A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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

I. In the civil law. To testify; to attest; to declare, publish or make known a thing before witnesses; to make a will.

A person who has made a will; one who dies leaving a will.

I. In the civil law. Testate; having made a will.

One who makes or has made a testameat or will; one who dies leaving a will. Testatrix: a female testator.

I. Testified; the name of a clause inserted in a writ of capias or execution, issued after the return of non est inventus or nulla bona to a previous writ to the sheriff of a diffe

I. In the civil law. Testate; one who has made a will. Testatus et intestatus: testate and intestate.

I. Witness; the name of the attestation clause of a writ, and particularly applied to the day on which the writ is witnessed, or issued. In old English law. The initial and emphati

I fr. In old English law. Heads; polls.

I. In the civil and old English law. Witnessea Testlbus deponentibns in pari numero, dignioribus est credendnm, L Where the witnesses who testify are in equal number [on botli side

To bear witness; to declare under oath or affirmation for the purpose of proving some fact

I To testify; to bear witness.

non nnmeranda, I. Evidences are to be weighed, not numbered or counted, v. Ponderatur, etc.

I. Testimony; attestation. Testimonium clause: the clause at the end of an instrument, beginning "In witness whereof," etc.

Evidence of a witness, or witnesses.

I In the civil and old English law. A witness. Testis corrnptns: a bribed or corrupted witness. Testis de visu prseponderat allis: an eye-witness is of more weight than others. Tes

An oath of loyalty to government Test paper: a paper or instrument shown to a jury as evidence. In Englishlaw. Test act: the statute 25 Car. IL, c. 3, which provided that all perso

One who holds; a holder, especially of lands or tenements; in the largest sense, one who holds lands or tenements by any kind of title, whether for years, for life, or in fee. Tena

I. I In old English law. A tenement; a thing held by service; an estate which a tenant holds of a lord; a corporeal thing held of another, — a thing capable of being viewed, entere

I. I. In old English law. ancient manuscript containing many of rights, customs, tenures, etc., of the church have been drawn up by Ernulph, bishop 1124

1 1. In old English law. A wall; a sea-wall^ a mound, bank or wall erected as a protection against the sea.

In old English law. A land or property, of which thp ruler or

thayne. In Saxonlaw. A noble; a a king's tenant.