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TENENDUM

distinguished from copyhold by many of its incidents. 2. The so-called tenant-right of renewal is the expectation of a lessee that his lease will be renewed, in cases where it is an

TERCERONE

A term applied in the West Indies to a person one of whose parents was white aud the other a mulatto. See Daniel v. Guy, 19 Ark. 131.

TERRAGES

An exemption from all uncertain services. Cowell.

TESTACY

The state or condition of leaving a will at one’s death. Opposed to “intestacy.”

THANESHIP

The office and dignity of a thane; the seigniory of a thane. That which I may defeat by my entry I make good by my confirmation. Co. Litt. 300.

THEOF

In Saxon law. Offenders who joined in a body of seven to commit depreda- tions. Wharton.

THIRDINGS

The third part of the corn growing on the land, due to the lord for a heriot on the death of his tenant, within the the manor of Turfat, in Hereford. Blount.

THROUGH

This word is sometimes equivalent to “over;” as in a statute in reference to laying out a road “through” certain grounds. Ilyde Park v. Oakwoods Cemetery Ass’n, 119 111. 147, 7 N.

TIEMPO INHABIL

Span. A time of inability; a time when the person is not able to pay his debts, (when, for instance, he may not alienate property to the prejudice of his creditors.) The

TINET

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount.

TITULADA

In Spanish law. Title. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

TOLLERE

Lat. In the civil law. To lift up or raise ; to elevate; to build up.

TOOK AND CARRIED AWAY

Iu criminal pleading. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. TOOL. The usual meaning of the word “tool” is “an instrument of manual operation ;” that is, an instrument to

TOUJOURS ET UNCORE PRIST

L. Fr. Always and still ready. This is the name of a plea of tender. TOUR D’ECHELLE 1163 TOWN TOUR D’ECHEELE. In French law. An easement consisting of the right to rest

TRACE A

In old English law. The track or trace of a felon, by which he was pursued with the hue and cry; a foot-step, hoof- print, or wheel-track. Bract, fols. llii, 1216.

TRAHENS

Lat. In French law. The drawer of a bill. Story, Bills,

TRANSFER, n

The passing of a thing or of property from one person to another; alienation; conveyance. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which

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