Technical

That which properly belongs to an art. In the construction of contracts it is a general rule that technical words are to be taken according to their approved and known use in the trade in which the contract is entered into, or to which it relates, unless they have manifestly been understood in another sense by the parties. 2 Bos. & P. 164; 6 Term R. 320; 3 Starkie, Ev. 1036. ' to' the augmentation of stipends, and the valuation and sale of tithes. It is held before justices of the court of sessions organized as a separate court, with distinct clerks and ministerial officers. Bell, Diet.