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ishment of an Injury by an act of tbe same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin. Talis interpretatio semper fiends est, nt evitetur absurdum

Lat. In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before the return-day.

In old English practice. Taxation of costs.

A telegraphic dispatch ; a message sent by telegraph.

Lat. In the time of. Thus, the volume called “Cases tempore Ilolt” is a collection of cases adjudged in the king’s bench during the time of Lord Holt Wall. Rep. 398.

The Latin name for that clause iu a bond in which the obligor expresses that he is “held and firmly bound” to the obligee, his heirs, etc.

In Scotch law. A widow that possesses the third part of her husband’s land, as her legal jointure. 1 Kames, Eq. pref.

In old English law. A kind of tax or charge on land; a boon or duty of plowing, reaping, etc. Cowell.

Testamenta cum duo inter se pngnanr tia rcperiuntur, ultimum ratum est; sie est, cum duo inter se pugnantia reperi- untur in eodem testamento. Co. Litt. 112. When two conflicting wills are found,

evidence. Testimony is the evidence given by witnesses. Evidence is whatever may be given to the jury as tending to prove a case. It includes the testimony of witnesses, documents, admissions of

In Saxon law. The power of having jurisdiction over uaifs or villeins, with their suits or offspring, lauds, goods, and chattels. Co. Litt 110a.

persons, things, and actions. Civ. Code La. art. 448 Such permanent objects, not being persons, as are sensible, or perceptible through the senses. Aust. Jur.

In criminal law. A menace; a declaration of one’s purpose or intention to work injury to the person, property, or rights of another. A threat has been defined to be any menace

In order that a river may be “tidal” at a given spot, it may not be necessary that the water should be salt, but the spot must be one where the tide,

A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord’s house. Cowell. TIME 1156 TIPSTAFF

One of the civil divisions of England, being a portion of that greater di- vision called a “hundred.” It was so called because ten freeholders with their families composed one. It Is

To bar, defeat, or take away; thus, to toll the entry means to deny or take away the right of entry.

In old English law. A custom or impost upon wines and other mer- chandise exported or imported, according to a certain rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell.

Lat. With all one’s might or power; with all his might; very strenuously.

Lat. In the civil law. A beam or rafter of a house. Calvin. In old English law. A measure of grain, containing twenty-four sheaves; a thrave. Spelman.