A Law Dictionary and Glossary

t In the civil law. A public writer of contracts; one who drew, wrote out, and attested instruments. An officer whose functions were similar to those of a modern notary.

I. In old English law. A drinking house; a tavern; otherwise written tabernaculum. In the civil law. A shop, as being inclosed with boards; any building fit for habitation; a wine-

I In old English law. A taverner or tavern-keeper. In the civil law. A shop-keeper.

2. A board or plank. Tabula in naufragio: a plank in a shipwreck,— a iigurative expression used to denote that preference or priority among mortgagees which is gained by tacking. I

I. A notary, or tabellio.

Implied; not expressea. In Scots law. Tacit relocation: an implied reletting of premises, where the tenant continues in possession after the expiration of his

I. Silent; not speaking; not expressed in words; im^^lied; tacit Tacita qusedam habentur pro expressis: some tacit tiling are regarded as expressed.

In Scots law. A contract by which the use of any thing is set or let for hire, for a certain time.

In English law. The uniting of securities given at different times, so as to prevent any intermediate purchaser or incumbrancer from claiming a title to redeem or otherwise dischar

In Scots law. A tenant or lessee; the grantee of a tack.

I. I In old English law. Touching the holy (evangelists). Tacto per se sancto Eraugello, 1. 1 Having personally touched the holy Gospel.

Limitation; abridgment Tall after possibility of issue extinct: the estate of a widower having no issue, holding lands under a grant in tail special. Tail female: an estate limited

Limited; abridged; reduced.

tailer, tayler, I. fr. In old English law. To cut; to limit; io tax; to bar; to declaf'e.

In Scots law. An entail.

tliaini, /. I In old English law. Freeholders.

To seize by authority of law; to I'eceive from another by some title; to obtain possession of unlawfully, or feloniously; to lay ■ hands upon without removing; to receive the verdi

The count or counting of money; in old pleading, a plaintiff's count, declaration, or narrative of his case.

I. Such, so many, — a term applied to jurors. Tales de circamstantibns: so many of the bystanders,— the emphatic words of the old writ commanding the sheriff to make up a deficienc

I. 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.

I. In old English law. In such a manner; so. Taliter pr Ocossum est: so it proceeded; such proceedings were had.

Talla^inm, I. I. In old English law. A share of a man's sub-

tallia, talea, talia, 1. 1 In old English law. A tally; a piece of wood out with notches in two corresponding parts.

LI A tax or tribute; tallage; a share taken or cut out of one's income or means. Talliare,. II In old English law. To cut; to cut off, out, or down; to reduce, abridge or limit by

L I. In old English law. Tail; a species of limited estate; a tax or tallage.

The case, Y. B. 13 Edw. IV., 19-31, which laid the foundation for common recoveries.

I. Yet; notwithstanding.

I Prescription can go only as far as possession [for what has been possessed].

I In old English law. So much; as much. Tantnm bona valent, quantum vendi possunt: things are worth so much as they can be sold for.

I. In old English law. So much. Tantam terram cam pertinentiis: so much land with the appurtenances.

1. 1. In old English law. To stack; to heap up. Tassari at CO-operiri: to be stacked and covered.

vasseleria, 1. 1 In feudal law. or tenant; feudal service; vassalage.

1. 1 In feudal law. A feudal tenant, lord.

A house licensed to sell liquors in small quantities, to be drunk on the spot; a houser for the entertainment of travelers, as well as for the sale of liquors, licensed for that pu

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

One who keeps a tavern; an inn-keeper.

fr. In old English law. A house or shop where wine was sold and drunk; a tippling-house; a tavern.

To assess, fix or determine judicially; to adjust, adapt or proportion; to lay, impose or assess upon citizens or subjects a certain

A rate or sum of money support of the government, or by government; in a genei'al ernment for the use of the state on persons or property, as opposed

LL In old English laiv. A tax

L fr. In old English law. of damages by a jury.

Z. In old English law. or regulate an assessment In the cicil law. To rate or value

I. In the civil law. The of the damages claimed or sworn

Assessment; adjustment; of imposing a tax.

tething'-peiiny, saos. lowance to the sheriflE from each charge of keeping courts, etc.

tainland, thainland, sax. thane or noble; hereditary land, cultural tenants; land held by

telligraifum, charter or deed of land; a writing to lands; literally, a land-writing.

I. In the civil law. cient cause.

The two English inns of Temple), so called because anciently Knights Templar.

I. In the civil law. action limited within a certain temporary exception; an exception tion for a time.

In English law. fees of a bishop.

I In the civil of time in bar of an action.

A holding or mode of holding an estate. Tenancy in common: the holding of an estate in lands by several persons, by several and distinct titles, but by unity of possession. In old

Z. /r. In old English law. Tenant; a tenant; the defendant in a real action.

Z./n One who holds; a holder of lands and tenements. Tenant a Tolunte: tenant at will. Tenant peravaile: the lowest tenant of land; one who held of a mesne lord.

I. fr. A dispute; a quari-el.

In old English law. To tender or offer.

To offer, by presenting a thing to another; to offer to pay an amount of money by presenting it to another; to offer in words or by a form of words.

An offer of a sum of money in satisfaction of a debt or claim, by producing and showing the amount to the creditor or claimant, and expressing verbally a willingness to pay it Tend

tender, I. fr. In old English law. To offer; to tender; to express a readiness.

L fr. Tenement; a tenenient; land held of another by service.

Any thing that may be held, if of a permanent nature, whether substantial or unsubstantial in its nature; in the common, popular sense, a house or building., Tenementary, or teneme

In Scots law. The clause of a charter by which the tenure is expressed.

2. 2. In old English law. To be held; to hold. A formal word in charters by which a tenement was conveyed, expressive of tenure, or indicating that the thing conveyed was to be hel

I. In old English law. A tenant; a holder; one who holds; the defendant in a real action.

I. fr. In old English law. To hold; to keep.

I. In old English law. To hold; to have; to keep; to bind; Tenere placitum: to hold plea; to take cognizance, or entertain jurisdiction. In the civil law. To hold; to observe or ke

I. He holds, — a word formerly used to state the tenure in actions of v^aste. Tenuit: he held, — a word formerly used in the same action for the same purpose, where the estate had

In old English law. The head of a tithing, or decennary.

tener, I. fr. To hold; to accept or take; to regard or look upon.

tenmentale, saoo. In Saxon and old English law. A tithing or decennary; the number of ten men.

L In feudal law. Tenor, or tenure; the mode of holding an estate or fee. Tenor est: tenor is; — pactio, contra communem feudi naturam ac rationem, in contractu interposita: tenor i

An exact copy of a writing, pursuing the course of its words as they succeed one another; the true intent and meaning of an instrument

In English law. A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by parliament In English ecclesiastical law. The tenth part of the annual profit of every

tentnm, 1. 1. In old English law. Held; holden.

I. He held.

I. I. In old English law. Tenure.

I. fr. and eng. A manner of holding; the mode of holding a feudal estate. In the law of England, the principle of tenure is still retained, it being a fundamental maxim that all th

yoman, yeman. In under the I'ank of gentlemaa

tentatio, I. I. In old tatio panis flat bis in anno: the a year. assessed on person or property for the for some special purpose authorized sense, any contribution levied by gov-;

In Scots law. Dower; right of dower; a widow's third.

A limit; a bound or boundary, particularly of time; an estate or interest limited to a certain time; a limited time during which courts are statedly held; a word, a word of ai't, o

I. In old English law. To determine; to dispose of judicially; to decide.

I. fr. To determine.

I. A limiting point either of time or space. Terminus a quo: the end from which; the beginning. Terminus ad qnem: the end to which; the termination. In old English law. A dividing

One who has a term in lands.

Lat., Terre, tere, L. fr. In old English law. Land; properly, arable land. Terra culta: tilled or cultivated land. Terra excultabilis: land that may be tilled or ploughed. Terra lu

In old English law. A book or roll containing a description of the several lands of a person or of a town.

/. I. In old English law. A land-holder.

ter-tenant, I fr. and eng. A tenant, holder or occupier of land.

In English law. A register, or survey of lands; a book or roll in which the several lands, either of a person or of a corporation, are described, with the quantity, boundai'ies, te

t In the civil laiv. A territory or district; the territorial limits of a government; the extent or limits of the jurisdiction of a court

I In old English and Scots law. Third; dower.

II In the dvil law. A third person intervening; one who interpleads.

tesmoyne, I ft. In old English law. A witness

tesmoynaniiee, I fr. Testimony,

A record in two volumes, in the custody of the Queen's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, containing an account of fees held of the king, etc. Said to have been compiled by Jollan de N

A disposition of property, to take effect after the death of the person making it; originally, per!iaps, a disposition of personal property.

Pertaining to a will; derived from, founded on or appointed by a will Testamentary capacity: mental condition such as to admit of the making of a valid will. Testamentary causes: c

I In old English law. A disposition of property made In the civil law. A testament; a will or last will. Testamentiira est voluntatis iiostrtB justa sententia, de eo quod qnis post