Law Dictionary

For purposes of this section, the term “title 11 case” means a case under title 11 of the United States Code (relating to bankruptcy), but only if the taxpayer is under the jurisdi

For purposes of this part, the term “title 11 or similar case” means— (i) a case under title 11 of the United States Code, or (ii) a receivership, foreclosure, or similar proceedin

COVENANTS FOR. They comprise "covenants for seisin, for right to convey, against incumbrances, for quiet enjoyment, sometimes for further assurance, and almost always of warranty."

persons. Titles are distinctions by which a person is known. The constitution of the United States forbids the grant by the United States of any title of nobility, (q. v.) Titles a

By the term title, as used in this section, is meant a regular chain of transfer from and under the sovereignty of the soil; and color of title is constituted by a consecutive chai

An executory written contract for the sale of realty. See 22 Ark. 192.

See Accession .

The ripening of adverse possession by lapse of time. See Adverse Possession .

See Alluvion .

Title acquired by an inheritsmce. See 106 Ind. 341, 6 N. E. 909.

Same as Title by prescription.

A title thus traced is a good one, in a court of common law, except in a single case: it is a good title against all the world except the right owner.

the petitioners have proved a possession, which constitutes a title by prescription, by the laws of Spain.

Title acquired in any other manner than by inheritance. See 34 Kan. 532, 9 Pac. 271.

the term “title company” means any institution which is qualified to issue title insurance, directly or through its agents, and also refers to any duly authorized agent of a title

Those deeds which are evidences of the title of the owner of an estate. The person who is entitled to the inheritance has a right to the possession of the title deeds. 1 Car. & M.

it is a case, not of a defective title, but of a title defectively stated, which is always cured by the verdict.

The term “title II disability beneficiary” means an individual entitled to disability insurance benefits under section 423 of this title or to monthly insurance benefits under sect

If, then, Cain had such a title as a court of equity would recognize and convert, by its decree, into a legal title, it must be considered a title in equity within the meaning of t

Same as Fee simple.

See Insurance.

The peculiar designation of a suit, consisting usually of the name of the court, the venue, and the parties. The method of arranging the names of the parties is not everywhere unif

The heading, or introductory clause, of a statute, wherein is briefly recited its purpose or nafure, or the subject to which it relates. —Title of clergymen, (to orders.) Some cert

That preliminary clause of a declaration which states the name of the court and the term to which the process is returnable.

The right to enter upon lands. Cowell. See Entry.

A title from the state. See 111 Ky. 715, 64 S. W. 620.

This title of the owner of fast land upon the shore of a navigable river to the bed of the river is, at best, a qualified one. It is a title which inheres in the ownership of the s

It is perfectly clear, that no title to lands can be acquired or passed, unless according to the laws of the State in which they are situate.

In English ecclesiastical law. a title to orders is a certificate of preferment or provision required by the thirty-third canon, in order that a person may be admitted into holy or

The term “title XVI disability beneficiary” means an individual eligible for supplemental security income benefits under subchapter XVI on the basis of blindness (within the meanin

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

In Spanish law. Title. White New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, § 2.

Entitled. Seems to be used both as adjective and noun. Titulars of erection. Persons who in Scotland, after the reformation, obtained grants from the crown of the monasteries and p

See "Lords of Erection." TITULUS (Lat.) IN the Civil Law. Title; the source or ground of possession; the means whereby possession of a thing is acquired, whether such possession be

The titulo given to the party is merely a certificate by the Governor of the acts that have been done in the regular course of official procedure towards the disposal of a part of

In the Civil Law. Title; the source or ground of possession. / In Ecclesiastical Law. A temple or church. TO. A term of exclusion, unless by necessary implication it is manifestly

Title is the just cause of possessing that which is ours.

8 Coke, 153. A title is the just right of possessing that which is our own; it is so calied from "tuendo," defending.

the term “Tiwa Indians Act” means the Act entitled “An Act relating to the Tiwa Indians of Texas.” and approved April 12, 1968 (82 Stat. 93).

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

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

A wife. Plural, uxores. Et uxor, usually abbreviated et ux., and ■wife; as, in the case of a conveyance from A ■et ux. to B, or to B et ux. Jure uxoris. In right of the w^ife: said

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

The name given to one who js rightly a guardian in socage, in contradistinction to a tutor alienus.

This is a word of exclusion, when used in describing premises; it excludes the terminus mentioned. Montgomery v. Reed, 69 Me. 514.

crim. law. To encourage or set another on to commit acrime. This word is always taken in a bad sense. To abet another to commit a murder, is to command, procure, or counsel him to

practice, is to make shorter in words, so as to retain the sense or substance. In law it signifies particularly the making a declaration or count shorter, by taking or severing awa

in the Englis law, signifies either “to affere an amercement,” 1. e. to mitigate the rigour of a fine; or “to affere an account,” that is to confirm it on oath in the exchequer.

A towel. There is a tenure of lands by the service of waiting with a towel at the king's coronation, Cowell,

estates, tstles. This is a generic term applicable to all those modes of parting with property by which the direct object is to deprive the heirs of the substantial interest in the

in contracts.. To convey the property of a thing to another. 7'o aliene in fee, is to convey the fee simple. To aliene in mortmain, to make over lands or tenements to a religious h

all cases arising or happening on the sea, growing out of war or commerce, and all cases strictly of maritime contracts.

approbare; to increase the profits upon a thing; as to approve land by increasing the rent. 2 Inst. 784..

1. To rate or to fix the proportion which every person has to pay of any particular tax. 2. To assess damages is to ascertain what damages are due to the plaintiff; in actions foun

contracts, practice. 1. To make a right over to another; as to assign an estate, an annuity, a bond, &c. over to another. 5 John. Rep. 391. 2. To appoint; as to appoint a deputy, &

“Tobacco” means tobacco in its unmanufactured form. / The term “tobacco” means each of the following kinds of tobacco: (A) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 14.

Any person, firm or corporation whose business it is to manufacture cigars, snuff or tobacco in any form. Act of congress of July 13, 1866, § 9; 14 St. at Large, 120.

The term “tobacco product” means any product made or derived from tobacco, or containing nicotine from any source, that is intended for human consumption, including any component,

The term “tobacco product manufacturer” means any person, including any repacker or relabeler, who— (A) manufactures, fabricates, assembles, processes, or labels a tobacco product;

“Tobacco products” means cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco.

The term “tobacco quota holder” means a person that was an owner of a farm, as of October 22, 2004, for which a basic tobacco farm marketing quota or farm acreage allotment for quo

The term “tobacco tax administrator” means the State, local, or tribal official duly authorized to collect the tobacco tax or administer the tax law of a State, locality, or tribe,

The term “Tobacco Trust Fund” means the Tobacco Trust Fund established under section 518e of this title.

Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term “tobacco warehouse” includes any person— (i) who— (I) removes foreign material from tobacco leaf through nothing other than a mechani

BINDING, contracts. These words are applicd to the contract entered into betwecn a master and an apprentice; the latter is said to be bound. In order to make a good binding the con

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.

to substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, In some instances, commute ‘his punishment to that of impris

contr. To words occur, “I nominate, constitute and appoint.”

Those persons who engage themselvefe to do or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. —

This, usually kno.wn as "submission of controversy," is the submission of an agreed statement of facts to the court, without trial of the issues, for a decision thereon.

Writs for the admitting and removing of guardians,

a power to determine, free of judicial interference, the form which its authorization of hostilities will take.' This may be correct.

To forbid. This word is used in some old English statute in the sense it has in French, namely, to forbid. 65 Ric. 2, c. 7. train on the highway.” Co. Litt. 160 b, 161 a. In pleadi

1 The term “to demonstrate to the Secretary” means to submit to the Secretary a written assertion together with supporting evidence that, in the determination of the Secretary, sup

contr. This term is applied to the non-fulfilment of commercial engagements. To dishonour a ‘bill of exchange or a promissory note, is to refuse or neglect to pay it at maturity. T

Engl. law, is to deprive a person of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis & (q- 2) When a she hae been that the party has become the owner of a sufficient estate real or person

crim. law, to induce a person not to do anact. Ta dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicted, is an indictable offence at common law. Hawk. B. 1, c. 21, s. 1

The terms “to distribute in commerce” and “distribution in commerce” mean to sell in commerce, to introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce, or to hold for sale or distri

The term “to distribute or sell” means to distribute, sell, offer for sale, hold for distribution, hold for sale, hold for shipment, ship, deliver for shipment, release for shipmen

The term “to effect the involuntary return” means to require, by means of physical force or circumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to return to a country against the

practice, is to make a list or roll, by the sheriff or other authorised officer, of the names of jurors who are summoned to appear for the performance of such service as jurors are

practice, conveyancing, to copy the rude draught.of an instrument in a fair and large hand. -

to register; to enter on the rolls of chancery, or other courts; to make.a record.

To take out a forfeited recognizance from the records of a court, and return it to the court of exchequer, to be prosecuted. See Estreat.

In statutes protecting animals from cruelty: gross abuse, inhuman treatment, unjustifiable physical pain or suffering inflicted. In an indictment for torturing a horse, the means u

to prove a thing to be false; as, “ to falsify a record,” Tech. Dict. To alter or make false a record. This is punishable at common law. Vide Forgery. By the act of congress of- Ap

crim. law, torts. ‘To swear to a falsehood. This word has not the same meaning as perjury. It does notez ve termtint signify a false swearing before an officer or court having auth