TRIA CAPITA,
in Roman law, were civitus, libertas, and familia; i. e., citizenship, freedom, aud family rights.
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in Roman law, were civitus, libertas, and familia; i. e., citizenship, freedom, aud family rights.
are elder brethren of the Trinity House. If a question arising in an admiralty action depends upon technical skill and experience in navigation, TRINITY SITTINGS 1174 ROVER the judge or court is
Trifling; inconsiderable; of small worth or importance. In equity, a demurrer will lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter in dispute, as be- ing below tlie
In mercantile law. A measure containing sixty pounds of tea, and from fifty- six to eighty-six pounds of camphor. Jacob.
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,
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