Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. Having personally touched the holy Gospel. Cro. Elis. 105. The description of a corporal oath.

8 Coke, 40. Things unexpressed are sometimes considered as expressed.

A form of mental derangement or insanity complicated with "tabes dorsalis" or locomotor ataxia, which generally precedes, or sometimes follows, the mental attack. As to insanity re

Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed, as a fee or estate in fee, to a certain order of succession or to certain heirs.

A species of estate tail which arises where one is tenant in special tail, and a person from whose body the issue was to spring dies without issue, or, having left issue, that issu

A piece cut out of the whole; a share of one's substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax. Cowell.

When lands are given to a person and the female heirs of his or her body, this is called an "estate tail female," and the male heirs are not capable of inheriting it. —-Tail genera

Fr. In old French law. A tax or assessment levied by the king, or by any great lord, upon his subjecte, usually taking the form of an imposition upon the owners of real estate. Bra

When lands are given to a person and the male hairs of his or her body, this is called an "estate tail male," and the female heirs are not capable of inheriting it.

An estate in tnil where the succession is restricted to certain heirs of the donee's bsdy, and does not go to all of them in general; e. g., where lands and tenements are given to

Such a thing or such a right as is not vested in a person then llving, but merely exists in the consideration and contemplation of law [Is said to be In abeyance,] and others have

In Scotch law. An entail. A tailzied fee is that which the owner, by exercising his inherent right of disposing of his property, settles upon others than those to whom it would hav

A conviction of felony or the person se convicted. Cowell.

1. To lay hold of; to gain or receive into possession"; to seize; to deprive one of the possession of; to assume ownership. Thus, it is a constitutional provision that a man's prop

One who takes or acquires; particularly, one who takes an estate by devise. When an estate is granted subject to a remainder or executory devise, the devisee of the immediate inter

A party to a negotiable instrument, particularly an indorser or acceptor, is said to "take up" the paper, or to "retire" it, when he pays its amount, or substitutes other security

In criminal law and torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same.

In old pleading. The plaintiff's count, declaration or narrative of his case. 3 Bl. Comm. 293. The count or counting of money. Said to be derived from the same root as "telly." Cow

Lat Such; such men. When, by means of challenges or any other cause, a sufficient number of unexceptionable jurors does not appear at the trial, either party may pray a "tales," as

So many of the by-standers. The emphatic words of the old writ awarded to the sheriff to make up a deficiency of jurors out of the persens present in court. 3 Bl. Comm. 365.

A person summoned to act as a juror from among the by-standers in the court. Linehan v. State, 113 Ala. 70, 21 South. 497; Shields v. Niagara County Sav. Bank, 5 Thomp. & C. (N. Y.

Lat. In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the punishment of an injury by an act of the same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin.

1 Coke, 52. Interpretation is always to ba made in such a manner that what Is absurd and inconvenient may be avoided, and the judgment be not lllusory.

4 Coke, 18. What ls like is not the same; for nothing simllar is the same.

Upon pleading the judgment of an inferior court, the proceedings preliminary to such judgment, and on which the same was founded, must, to some extent, appear in the pleading, but

A word used metaphorically for a share of a man's substance paid by way of tribute, toll or tax, being derived from the French "tattler," which signifies to cut a piece out of the

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer.

L. Lat. A term including all taxes. 2 Inst. 532; Pcople v. Brooklyn, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 551; Bernards Tp. v. Allen, 61 N. J. Law, 228, 39 Atl. 716. —Tallagium faeere. To give up accou

To give up accounts in the exchequer, where the method of accounting was by tellies.

A keeping account by tallies. Cowell.

A stick cut into two parts, on cach whereof is marked, with notches or otherwise, what is due between debtor and creditor. It was the ancient mode of keeping accounts. One part was

L. Lat. A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of any one's Income or means. Spelman.

A term originally used in England to describe exchequer bills, which were issued by the officers of the exchequer when a temporary loan was necessary to meet the exigencies of the

A system of dealing by which dealers furnish certain articles on credit, upon an agreement for the payment of the stipulated price by certain weekly or monthly installments. McCuI.

A case reported In Yearb. 12 Edw. IV. 19-21, which is regarded as baving established the foundation of common recoveries.

Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wildness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are described as domitæ naturœ.

Lat. Notwithstanding; nevertheless ; yet.

A phrase used as the name of a writ of error from inferior courts, when the error Is supposed to be as well in giving the judgment as in awarding execution upon It. (Tam in redditi

Property which may be touched; such as ls perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used In opposition to such species of property as p

In old Irish law. A species of tenure, founded on ancient usage, which allotted the inheritance of lands, castles, etc., to the "oldest and worthiest man of the deceased's name and

In old English law. Tannery; the trade or business of a tanner Fleta, llb. 2, c. 52, § 35.

Span. In Spanish law. Preemption. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, <:. 3.

Shep. Touch. 142. Goods are worth so much as they can be sold tor.

Lat. In 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 the return-day.

A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise by rcason of the weight of the box, cask, bag or other receptacle which contains it and is weighed with it. Also an allowance

A cartel of commerce, a book of rates, a table or catalogue, drawn usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several kinds of merchandise, with the duties or customs t

Lat. In the civll law. Age. —Ætas infantiae proxima. The age next to infancy; the first half of the period of childhood, (pueritia,) extending from seven years to ten and a half. I

In old English law. A hcap; a hay-mow or hay-stack. Fœnum in tassis, hay in slacks. Reg. Orig. 96.

A writ which inquired whether the king's tenant holding in chief by chivalry was of full age to receive his lands. It was directed to the escheater of the county. Now disused.

In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, the lords of manors anciently claimed the privilege of having their tenants' flocks or sheep brought at night upon their own demesne lands,

Lat A common bull; because he was free to all the tenants within such a manor, llberty, etc.

Describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating tha same sentenco in the same

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. Originally, a house for the retelling of liquors to be drunk on the spot Webster. The word "tavern," i

In old English law. A seller of wine; one who kept a house or chop for the sale of wine.

One who keeps a tavern. One who keeps an inn; an innkeeper.

n. Taxes are a ratable portion of the produce of the property and labor of the individual citizens, taken by the nation, in the exercise of its sovereign rights, for the support of

Jj. Lat A tax. Spelman. In old records. An allotted piece of work ; a task.

Subject to taxation; liable to be assessed, along with others, for a share in a tax. Persons subject to taxation are sometimes called "taxables;" so property which may be assessed

Lat To rate or value, Calvin. To tax; to lay a tax or tribute, Speiman. In old English practice. To assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or regulate an assessment or rate.

In old European law. Soldiers of a garrison or fleet, assigned to a certain station. Spelman.

Lat. In Roman law. Taxation or assessment of damages; the assessment, by the judge, of the amount of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff, and particularly in the way of reducing t

The valuation of ecclesiastical benefices made through every diocese in England, on occasion of Pope Innocent IV. granting to King Henry III. the tenth of all spirituals for three

In old English practice. Taxation of costs.

The Imposition of a tax; the act or process of imposing and levying a pecuniary charge or enforced contribution, ratable or proportioned to vuiue or some other standard, upon perso

In practice. The process of ascertaining and charging up the amount of costs in an action to which a party is legally enlitled, or which are legally chargeable. And, in English pra

A vuiua-tion of ecclesiastical benefices made through every diocese in England, by Walter, bishop of Norwich, delegated by the pope to this office in 38 Hen. III. Cowell,

A certificate of the purchase of land at a tax sale thereof, given by the officer making the sale, and which is evidence of the holder's right to receive a deed of the land if it i

The conveyance given upon a sale of lands made for non-payment of taxes; the deed whereby the officer of the law undertakes to convey the title of the proprietor to the purchaser a

Two officers yearly chosen in Cnmbridge, England, to see the true gauge of ali the weights and measures.

The district throughout which a particular tax or assessment is ratably apportioned and levied upon the inhabitants; it may comprise the whole state, one county, a city, a ward, or

See Master.

Officers of the English supreme court, who examine and allow or disallow items in bills of costs.

Each house of parliament has a taxing officer, whose duty it is to tax the costs incurred by the promoters or opponents of private bills. May, ParL Pr. 843.

The power of any government to levy taxes.

The instrument (or estate) given to the purchaser of land at a tax sale, where the law does not permit the sale of the estate in fee for non-payment of taxes, but instead thereof d

The total sum to be raised by a tax. Also the bill, enactment, or measure of legislation by which an annual or general tax is imposed.

A statutory lien, existing in favor of the state or municipality, upon the lands of a person charged with taxes, binding the same either for the taxes assessed upon the specific tr

A person chargeable with a tax; one from whom government demands a pecuniary contribution towards its support.

Written exhibits required to be made out by the tax-payers resident in a district, enumerating ali the property owned by them and subject to taxation, to be handed to the assessors

A person who buys land at a tax-sale; the person to whom land, at a tax-sale thereof, is struck down.

A schedule or list of the persons and property subject to the payment of a particular tax, with the amounts severally due, prepared and authenticated in proper form to warrant the

A sale of land for unpaid taxes; a sale of property, by authority of law, for the collection of a tax assessed upon it, or upon its owner, which remains unpaid.

The title by which one holds land which he purchased at a tax-sale. That species of title which is inaugurated by a successful bid for land at a collector's sale of the same for no

An annual payment made to a superior in Scotland, instead of the duties due to him under the tenure of ward-holding. Abolished. Wharton.

Within the meaning of an exemption law, a "team" consists of either one or two horses, with their harness and the vehicle to which they are customarily attached for use. Wilcox v.

In old English law. A royalty or privilege granted, by royui charter, to a lord of a manor, for the having, restraining, and judging of bondmen and villeins, with their children, g

One who drives horses in a wagon for the purpose of carrying goods for hire. He is liable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm. § 496.

Within the meaning of an exemption law, this term means Work done by a team as a substantial part of a man's business; as in farming, singing, express carrying, drawing of freight,

Belonging or peculiar to an art or profession. Technical terms are frequently called in the books "words of art." —Technical mortgage. A true and formal mortgage, as distinguished

In appellate practice. A merely abstract or theoretical error, which is practically not injurious to the party assigning it. Epps v. State, 102 Ind. 539, 1 N. E. 491.

A true and formal mortgage, as distinguished from other instruments which, in some respecte, have the character of equitable mortgages. Harrison v. Annapolis & E. R. R. Co., 50 Md.

Spreading. Tedding grass is spreading it out after it is cut in the swath. 10 East, 5.

In old English law. A small tax or allowance to the sheriff from cach tithing of his county towards the charge of keeping courts, etc. Cowell.

In Hindu law. A note of hand; a promissory note given by a native banker or money-lender to zemindars and others, to enable them to furnish government with security for the payment

In the civil law. A tile. Dig. 19, 1, 18.

In Scotch law. A court which has jurisdiction of matters relating to teinds or tithes.

Those entitled to tithes.

In Scotch law. A term corresponding to tithes (q. v.) in English ecclesiastical law.

Sav. In old English law. Land of a thane or Saxon noble; land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Cowell; 1 Rceve, Eng. Law, 5.

A telegraphic dispatch; a message sent by telegraph.