Eliz. 105.The description of a corporal oath.
Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer.
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