TERTIA DENUNCIATIO
“to the terror of the people.” See Arto v. Lat. In old English law. Third publication or proclamation of intended marriage.
Terms beginning with "T" (352 total)
TERTIUS INTERVENIENS
Lat. In the civil law. <A third person intervening; a third person who comes in between the parties to a sult; one who interpleads. Gilbert’s Forum Rom. 47.
TESTAMENT
of fees held either immediately of the king or of others who held of the king tn capite ; fees holden in frankalmoigne; serjeanties holden of the king; widows and heiresses of tenants in capite, whose marriages were in t...
TESTAMENTA CUM DUO
~ Bestamenta cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur, ultimum ratum est; sie est, cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiumtur in eodem testamento. Co. Litt. 112. When two conflicting wills are found, the last prevails; so it i...
TESTAMENTI FACTIO
lIat. In the civil law. The ceremony of making a testa- ‘ment, either as testator, heir, or wituess.
TESTAMENTUM
lIat. Im the civil law. A testament; a will, or last will.
Testamentum, i
e., testatio mentis, facta nullo presente metu periculi, sed cogitatione mortalitatis. Co. Litt. 322. A testament, c e., the witnessing of one’s intention, made under no present fear of danger, but in expectancy of dea...
TESTATUM
writ and the sheriff's answer to the same, may be directed to the sheriff of some other county wherein the defendant is supposed to be, or to have goods, commanding him to execute the writ as it may require; and this sec...
TESTATUS
Lat. Testate; one who has made a will. 17, T
TESTE MEIPSO. Iat
Jaw and practice. A solemn formula of attestation by the sovereign, used at the conclusion of charters, and other public instruments, and also of original writs out of chantery. Spelman.
TESTIMONY
mands witnesses must find them in competent provision. evidence. Testimony is the evidence given by witnesses. Evidence is whatever may be given to the jury as tending to prove a Case. It includes the testimony of witne...
TESTIS
Lat. A witness; one who gives evidence in court, or who witnesses a document.
Teutonia F. Ins. Co
v. Mund, 102 Pa. 93;
Tex
368; rvis vy. Kroner, 18 Or. 414, 23 Pac, 260.—Public accounts. The accounts kept by officers of the nation. state, or kingdom, of the receipt and expenditure of the revenues of the government. 588—Adequate consider...
Tex. App
396; Boyett v. State, 2 Tex. App. 100.—-Adequate compensation (to be awarded to one whose property is taken for public use under the power of eminent domain) means the full and just value of the property. payable in mo...
Tex. Civ. App
619, 57 S. W. 42; Kent v. 31, 72 S. W. 446.—Natural possession. That by which a man detains a thing corporeally, as, by occupying a house, cultivating ground, or retaining a movable in possession; natural possession i...
Tex. Supp. Supplement to vol
25, Texas Reports. Th. Thomas (see Thom.) ;—Thomson (see Thom.) ;:—Thompson (see Thomp.).
Texas Appeals, also vols
1, 2 Texas Court of Appeals, Civil Cases. , _ Wilm. Wilmot’s Notes of Opinions, English King’s Bench.
Th Ed
440. ; CONTROVERT. To dispute; to deny;
That you
cause to have seisin. The writ of execution in real actions, directing the sheriff to cause the demandant to have seisin of the lands recovered. It was the proper process for giving seisin of a freehold, as distinguished...
Thayer v. Boyle, 30 Me
481; Walker v. Collins, 59 Fed. 74,8 ©. C. A. 1; U.S. v. Lee
Thayer v. Hedges, 22 Ind
301; Bank v. Van Dyck, 27 N. Y. 490; Borie v. Trott, 5 Phila. (Pa.) 408; Latham v. U. 8. 1 Ct. Ol. 154;
The 18 & 19 Vict
c. 48, (amended by 20 & 21 Vict. c. 1,) abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the lord warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits,...
The Adeline, 9 Cranch, 244, 284, 3 L. Ed
719. —Prize law.. The system of laws and rules applicable to the capture of prize at sea; its condemnation, rights of the captors, distribution of the proceeds, etc. The Buena Ventura (D.-C.) S87 Fed. 929.—Prise mone...
The anniversary of a person's death
the anniversary office. one: Jac. 51.
The argument of a demurrer
special case, appeal, or other proceeding involving a question of law. consizts of the speeches of the opposed counsel; namely, the “opening” of the counsel having the right to begin, (q. v..) the speech of his oppon...
The avowry is naught.” 5 Mod
73 “The plea is undoubtedly naught.” 10 Mod.. 329..
The Britannia, 153 U. S. 180, 14 Sup. Ct
795, 38 L. Ed. 660; The Victory (D. C.) 68 Fed. 636; The Garden City (D. 0.) 26 Fed. 778. —Ooaster. <A term applied to vessels plying exclusively between domestic ports, and usually to those engaged in domestic trade, ...
The condition of being innaviyable, (q
v.) The foreign writers distinguish ‘innavigability” from “shipwreck.” 3 Kent, Comm. 823, and note. The term is also applied to the condition of streams which are not large enough or deep enough, or are otherwise...
The determination of an estate
1 Coke, 84; 4 Kent, Comm. 33, 90, 105, 295.
The Draco, 2 Sumn
157, Fed. Cas. No. 4,057;
The Emulous, 1 Gall
563, Wed. Cas. No. 4,479.
The English statute of 2 Wm. IV
c. 39, establishing a uniform process for the com-. mencement of actions in all the courts of law at Westminster. 3 Steph. Comm. 566.
The Garden City (D. C.) 26 Fed
773.—Inland trade. Trade wholly carried on at home; as distinguished from commerce, (which see.)— Inland waters. Such waters as canals, lakes, rivers, water-courses, inlets and bays, exclu- 773.
The general issue
3 Low. Can. 421.—Legal defense. (1) A defense which is complete and adequate in point of law. (2) A defense which may be set up in a court of law; as distinguished from an “‘equitable defense.” which is cognizabl...
The George Shiras, 61 Fed
300, 9 C. C. A. SIL;
The home of the parents. Phillim. Dom
25, 101. That which arises from a man’s birth and connections. 5 Ves. 750. The domicile of the parents at the time of birth, or what is termed the “domicile of origin,” constitutes the domicile of an infant, and co...
The idea is not
spite or malevolence to the deceased in particular, but evil design in general, the dictate of a wicked. depraved, and malignant heart; not premeditated personal hatred or revenge towards the person killed, but that kind...
The J. W. Tucker (D. C.) 20 Fed
132.—Equitable-liens are such as exist in equity, and of which courts of equity alone take cognizance. A lien is neither a jue in re nor a jus ad rem. It is not property in the thing, nor does it con-. stitute a right ...
The Locklibo, 3 W. Rob
318. Inevitable accident is where a vessel is pursuing a lawful avocation in a lawful manner, using the proper precautions against danger, and an accident occurs. ‘The highest degree of caution that can be used is not ...
The Ocean Spray, 18 Fed. Cas
559; Carroll vy. White, 33 Barb. (N. Y.) 620; Porter v.
The office was abolished by St
15 & 16 Vict. ce. 87, § 23.—Secretary of embassy. A diplomatic officer appointed as secretary or assistant to an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.—Secretary of legation, An officer employed to attend a foreign...
THE OITY AND COUNTY OF NEW
YORK. The oldest court in the state of
The Oliver (D. C.) 22 Fed
849; Iowa vy. Illinois, 147 U. S. 1, 13 Sup. Ct. 239, 87 L. Ed. 35; Cessill v. State, 40 Ark. 504.
The opening day of
the assises.--Co sion de lumatico ingquirendo. The same as a
THE PoOR.—Poor rate
in “English law. A tax levied by parochial authorities for the relief of the poor.
The right which each of
several cautioners (sureties) has to refuse to answer for more than his own share of the debt. To entitle the. cautioner to this right the other cautioners must be solvent, and there must be no words in the bond to exclu...
The space, in a river or
harbor. inclosed between two wharves. City of Boston vy. Le-
The Spartan, 7 Fed. Cas
1085. A contract of affreightment in writing, by which the owner of a ship lets the whole or a part of her to a merchant, for the conveyance of goods on a particular voyage, in consideration of the payment of freight. 3 ...
The statute 1 Geo. I. St
2, c. 38. The act by which a parliament has continuance for seven years, and no longer, unless sooner dissolved; as it always has, in fact, been since the passing of the act. Wharton.