The statute 13 Car. II. St
2,c. 1; by which it was provided that no person should thereafter be elected to office in any corporate town that should not, within one year previously, have taken the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, according to the ...
Terms beginning with "T" (352 total)
The statute 23 & 24 Vict
c. 184, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon
The statute 32 Hen. VIII
c. 1, which enacted that all persons being seised in fee-simple (except femes covert, infants, idiots, and persons of non-sane mernory might, by will and testament in writing, devise to any other person, except to bodies...
The statute 33 & 34 Vict
c. 27. By this act it is provided that the exhibition of new inventions shall not prejudice patent rights, and that the exhibition of designs shall not prejudice the right to registration of such designs.
The statute 9 Geo. IV
c. 14, taking its name from Lord Tenterden, who procured its enactment, which is a species of extension of the statute of frauds, and requires the reduction of contracts to writing. ;
The statute of 10 Geo. IV
c. 7, by which Roman Catholics were restored, in general, to the full enjoyment of all civil rights, except that of holding ecclesiastical offices, and certain high appointments in the state. 8
The tenant of a particular estate
2 Bl. Comm. 27 ESTATE.
The thing itself, so falsely made
imitated. or forged; especially a forged writing. A forged signature is frequently said to be “a forgery.”
The Underwriter (D. C.) 119 Fed
715; Ste phenson v. The Francis (D. C.) 21 Fed. 719. Maritime liens do not include or require possession. The word “lien” is used in maritime law not in the strict legal sense in which we understand it in courts of c...
The word
is also frequently used in the law {in its sense of communicated knowledge, and atfidavits are frequently made, and pleadings and other documents verified, on. “information and belief.”
THEFT
the ruler or governor was called “thane.” Cowell.
THEFT-ROTE
THEFT-BOTE. The offense committed by a party who, having been robbed and knowing the felon, takes back his goods again, or receives other amends, upon an agreement not to prosecute. See Forshner v. Whitcomb, 44 N. H. 16.
THELONIO IRRATIONABILI HA
BENDO. A writ that formerly lay for him that had any part of the king’s demesne in fee-farm, to recover reasonable toll of the king’s tenants there, if his demesne had been accustomed to be tolled. Keg. Orig. 87:
THELONMANNUS
officer who receives toll.
THEODEN
man or inferior tenant; Cowell.
THEOWES, THEOWMEN, or THEWS
In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5.
THESAURER. ‘Treasurer
8 State Tr. 691. ' THESAURUS, THESAURIUM. The
These were of several sorts, such
as the wttena-gemot, or meeting of the wise men; the folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people; the shire-gemot, or county court; the burg-gemot, or borough court; the hundredgemot, or hundred court; the hali-gemot, ...
They are not equivalent words in substance
or. in a statute authorizing a new trial on a showing of fraud or injustice. Fraud is always the result of contrivance and deception; injustice may be done by the negligence, mistake, or omission of the court itself. Sil...
They are personal or real
the former: being the case when the obligor himself is personally: liable for the performance of the engagcdinent, but does not directly ‘bind his property; tlie latter, where real estate, not the person of the obligor...
They were twenty-five in number
1 Bl Comm, 96.—Articles of war. Codes framed for the government of a nation’s army are commonly thus called. ,
THIA
Lat. In the civil and old Euro pean law. An aunt. : THIEF. One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. The term covers both compound and simple larceny. America Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 1 Hill (N. Y.) 25.
THINGS
persons, ‘Rings, and actions. ‘Civ. Code La. art. 448.
Things personal consist of goods
money, and all other movables, and of such rights and profits as relate to movables. 1 Steph. Comm. 156.:'See People v. Holbrook. 13 Johns. (N. %) 90; U. 8. v. Moulton, 27 Fed. Cas. 11;
THINGS. The most general
denomination of the subjects of property, as confradistinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 1&
THIRDBOROUGH, er THIRDBO:+
ROW. An under-constable.. Cowell.
THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. See: AB
TICLES OF RELIGION, ke - ert)
THIRTY-NINE. ARTICLES
' THINGUS. In Sdxon law. <A thahe or nobleman; Knight or freeman. Cowell.
THIS
THIS. When “this” and “that” refer to
This is the statute 38 & 39 Vict
e. 91, amended by the acts of 1876 and 1877. It provides for the establishment of a register of trade-marks wWnder the superintendence of the commissioners of patents, and for the registration of trade-
This term, in a will
includes all personal chattela that may contribute to the use or convenjence of the householder, or the ornament of the house; as plate. linen, china. both useful and ornamental, and pictures. But goods in trade, books, ...
This was the statute 52 Geo. III
c. 60, which secured to juries, upon the trial of indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter: in issue, and no longer bound them to find a verdict of g...
This, in effect, abolishes outstanding terms
1 Saar Comm. S80-8S2 l Williams, Rea] Prop. pt.
Thom, Rep
2 Thomson, Nova Scotia Reports.
Thom. Const
L. (or L. C.). Thomas’ Leading Cases on Constitutional Law.
Thom. Dec
1 Thomson, Nova Scotia Reports.
Thomas Melville, 62 Fed
749, 10 C. C. A. 619. —Net weight. The weight of an article or collection of articles, after deducting from the gross weight the weight of the boxes. coverings, casks, etc., containing the’ same. The weight of an ani...
Thomas, 4 Me
342: Langdon v. Astor. 3 Duer q. Y.) 561: Graham v. Burch, 47 Minn. 171,
Thomas, 50 La. Ann
148, 23 South. 250; Cook v. New Durham, 64 N. H. 419, 18 Atl. 650; Kring v. Missouri, 107 U. S. 221, 2
Thomas, 55 Ark
326, 18 S. W. 184; Tele- -graph Co. v. Irvin, 27 Ind. App. 62, 59 N.
Thomas, 61 Mo
500; Phillipsburgh v. Bruch, 37 N. J. Eq. 486.
Thomas, 61 Ohio St
444. 56 N. EB. 276. 48 L. .
Thomas, 89 Ohio St
383, 48 Am. Rep. 462;
Thompson v. Connell, 31 Or
231, 48 Pac. 487, 65 Am. St. Rep. 818.
Thompson v. Thompson, 21 Barb
(N. Y.) 128; In re Owings, 1 Biand (Md.) 386, 17 Am.
Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur
(N. Y.) 158; Hutton v. Insurance Co., 7 Hill (N. Y.) 325;
Thonmias Mfg. Co
(C. C.) 94 Fed. 651; Sim-' mons Medicine Co. vy. Mansfield Drug Co.; 93 Tenn. 84, 23 S. W. 165; Cornelius v: Ferguson, 17 8. D. 481, 97 N. W. 390; Sterling
THONOTARY. |
PRONOUNCE. To utter formally, offi-
Thorpe. Thorpe’s Reports, vol
52 Louislana Annual.
Those conveyances at common law
otherwise termed “primary.’”’ by which a benefit or estate is created or first arises; comprising feoffments, gifts, grants, leases. exchanges, and partitions. 2 Bl. Comm. 309.—Original entry. The first entry o...