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TINET

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount.

TITULADA

In Spanish law. Title. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

TOLLERE

Lat. In the civil law. To lift up or raise ; to elevate; to build up.

TOOK AND CARRIED AWAY

Iu criminal pleading. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. TOOL. The usual meaning of the word “tool” is “an instrument of manual operation ;” that is, an instrument to

TOUT

Fr. All; whole; entirely. Tout temps prist, always ready. Tout ce que la loi ne defend pas est permis. Everything is permitted which is not forbidden by law.

TRADE-NAME

A trade-name Is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may

TRANSITORY

Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one place; tlie opposite of “local.”

TRAVELER

The term is used in a broad sense to designate those who patronize inns. Traveler is one who travels in any way. Distance is not material. A townsman or neighbor may be

TREBUCKET

A tumbrel, castigatory, or cucking-stool. See James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227.

TRIBUTE

A contribution which is raised by a prince or sovereign from his subjects to sustain the expenses of the state. A sum of money paid by an inferior sovereign or state to

TRIORS

In practice. Persons who are appointed to try challenges to jurors, i. e., to hear and determine whether a juror challenged for favor is or is not qualified to serve. The lords

TROY WEIGHT

A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.

TULLIANUM

Lat. Iu Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground. Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the first prison In Rome. Adams,

TBTELAM REDDERE

Lat. In the civil law. To render an account of tutelage. Calvin. Tutelam reposcere, to demand an account of tutelage.

TYROTOXICON

In medical jurisprudence. A poisonous ptomaine produced in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decomposition of albuminous constituents.

TABULAE

Lat. In Roman law. Tables. Writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius.

TAILLE

Fr. Ill old French law. A tax or assessment levied by the king, or by any great lord, upon his subjects, usually taking the form of an imposition upon the owners of

TALLIA

L. Lat A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of any one’s Income or means. Spelman.

TAVERN

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. Originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot Web- ster. The word “tavern,”

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