In pleading. One who traverses or denies. A prisoner or party indicted; so called from his traversing the indictment.

This is a pleading in chancery, and consists of a denial put iu by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, generally denying all the statements in the plaintiff’s bill. The effect

A traitor.

is an instrument of prison discipline, being a wheel or cylinder with an horizontal axis, having steps attached to it, up which the prisoners walk, and thus put the axis in mo-

The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power. Webster. In England,

Having the nature or guilt of treason.

A treasure is a thing hidden or buried in the earth, on which no one can prove his property, and which is discovered by chance. Civil Code La. art. 3423, par. 2.

Literally, treasure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden iu the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being un- known. 1 Bl. Comm. 205. Called in

An officer of a public or private corporation, company, or government, charged with the receipt, custody, and disbursement of its moneys or funds. See State v. Eames, 39 La. Ann. 9S6, 3

In English law. He whose charge was to put the lord treasurer and the rest of the judges of the exchequer in remembrance of such things as were called on and dealt

A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, a place where the public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is dis- bursed to defray the expenses

In international law. An agreement between two or more independent states. Brande. An agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly

“In consequence of this article, the trebellanic portion of the civil law

In practice. Damages given by statute in certain cases, con- sisting of the single damages found by the TREBUCKET 1171 TRESVIRI jury, actually tripled In amount The usual practice has been for

A tumbrel, castigatory, or cucking-stool. See James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227.

In old English law. Fine wheat

In old records. The season or time of sowing summer corn, being about March, the third month, to which the word may allude. Cowell. Tres faciunt collegium. Three make a corporation ;

L. Fr. A great-great-grandfather. Britt. c. 119. Otherwise written “trcsaicl,” and “tresayle.” 3 Bl. Comm. 186; Litt.

An abolished writ sued on ouster by abatement, on the death of the grandfather’s grandfather.

Any misfeasance or act of one man whereby another is injuriously treated or damnified. 3 Bl. Comm. 208. An injury or misfeasance to the person, property, or rights of another person, done