SUICIDE
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Sup. Ct
396, 36 L. Ed. 186; Ewing v. Burnet, 11 Pet. 41, 9 L. Ed. 624; St. Louis, etc., 20, 37 L. Ed. 999. 719, 48 L. Ed. 979. l 779, 35 L. kd. 473; Farmer v. Water Co., 56 Cal. 11. 396, 36 L. Ed. 186; Bouvier v. 219, 42 L. Ed. 644; Downs v. U. 566, 32...
Supp
526. 386; Amazon Irr. Co. v. Brieren, 1 160. 1001. 159.—Bodily heirs. Heirs begotten or borne by the person referred to; lineal descendants. ‘his term is equivalent to “heirs of the body.” ‘Turner vy. Hause, 199 Ill. 464, 05 N. E. 445; ...
SUPPLICATIO
Lat. In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment: also equivalent to “duplicatio,” which corresponds to the common law rejolnder. Calvin.
SUPPLICIUM
Lat. In the civil law. Puntshment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called “ultimum supplicium,” the last or extreme penalty.
SUSPICION
by the neck. Words formerly used in England in signing judgment against.a prisoner who was to be executed; being written by the judge in the margin of the sheriff's calendar or list, opposite the prisoner’s name., 4 Bl. Comm. 408.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER. In the criminal laws of some of the states, a person who is known or strongly suspected to be an habitual criminal, or against whom there is reasonable cause to believe that he has committed a crime or is planning or intending t...
Sylia. Dig
48, 8; Calvin—Lex Falcidia. The Falcidian law; a law passed on the motion: of the tribune P. Falcidius, A. U. C. 718, for-. bidding a testator to give more in legacies than three-fourths of all his estate, or, in other words, requiring him to leave...
T. &
532, 18 Sun. Ct. 183, 42 L. Ed. 568. voluntary confession is one made spontaneously by a person accused of crime, free from the influence of any extraneous disturbing cause, and in particular, not influenced, or extorted by violence, threats, or proi...
T. 547, 538 S. W. 330
DISSUADE. In criminal law. To advise and procure a person not to do an act.
TALIO
‘process. Thus, a capias commands the of- Lat. In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the pun-
TAX
repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms; the latter is sometimes either excusable or necessary in an argument or address; the former (tautology) never. Wharton. shared according to the estate, re...
TEMERE
Lat. In the civil law. Rashly: inconsiderately. A plaintiff was said temere litigare who demanded a thing out of malice, or sued without just cause, and who could show no ground or cause of action. Brissonius,
TENENDUM
faction of the plaintiff's claim. Mozley & Whit- é A form of words in a pacing, oy which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision. The common tender of an issue of fact by a defendant is expressed by th...
Tenn
715, 59 S. W. 1083, 78 Am. St. Rep. 941. 678, 83 S. W. 568. 497; Winston v. Johnson, 42 Minn. 398, 45 N. W. 958; Bryan v. Bradley, 16 391, 45 8S. W. 676.—Heir institute. In Scotch law. One to whom the right of succession is ascertained by dispos...
TENORE INDICTAMENTI MITTEN
DO. A writ whereby the record of an indictment, and the process thereupon, was called out of another court into the queen’s bench. Reg. Orig. 69.
TERRITORIAL, TERRITORIALITY
These terms are used to signify connection with, or limitation with reference to, a particular country or territory. Thus, “territorial law” is the correct expression for the law of a particular country or state, aitnough “municipal law” is m...
Territory v. McAndrews, 3 Mont
158. A high degree of impression of the truth of a fact, falling short of absolute certainty, but sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty, even in a capital case. See Burrill, rc. . 198-200. The phrase “moral certainty” has been introduced into...
TERROR
and chattels, formerly seized, after he had cleared himself of the felony of which he was accused, and delivered to his ordinary to be purged. Reg. Orig.
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 second writ is called a “testat...
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 money. ‘Buffalo, etc., R. Co. ...
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 is also defined to be the corpo...
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.
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.
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 guilty on proof of the publicat...
TION
Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal right of action dies with the person... Noy, Max. 14. AGGREGATIO MENTIUM. The meeting of minds. The moment when a contract is.complete. A supposed derivation of the word “agreement.” Synonyms. Th...
To act beyond the law, ¢
e., to transgress or infringe the law; to commit an offense or wrong; to do any act against or beyond the, law. See Co. Litt. 59a; Du Cange; Spelman.
TORTION
Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorgquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum. 10 Coke, 102. Extortion is a crime when, by color of office, any person extorts that which is not due, or more than i...
Tortura
lean pessima. The -torturé or wresting of laws is the worst {kind : of torture.]} ee .Works, 434. TORTURE. ‘In old criminal — “The question; the infliction of violent bodily pati upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel, or other engine, und...