In French law. A species of association or partnership formed among persons who are iu receipt of perpetual or life annuities, with the agreement that the shares or annuities of those who

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

In Scotch law. An annual rent out of a house built in a burgh. Whishaw. A duty wliich. from the act 1551, c. 10, appears to have been due from cer- tain

Wrong ; injury; the opposite of right So called, according to Lord Coke, be cause it is wrested, or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and straight. Co. Litt 1586.

Wrongful; of the nature of a tort. Formerly certain modes of conveyance (e. g., feoffments, fines, etc.) had the effect of passing not merely the estate of the person making the conveyance,

In old criminal law. The question; the Infliction of violent bodily pain upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel, or other engine, under judicial sanction and superintendence, in connection with

Originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the two great parliamentary parties which have alternately governed Great Britain since the Revolution in

In old English practice. A word written by the foreign opposer or other officer opposite to a debt due the king, to denote that it was a good debt; which was hence

L. Lat. In the old reports. The whole court.

Lat. In so many words.

Lat As often as occasion shall arise.

Lat. With all one’s might or power; with all his might; very strenuously.

A good debt to the crown, t. e., a debt paid to the sheriff, to be by him paid over to the king. Cowell; Mozley & Whitley. Totum prfefertur unicuique parti. 3

In Insurance law. To stop at a port. If there be liberty granted by the policy to touch, or to touch and stay, at an intermediate port 011 the passage, the better

It was an ancient superstition that the body of a murdered man would bleed freshly when touched by his murderer. Hence, in old criminal law, this was resorted to as a means

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

In old English law. A court of record, having criminal jurisdiction, in each county, held before the sheriff, twice a year, in one place after another, following a certain circuit or rotation.

Fr. All; whole; entirely. Tout temps prist, always ready. Tout ce que la loi ne defend pas est permis. Everything is permitted which is not forbidden by law.

L. Fr. Always ready. The emphatic words of the old plea of tender; tbe defendant alleging that he has always been ready, and still is ready, to dis- charge the debt. 3

L. Fr. All one sound; sounding the same ; idcvi sonans. Toute exception non surveillee tend & prendre la place du principe. Every exception not watched tends to assume the place of