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Search Results for "T"
TABELLIO.
An officer among the Romans who reduced to writing and
into proper form, agreements, contracts, wills, and other instruments, and
witnessed their execution. The term tabellio... more
TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION.
In Louisiana this is a list of
creditors of an insolvent estate, stating what each is entitled to. 4 N. S.
535.
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TABLES.
A synopsis in which many particulars are brought
together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the
names of persons
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TABULA IN NAUFRAGIO,
Engl. law. Literally a plank in a wreck.
This figure has been used to denote the condition of a third mortgagee, who
obtained his mortgage without... more
TACIT
That which, although not expressed, is understood from
the nature of the thing, or from the provision of the law; implied.
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TACIT LAW.
A law which derives its authority from the common
consent of the people, without any legislative enactment. 1 Bouv. Inst. n.
120.
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TACK
Scotch law. A contract of location by which the use of
land, or any other immovable subject, is, set to the lessee or tacksman for a
certain... more
TACKING,
Engl. law. The union of securities given at different
times, so as to prevent any intermediate purchasers claiming title to redeem,
or otherwise discharge one lien,... more
TAIL.
An estate tail is an estate of inheritance, to a man or a
woman and his or her heirs of his or her body, or... more
TAKE
This is a technical expression which signifies to be
entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to
seize, as... more
TAKING,
crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article,
with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without
a carrying away,... more
TALE
comm. law. A denomination of money in China. In the
computation of the ad valorem duty on goods, &c. it is computed at one
dollar and forty-eight... more
TALE,
Eng. law. The declaration or count was anciently so called
in law pleadings. 3 Bl. Com. 293.
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TALES,
Eng. law. The name of a book kept in the king~s bench
office, of such jurymen as were of the tales. See Tales de circumstantibus.
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TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS,
practice. Such persons as are standing
round. When ever the panel of the jury is exhausted the court order that the
jurors wanted shall be selected from... more
TALLAGE.
This word is derived from the French tailler, and
signifies liter-ally to cut. In England it is used to signify subsidies, taxes,
customs, and indeed any... more
TALLIES
evidence. The parts of a piece of wood out in two,
which persons use to denote the quantity of goods supplied by one to the other.
Poth.... more
TALZIE, HEIR IN.
Scotch law. Heirs of talzie or tailzie, are
heirs of estates entailed. 1 Bell~s Com. 47.
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TANGIBLE PROPERTY.
That which may be felt or touched; it must
necessarily be corporeal, but it may be real or personal. A house and a horse
are, each,... more
TARDE VENIT,
Practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff
to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before... more
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