Category: T

Dat. In the civil law. Base; mean ; vile ; disgraceful; Infamous ; unlawful. Applied both to things and persons. Calvin.

In Saxon law. An accusation, impeachment, or charge of any offense.

In medical jurisprudence. This is another name for locomotor ataxia. Tabetic dementia is a form of mental derangement or insanity complicated with tabes dorsalis, which generally precedes, or sometimes follows, the mental

Lat. In old English law. Touching the holy evangelists. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 16,

A word used metaphorically for a share of a man’s substance paid by way of tribute, toll, or tax, being derived from the French “taillcr,” which signifies to cut a piece out

A cartel of commerce, a book of rates, a table or catalogue, drawn usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several kinds of merchandise, with the duties or customs to be

An annual payment made to a superior in Scotland, instead of the duties due to him under the tenure of ward-holding. Abolished. Wharton.

One who numbers or counts. An officer of a bank who receives or pays out money. Also one appointed to count the votes cast in a deliberative or legislative as- sembly or

Lat In the civil and old English law. Time in general. A time limited ; a season; e. g., tempus pcssonis, mast time in the forest.

In old English law. A dean. Cowell.

if it be for his interest to accept or reject the succession which has fallen to him. Civ. Code La. art. 1033.

In old English law. A landholder.

Lat In the civil law. The ceremony of making a testament, either as testator, heir, or witness.

An old law French term, denoting evidence or testimony or a witness. Testmoignes ne poent testifier le negative, mes l’affirmative. Witnesses cannot testify to a negative; they must testify to an affirmative.

This word, as an adverb, means “at that time,” referring to a time specified, either past or future. It has no power in itself to fix a time. It simply refers to

In a special finding by a jury, this word is equivalent to “believe.” and ex- presses the conclusion of the jury with sufficient positiveness. Martin v. Central Iowa Ry. Co., 59 Iowa,

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of three dollars; authorized by the seventh section of the act of February 21, 1853.

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.