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SYNDIC

In the civil law. An advocate or patron; a burgess or recorder; an agent or attorney who acts for a corporation or university; an actor or procurator; an assignee. Wharton. See Minnesota

SYNDICATE

A university committee. A combination of persons or firms united for the purpose of enterprises too large for individuals to undertake; or a group of financiers who buy up the shares of

SYNDICOS

One chosen by a college, municipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calvin.

SYNGRAPH

The name given by the canonists to deeds of which both parts were written on the same piece of parchment, with some word or letters of the alphabet written between them, through

SYNOD

A meeting or assembly of ecclesiastical persons concerning religion; being the same thing, in Greek, as convocation in Latin. There are four kinds: (1) A general or universal synod or council, where

SYNODAL

A tribute or payment in money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by the inferior clergy, at the Easter visitation.

SYNODALES TESTES

L. Lat. Syn- ods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens.

SYPHILIS

In medical jurisprudence. A loathsome venereal disease

T

As an abbreviation, this letter usually stands for either “Territory,” “Trinity,” “term,” “tempore,” (in the time of.) or “title.” Every person who was convicted of felony, short of murder, and admitted to

T R E

An abbreviation of “Tempore Regis Edicardi,” (in the time of King Edward,) of common occurrence in Domesday, when the valuation of manors, as it was in the time of Edward the Confessor,

TABARD

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

TABARDER

One who wears a tabard or short gown; the name is still used as the title of certain bachelors of arts on the old foundation of Queen’s College, Oxford. Enc. Lond.

TABELLA

Lat In Roman law. A tablet. Used in voting, and in giving the verdict of juries; and, when written upon, commonly translated “ballot” The laws which introduced and regulated the mode of

TAEELLIO

Lat. In Roman law. An oflicer corresponding in some respects to a notary. His business was to draw legal instruments, (contracts, wills, etc.,) and witness their execution. Calvin.

TABERNACULDM,

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

TABERNARIUS

Lat In the civil law. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7. In old English law. A taverner or tavern-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12,

TABES DORSALIS

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

TABLE

A synopsis or condensed statement, bringing together numerous items or details so as to be comprehended in a single view; as genealogical tables, exhibiting the names and relationships of all the persons

TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION

In Louisiana. A list of creditors of an insolvent estate, stating what each is entitled to. Taylor v. Hollander, 4 Mart. N. S. (La.) 535.

TABULA

Lat In the civil law. A table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood, which, when covered with wax, was used for writing.

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