A Law Dictionary and Glossary

V. Larceny.

" In old English law. The receiving to favor and maintain him. In Saxon law. A sum paid by way of a theft.

them, team, sax. In t Saxon law. The diction over naifs or villeins, with their goods and chattels,

sax. In Saxon law. risdiction open only to the king's thegns or in the time of Edward the Confessor, came Regis.

sax. In Saxon law. A husbandman under thane.

with the law of the ionum: the law of the Frisians, the eighth century. Lex

v. Code of Theodosius.

theolnetum, theloninm, tholoninm, old English law. Toll.

/. In old English law. Treasury, rus absconditns: treasure hidden, or tus: treasure found; treasure-trove. In the civil law. Treasure; a sum of money posit or concealment of money

thething, sa.T. In Saxonlaw. A a tithing-man.

The most general denomination of Things personal: things movable, which owner, as money, goods and the like. nent, immovable, as lands and tenements.

In Scots law. A service by which the bound to carry his grain to a certain mill to duty therefor called a multure.

The author of a Summa, or abridgment in the reign of Edward I.

A middle line; a line running through or way.

tritliing:, sax. In Saxon and old part of a county; a division of a county hundreds.

A place whei-e the tide in the ebbs and flows.

til, pi. tielx, tiex, tieux, tilz, I fr. Such.

tiers, I fr. Third; a third part Tierce

rers. Tb wards.

I fr. A place where justice was the king's hall.

Trees fit to be used in building.

A word expressive both of a precise point, tween two points. Time immemorial: time out of mind. Time out of memory: time out of mind; time to which memory does icy; a policy of ins

sax. In old forest law, a petty officer the care of vert and venison by night

The ancient parliament, or annual Man, held upon Midsummer-day, at St John's

I. I. In old Scots law. The sea-mark; tide-mouth.

In Saxon law. A customary tribute man, to support the trouble and charge of his

In Scots law. The loss of the years of feu duty to run into the third unpaid.

A place where intoxicating dram; a public drinking house.

In English law. A ministei'ial ofl^cer possessor of lands was be ground, and to pay a of Bracton, written ^ the middle of a stream English law. The third consisting of three or mor

Viconnt In old Ennlish Venue. regulation, sr. Right. books belonging to the Herald's and arms of the nobility and prinold Englisl} law. Neighborhood; Viewers; persons appointed to

Tiscont, Tisconnte, I. fr., law. Sheriff.

1. 1. In old English law.

I In old English law. Title; ground of ownership of land; a lawful cause or ground of possession. Titnlas est jiista eausa possideudi id qaod.nostrnm est: title is the lawful groun

In English law. The tenth part of the increase, yearly arising from the profits of lands, the stock on lands, and the industry of the inhabitants, being an ecclesiastical inheritan

In Saxon law. The number or company of ten freeholders, with their families, who dwelt together and were sureties for the good behavior of each other.

thething peny, tedinpeni. In Saxon and old English law. Money paid to the sheriflf by the several tithings of the county.

The means by which the owner of land has just possession; a caption, heading, name or designation of a book, writing, or some principal portion of the same; the name of an office,

In modern law, a constable. In New England, a parish ofl Hcer annually elected to preserve good order during divine service, and to make complaint of any disorderly conduct In Saxo

Ad dnm: to discuss and give advice. and in the same place; then and to the use and benefit Ad Taloris: to the worth of the contractus: upon the value spiciendnm, v. De ventre, etc

I. Universal or general things are more known than particular things.

sax. In old English law. Minors, or persons under age.

I. I In old English law. A nobleman a thane. The Rochester Text,— an the Saxon laws, and the of Rochester, said to of that see from 1114 to certain part of the king's governor was

One of the barbarian codes tesquieu to have been given by Theodoric, Thuringians.

Quod nu Uius est, est domini regis: that which has no owner belongs to the king. In old English law. Quod concessnm fuit: which was granted. V. Quod fuit concessum. Quod cnm: that

In old English law. The ancient name of the castigatory, or trebuchet

I. I. In old English law. The soil or ground from which turf is dug; a turbary or turf ery.

I. I. In old English law. Theturn; the sherifl:'s court, so called.

Base; mean; immoral; infamous; unlawful. Turpis causa: a base consideration. Turpis est pars quae non convenit [congruit] cum suo toto: the part which does not agree with its whole

I Words; terms; names. Tocabnla artis: words of art; technical terma Tocabula artium explicanda sunt secnndum deflnitiones prudentum: terms of arts are to be explained according to

I, Tochsour, I fr. In old English law. One who vouches another; a voucher.

I. In old English law. To call; to call upon; to vouch; to call on one to warrant or defend another's title. In feudal law. Tocare ad curiam: to summon to court In the Roman law. T

1. 1. In old English law. Voucher; a calling to warrant

I. I, Toche, I fr. In old English law. A person called or vouched; a vouchee.

I I. In old practice, to vouch; to call to warrant; a vouching; a person vouching.

I. In old English law. Qutcry; hue and cry.

Toftnm, L In old English law. The place where a messuage has stood; the site of a decayed housa

In old English law. The owner of a toft

That may be avoided; not absolutely void.

In ecclesiastical law. A want of an incumbent upon a benefice.

voIUer, I fr. In old English law. To will; to be willing; to mean; to purport, or set forth.

voillour, I fr. In old English law. A will; a testament

I. We being willing; the initial word of the Latin writs of certiorari. Tolentes de certis cabsis certiorari: we being willing for certain causes to be certified.

I. An injury is not done to the willing; he who consents to a thing, or makes no opposition to it, cannot complain of it as an injury.

toyle. In Scots law. Toll

In old English law. To take away; to bar, or defeat.

A duty imposed on travelers and goods passing on public ways. In English law. A reasonable sura due to the lord of a fair or market for tollable things sold there, Toll-thoroug'h:

I. In the civil laio. To lift up; to take away; to defeat; to bring up. Tollitur oinnis obligatio solutions ejus quod debstnr, I. Every obligation is dissolved by the payment of wh

et erit oinnis actus indlfferens, /. Take away will and every act will become indifferent

thsolnetum, /. I. In old English law. Toll; a tax or charge,

tolcsstsr. In old English law. A toll or tribute of a sextary or sester of ale, paid by tenants of some manors for liberty to brew and sell ale.

In old English law. A writ by which a cause pending in a courtbaron was removed to the county court.

I. I. In old English law. A pi-ocess for removing a cause from a court-baron, or from any temporal court; extortion.

As applied to vessels, capacity in tons of one thousand cubic feet each. Tonnage tax: a duty on tonnage; a duty levied on vessels according to their tonnage.

/. I. In old English laiv. A custom or impost at so much a ton on wines and other merchandise.

In old Scots law. A thief-taker.

I, Tonsure. In old English law. A shaving, or polling; the baving the crown of the head shaven.

A loan raised on life annuities, with the benefit of survivorship.

An instrument of manual operation, particularly such as is used by a mechanic or a farmer.

I. In old English law. To cut or dig turf. In the civil law. To disturb; to confound; to mix together.

/. I. To turn; to return.

I. I. In old English law. A tax or acknowledgment paid to the sheriff, for holding his tourn.

I fr. and eng. Wrong; legal wrong; an injury arising from some breach of duty to a person, not a mere violation of contract Tort feasor: a wrong-doer; a trespasser.

Wrongful; having the quality of a tort

Z. Crooked; injustice; the opposite of right

I fr. All; although. Tot a primer: as soon; immediately. Tot en tot: wholly; entirely. Tot fois, tot Toies: always. Tot le meins: full at the least Tot outre: entira

1. 1 In old English law. The whole court Tota curia contra eum: the whole court against him.

A loss on account of which the assured is entitled to recover from the underwriter the whole amount of his subscription. Such a loss may arise either by the total destruction of th

I. In so many words.

I. As often as; as often as it shall happen. Toties quoties sibi, aut eorum numero majori, conveniens fore vldebitnr: as often as it shall seem meet to them, or the greater number

L With all one's might or power.

In the law of marine insurance, to stop at: to stop at a port for purposes of trade, there being no unnecessary delay and no enhancement of the risk.

In old English law. One who is vouched or called to warranty.

I. fr. In old English law. To relate to; to affect; to touch.

An instrument which attests, warrants or witnesses; ^n acquittance. In old English law. An account book wherein are entered the acquittances or warrants for the accountant's disL-h

I. fr. All. Tout atrenche: altogether; entirely. Tout temps prist: always ready, — the emphatic words of the old plea of tender. Tout nn sound: all one sound; sounding the same.

A collection of houses in one neighborhood, — a generic term, comprehending cities, boroughs and common towns; in modern law, usually a collection of houses larger than a village;

I. I. In old English law. The track or trace of a felon, by which he was pursued, with the hue and cry.

I In old Engllth law. To treat, or handle; to draw or drag. Tractari et suspendi: to be drawn and hanged.

I. I. In oldr English laio. Denver you to bail; the name of a writ which issued for a person who on the writ de odio et alia was found to have been maliciously accused of a crima l

One who trades; one vrho is engaged in trade, or the business of buying and selling.