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A short gown; a herald’s coat; a surcoat.

Lat Silently; impliedly; tacitly.

In old pleading. The plaintiff’s count, declaration, or narrative of his case. 3 Bl. Comm. 293. The count or counting of money. Said to be derived from the same root as “tally.”

Property which may be touched; such as is perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used in Opposition to such species of property as patents, franchises,

lr.it by certain persons termed “commissioners of sewers,” is not a parliamentary tax; whereas the income tax, which is directly imposed, and the amount also fixed, by act of parliament, is a

In Scotch law. A court which has jurisdiction of matters relating to tcinds, or tithes.

In English law. The lay fees of bishops, with which their churches are endowed or permitted to be endowed by the liberality of the sovereign, and in virtue of which tliey become

of no further use, and is therefore Joined in tlie habendum,

A term used In stating the tenure in an action for waste done after the termination of the tenancy. See TENET.

In English ecclesiastical practice. A time for the determination of appeals, shorter than the terminus juris, appointed by the judge. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 11, no. 36.

To bring one to a trial and examination, or to ascertain the truth or the quality or fitness of a thing. Something hy which to ascertain the truth respecting another thing; a

To be tested is to bear the teste, (q. v.)

A writ that formerly lay for him that had any part of the king’s demesne in fee-l’arm, to recover reasonable toll of the king’s tenants there, if his demesne had been accustomed

A tithing.

Buildings belong to [go with] the soil. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2,

To establish the amount which oue amerced in a courtleet should pay.

To confirm It on oath in the exchequer. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.

A trading corporation is a commercial corporation engaged In buying and selling. The word “trading,” is much narrower in scope than “business,” as applied to corporations, and though a trading corporation is

Companies chartered in one state without any intention of doing business therein, but which carry on their business and operations wholly In other states. Slate v. Georgia Co., 112 N. C. 34,

A rate of costs given in certain actions, consisting, according to its technical import, of the common costs, half of these, and half of the latter. 2 Tidd, Pr. 988. The word