Lat In the civil law. Rashly; inconsiderately. A plaintiff was said tcmcre liligare who demanded a thing out of malice, or sued without just cause, and who could show no ground or

A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme vio- lence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 30; Thistle v.

A religious order of knighthood, instituted about the year 1110, and so called because the members dwelt iu a part of the temple of Jerusalem, aud not far from the sepulclier of

Two English inns of court, thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law,

The peers of England ; the bishops are not in strictness held to be peers, but merely lords of parliament. 2 Steph. Comm. 330, 345.

Lat. In the civil law. Temporary ; limited to a certain time.

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

The laity; secular people.

That which is to last for a limited time only, as distinguished from that which is perpetual, or indefinite, in its duration. Thus, temporary alimony is granted for the support of the

the merits can be had. Jesse French Tiano Co. v. Porter, 134 Ala. 302, 32 South. 678, 92 Am. St. Rep. 31; Calvert v. State, 34 Neb. 616, 52 N. W. 687.

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.

Lat. In the civil law. A plea of time; a plea of lapse of time, in bar of an action. Corresponding to the plea of prescription, or the statute of limitations, in

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.

is the relation of a tenant to the land which he holds. Hence it signifies (1) the estate of a tenant, as in the expressions “joint tenancy,” “tenancy in common ;” (2)

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

This phrase signifies things which are fixed to the freehold of the demised premises, but which the tenant may detach and take away, provided he does so in season. Wall v. Hinds,

Such a repair as will render a house fit for present habitation.

L. Fr. A dispute; a quarrel. Kelham.

In old English law. To tender or offer. Cowell.

An offer of money; the act by which one produces and offers to a person holding a claim or demand against him the amount of money which he considers and admits to