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TOUJOURS ET UNCORE PRIST

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

TOURN

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.

TOUT

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.

TOUT TEMPS PRIST

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

TOUT UN SOUND

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

TOWAGE

The act or service of towing ships and vessels, usually by means of a small steamer called a “tug.” That which is given for towing ships in rivers. Towage is the drawing

TO-WIT

That is to say; namely; scilicet; videlicet.

TOWN

In English law. Originally, a vill or tithing; but now a generic term, which comprehends under it the several species of cities, boroughs, and common towns. I Bl. Comm. 114. In American

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

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