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TRAFFIC

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See Iu re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647. 34 S. W. 960;

TRAHENS

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

TRAIL-BASTON

Justices of trail-bas- ton were justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Ilollingshed, for trailing

TRAISTIS

In old Scotch law. A roll containing the particular dittay taken up upon malefactors, which, with the portcous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the

TRAITOR

One who, being trusted, betrays ; one guilty of treason.

TRAITOROUSLY

In criminal pleading. An essential word in indictments for treason. The offense must be laid to have been committed traitorously. Whart. Crim. Law, 100.

TRAM-WAYS

Rails for conveyance of traffic along a road not owned, as a railway is, by those who lay down the rails and convey the traffic. Wharton.

TRAMP

A strolling beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. See State v. Hogan, 63 Ohio St. 202, 58 N. E. 572, 52 L. R. A. 863, 81 Am. St. Rep. 626; Miller v. State,

TRANS ACTIO

Lat. In the civil law. The settlement of a suit or matter in con- troversy, by tlie litigating parties, between themselves, without referring it to arbitra- tion. Ilallifax, Civil Law, b. 3,

TRANSACTION

In the civil law. A transaction or compromise is an agreement between two or more persons, who, for preventing or putting an end to a lawsuit, adjust their differences by mutual consent,

TRANSCRIPT

An official copy of certain proceedings in a court. Thus, any person interested in a judgment or other record of a court can obtain a transcript of it. U. S. v. Gaussen,

TRANSFER, v

To carry or pass over; to pass a thing over to another; to convey.

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

TRANSFRETATIO

Lat. In old English law. A crossing of the strait, [of Dover;] a passing or sailing over from England to France. The royal passages or voyages to Gascony, Brittany, and other parts

TRANSGRESSIO

In old English law. A violation of law. Also trespass; the action of trespass. Transgressio est cum modus non serva- tur nec mensura, debit enim quilibet in suo facto modum habere et

TRANSGRESSIONE

In old English law. A writ or action of trespass. Transgressione mnltiplicata, crescat poena; inflictio. When transgression is mul- tiplied, let the infliction of punishment be increased. 2 Inst 479.

TRANSHIPMENT

In maritime law. The act of taking the cargo out of one ship and loading it in another.

TRANSIRE, v

Lat. To go, or pass over; to pass from one tiling, person, or place to another.

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