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TOWNSHIP

1. In surveys of the public buul of the United States, a “township” is a division of territory six miles square, containing thirty-six sections. 2. In some of the states, this is

TOXIC

(Lat. toxicum; Gr. toxikon.) In medical jurisprudence. Poisonous; having the character or producing the effects of a poison; referable to a poison; produced by or resulting from a poison.

TOXICANT

A poison; a toxic agent; any substance capable of producing toxica- tion or poisoning.

TOXICATE

To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself.

TRADES

Lat. In the civil law. A beam or rafter of a house. Calvin. In old English law. A measure of grain, containing twenty-four sheaves; a thrave. Spelman.

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.

TRACT

A lot, piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not importing. in itself, any precise dimension. See Edwards v. Derrickson, 2.8 N. J. Law, -15. Tractent fabrilia

TRAD AS IN B ALLIUM

You deliver to bail. In old English practice. The name of a writ which might be issued in behalf of a party who, upon the writ de odio ct alia, had been

TRADE

The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter; or the business of buying and selling for money; traffic; barter. Webster; May v. Sloan, 101 U. S. 237, 25 L. Ed. 797;

TRADE-MARK

A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods he produces, so that they may be identified in the market, and their origin

TRADE-NAME

A trade-name Is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may

TRADE UNION

A combination or association of men employed in the same trade, (usually a manual or mechanical trade,) united for the purpose of regulating the customs and standards of their trade, fixing prices

TRADER

A person engaged in trade; one whose business is to buy and sell mer- chandise, or any class of goods, deriving a profit from his dealings. 2 Kent, Comm. 389; State v.

TRADESMAN

In England, a shop deeper; a small shop-keeper. In the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind, whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Richie v. Mc- Cauley,

TRADICION

Span. In Spanish law. Delivery. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 9.

TRADING

Engaging in trade, (q. v.;) pursuing the business or occupation of trade or of a trader.

TRADITIO

Lat In the civil law. Delivery ; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it,

TRADITION

Delivery. A close translation or formation from the Latin “traditio.” 2 Bl. Comm. 307. The tradition or delivery is the transferring of the thing sold into the power and pos- session of

TRADITOR

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21,

TRADITUR IN B ALLIUM

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

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