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TRADITUR IN B ALLIUM

In old practice. Is delivered to bail. Emphatic words of t-ie old Latin bail-piece. 1 Salk. 105.

TRANSGRESSIO

In old English law. A violation of law. Also trespass; the action of trespass. Transgressio est cum modus non serva- tur nec mensura, debit enim quilibet in suo facto modum habere et

TRANSUMPTS

In Scotch law, an action of transumpt is an action competent to any one having a partial interest in a writing, or immediate use for it, to support his title or defenses

TREASURE-TROVE

Literally, treasure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden iu the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being un- known. 1 Bl. Comm. 205. Called in

TRETHINGA

In old English law. A tritliiug; the court of a trithing.

TRINEPTIS

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson’s or great-granddaughter’s great- granddaughter. A female descendant in the sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4.

TRIUMVIRI CAPITAEES

Lat. In Roman law. Officers who had charge of the prison, through whose intervention punishments were inflicted. They had eight lictors to execute their orders. Vicat, Voc. Jur.

TRY

To examine judicially; to examine and investigate a controversy, by the legal method called “trial,” for the purpose of determining the issues it involves.

TURNKEY

A person, under the superintendence of a jailer, who has the charge of the keys of the prison, for the purpose of opening and fastening the doors.

TWYHINDI

The lower order of Saxons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts inflicted for crimes. Cowell.

TABERNACULDM,

In old records. A public iuu, or house of entertainment. Cowell.

TACKING

The uniting securities given at different times, so as to prevent any inter- mediate purchaser from claiming a title to redeem or otherwise discharge one lien, which is jjrior, without redeeming or

TANNERIA

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

TARDE VENIT

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.

TELEGRAM

A telegraphic dispatch ; a message sent by telegraph.

TEMPORE

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.

TENERI

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.

TERCER

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

TERRAGE

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

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