A Law Dictionary and Glossary

i. To deliver; to transfer the possession.

In a large sense, any person engaged in mechanical pursuits; in the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind; in England, a shop-keeper.

I. In old English law. Delivery or livery. Traditio loqnl facit chartam: delivery makes a deed speak. Traditio rei: delivery of a thing. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of pos

Delivery.

I. I, In old English law. A traitor.

/. U In old English law. Is delivered to bail,— emphatic words of the old Latin bail-piece.

I, Trahir, trair, I. fr. In old English law. To draw, as a principal thing does an incident; to, draw or bring in by superior power; to bring into court; to draw to execution. Trah

Draw-staS; the name given to justices appointed by Edward I. with extraordinary powers to try offenses, and particularly the malpractices of sheriffs and other ofi Scera

An essential word in indictments for treason.

/. In the civil law. The settlement of a suit or matter in controversy, by the litigating parties without arbitration.

I. To write over; to copy; to transcribe. In the dvil law. To transfer; to transfer one's rights to another.

A copy, particularly of a record.

I. In old practice, a transcript.

2. Let it pass into an example.

To carry or pass over; to -pass a thing over to another; to convey.

The passing of a thing or property from one person to another; conveyance.

I. In the civil and old English law. To bring over or

I. In old English lato. Transgression; violation of law either by going beyond measure, or by doing less than one ought out of malice or by negligence. Transgressio est cuin modns

Moving about Transient person: not a person on a journey from one known place to anotlier, but rather a mere wanderer.

2. To go, or pass over; to pass from one thing, person or place to another; to become changed from one thing into another.

I. I. In old English law. A custom-house warrant or permit for the passage of goods.

L It passes into a matter adjudged; it becomes converted into a res judicata or judgment. Transit terra cam onere: the land passes with the burden; the land passes with the incumbr

I. Passage from one place to another; transit

Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another. Transitory action: an action that may be brought or the venue of which may be laid, in any count

In English law. To transfer.

Transfer; a transferring. In ecclesiastical law. The removal of a bishop from one diocese to another.

In English law. The sending of a person out of the kingdom, as a punishment

In Scots law. A judicial transcript of a writing; an authorized, authentic copy, as of the evidences of title to land.

I. I. In old English law. A toll or tribute paid for the liberty of passage.

I I. Drawing; one who draws; the drawer of a bill of exchange.

/. I. In old Scots law. To draw; to pursue by the foot-marks or foot-steps.

I. I. One who is drawn, or drawn upon; the drawee of a bill of exchange.

I. To press to a conclusion; literally, to drive through. In the civil law. To terminate a controversy; to end or settle a matter in litigation.

To deny.

Denial; a particular form of denial, otherwise called a special or formal traverse.

L fr. In old English law. To traverse; to deny.

One who traverses or denies.

I. fr. In old English law. To turn aside or divert from its course.

The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of a In old English law. The killing of a master by his servant, a husband by his wife, or of any person by one who owes him f

Literally, treasure found; money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion, the owner of which is unknown, found hidden {n the earth or other private placa

A rate of costs given in certain actions, consisting, according to its technical import, of the common costs, half of these and half of the latter. Treble damages: damages given by

An agreement between two or more iiidependent states.

I. In the Roman law. Three make a corporation; three members are requisite to constitute a corporation.

I. fr. Treasure. Tresor mnsce en terre trove: treasure found hidden in the earth. Tresor musce en terre et trove: treasure hidden in the earth and found.

I. fr. In old English law. A treasurer.

In the largest sense, any transgression or oflfense against tho law of natui-e, of society, or of the country, whether to person pr property; in a stricter sense, an injury committ

I. fr. Passing over; a passer by; a passenger.

L fr. To pass over; to pass by; to pass away, to die; to transgress, to trespass.

A person who commits a trespass. Trespasser ab initio: a trespasser from the beginning, or from the first act, — applied to

1. 1 In old English law. To turn aside; to divert a stream from its course; to alter the course of a road.

2. Z. In old English law. Atrithing; thecourtofatrithing.

I. fr. In old English law. Drawn; dragged to the scaffold. Treyne et pendn: drawn and hanged.

L fr. Drawn, or withdrawn, as a juror.

In a general sense, the formal Invest'gation and decision of a matter in issue between parties, before a competent tribunal; in a stricter sense, the examination before a competent

1. 1. In old English law. Trial. Triatio bilfnguis: trial by a jury de medietate lingua. Triatio ibi semper debet fieri, ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiain: trial ough

I. In the Roman law. Tribute.

A magistrate's seat; a place from which justice is dispensed; any court

I. In the Roman law. An elevated seat occupied by the prsetor when he judged or heard causes in form.

A tax; that which is given by a subject to the sovereign of a country; a sum paid in acknowledgment of dependence.

Persons whose office it is to try the question of favor upon challenge of a juror for that cause. The ofl Sce is now commonly performed by the judge.

I. I. In old English law. A person who has been thrice married.

sax. In Saxon law. A triple gild, geld or payment; three times the value of a thing, paid as a composition or satisfaction.

One of the four terms of the English courts of common law, beginning May 22d and ending.June 12th.

I. I. In Saxon law. A threefold necessity or burden. A term used to denote the three things for which all land.s were bound to contribute,— the repair of bridges, the building of c

Of three parts; a term applied to an indenture where the and the indenture itself is executed, in

I In the civil law. Consisting

I. fr. In old English law. A law; the defendant's answer to the replication.

I. I In old English law. To rejoin replication.

I. In old English law. The lication; a rejoinder. In the civil law. The answer of the actor to

I. fr. In old English law.

tristis, tritis, I. I. In old forest law, of attending the lord of a forest in the chase.

triding. In Saxon and old English county, consisting of three hundreds; the court held for such a division.

I. I. In old English law. A trithing consisting of four or more hundreds; a court

In old English law. An ofl Bcer ing.

tresviri, I. In the civil law. magistrates appointed for various purposes. magistrates having charge of prisons and inals. Triumviri moiietales: magistrates mint. Triumviri nocturn

In the civil law. Judicial allowed to the praetor for deciding causes.

I. I In old English law. To try. Triabitur: shall be tried. Triantar: are tried.

In old English law. A custom or wool.

I. fr. Found.

I. fr. In old English law. To find. pledges. Trover suerte de sner: to find

An action to recover the value of a wrongfully converted by another to his the formal allegation that the defendant verted them to his own use. The action the case upon facts as al

I fr. In old English law. A thing wrecks, waifs, etc.

/. fr. In old English law. A finder.

A suspension of hostilities between of God: a suspension of arms which middle ages, putting a stop to private promulgated under the authority of the of three parts; threefold. rejo

One who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; one who holds the legal estate in property for the benefit of another who is called the cestui que trust. Trustee pro

In Scots law. The creator of a trust

To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by means of judicial evidence.

I. In the Roman law. Have (or take) your things to yourself. The form of words by which a man divorced his wife.

I In the civil law. Protection; defense.

I. In old English law. Brought Tulit breve de recto: brought a writ of right

sax. A farm or town. A common termination in the names of towns in England, now written ton.

sax. In Saxon law. The reeve or chief ofl Scer of a town; a town-reeve.

In English law. A right or liberty of diggmg turf; the ground where turves are dug.

A road having toll-gates or bars, called "turns" or "pikes," for the barring of passage until toll is paid; a toll-road.

I. Baseness; infamy; immorality; turpitude, v. Nemo allegaiis, etc.

I. In the civil law. Tutelage; that species of guardianship which continued to* the age of puberty. Tutela legitiina: legal tutelage; tutelage created by.act of law. Tutela testain

I. In the civil law. To render an account of tutelage. Tntelam reposcere: to demand an account of tutelage. Tutius erratiif ex parte initiori, /. It is safer to err on the milder s

i. In old English law. A guardian, — no distinction being made between tutor and curator. In Scots law. A guardian who has charge of persons under age, — • the word being used in t

In old English law. A wood grubbed up, and turned to arable land.

sax., Secunda nocte, gust, *, L' autre nuyt, geste, I fr. In old English law. On the second night, a guest, — a person who was entertained in the house o( another on the second nig