“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

One who has committed trespass; one who unlawfully enters or in- trudes upon another’s land, or unlawfully and forcibly takes another’s personal property.

In old English law. To turn aside; to divert a stream from its course. Bract, fols. 115, 2346. To turn or alter the course of a road. Cowell. TRESVIRI. Lat. In Roman

An allowance made for the water or dust that may be mixed with any com- modity. It differs from tare, (q. v.)

In old English law. A tritliiug; the court of a trithing.

Withdrawn, as a juror. Written also treat. Cowell.

in Roman law, were civitus, libertas, and familia; i. e., citizenship, freedom, aud family rights.

The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the law of the land, of the facts or law put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue. A

Lat. In the civil law. To give: to distribute.

The seat of a judge; the place where he administers justice; a judicial court: the bench of judges. See Foster v. Worcester, 10 Pick. (Mass.) 81. In Roman law. An elevated seat

In French law. Certain courts composed of a president, judges, and substitutes, which take cognizance of all cases between merchants, and of disagreements among partners. Appeals lie from them to the courts

A contribution which is raised by a prince or sovereign from his subjects to sustain the expenses of the state. A sum of money paid by an inferior sovereign or state to

An ancient custom in a borough in the county of Hereford, so called because thirty burgesses paid Id. rent for their houses to the bishop, who was lord of the manor. Wharton.