Law Dictionary

Law Fr. (from Lat. Initio). Protection.

I In the civil law. Protection; defense.

Is ordinarily restricted to the fee or fees paid for instruction, and not to chai'ges made to meet incidental expenses.*

The term “tuition and fees” means the average annual cost of tuition and fees for an institution of higher education for first-time, full-time undergraduate students enrolled in th

(I/. Lat.) In old European law. Of the people, or native population; the language of a country. Tuitiseh; in the vernacular. Spelman.

He brought.

Lat. In Roman law. That part of a prison which was under ground. Supposed to be so called from Servius Tullius, who built that part of the first prison in Rome. Adams, Rom. Ant. 29

An instrument of punishment made use of by the Saxons, chiefly for the correction of scolding women by ducking them in water, consisting of a stool or chair fixed to the end of a l

Is an engine of punishment whicli ought to be in every liberty that hath view of franls-pledge, for the correction of scolds and unquiet women. (Kitchin, 13.) Jacob.

Same as Brawl.

By St. 13 Car. II. St. 1, c. 6, signing of more than twenty names to any petition to the crown or either house of parliament for the alteration of matters established by law in chu

A measure of wine or' oil, containing four hogsheads. TUNGREVE (Saxon tungaraeva, i._ e., v Ulae praepositus). A reeve or bailiff. Spelman; Gowell. One who in estates, which we cal

the term “tuna product” means a food item which contains tuna and which has been processed for retail sale, except perishable sandwiches, salads, or other products with a shelf lif

Then. See Nunc pro tunc .

A reeve or bailiff. Spelman, Gloss.

The term “tungsten-halogen lamp” means a gas-filled tungsten filament incandescent lamp containing a certain proportion of halogens in an inert gas.

A duty in England anciently due upon all wines imported, over and above the prisage and butlerage. 2 Steph. Com. 628.

A municipal corporation, authorized by law to improve a street by building on the line thereof a tunnel under a navigable river, incurs no liability for damages unavoidably caused

Lat In the civll law. A multitude; a crowd or mob; a tumultuous assembly of persons. Said to consist of ten or fifteen, at the least. Calvin.

In English law. A right to dig turf; an easement.

That a personal action dies with the person is an ancient and uncontested maxim. But the term personal action, requires explanation. In a large sense all actions except those for t

A piece of turf, or a twig or a bough, were delivered by the feoffor to the feoffee in making livery of seisin. 2 Bla. Com. 315. See Symbolic Delivery; Seisin. Turf and Twig and Wa

The term "turn back" means an unlawful border crosser who, after making an unlawful entry into the United States, responds to United States enforcement efforts by returni

The statute had in mind the judicial process of ascertaining the heir and the completion of that process by court action whereby the land was 'turned over' to the ascertained heir.

This phrase means that a person whose estate is divested by usurpation cannot expel the possessor by mere entry, but must have recourse to an action, either possessory or droitural

A person under the superintendence of a jailer, whose employment is to open and fasten the prison doors, and to prevent the prisoners from escaping. It is his duty to use due dilig

The great court-leet of the county, as the old county court was the court-baron. Of this the sheriff is judge, and the court is incident to his office; wherefore it is called the "

A short side-track on a railroad which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on the main track; a siding. Philadelphia v. R. Co., 133 Pa. 134, 19 Atl. 356. See Rail

A gate set across a road, to stop travelers and carriages until toll' is paid for passage thereon. In the United States, turnpike roads are often called "turnpikes," just as mail c

A road or highway over which the public have the right to travel upon payment of toll, and on which the parties entitled to such toll have the right to erect gates and bars to insu

These are roads on which parties have by law a right to erect gates and bars, for the purpose of taking toll, and of refusing the permission to pass along them to all persons who r

The defendants, who owned waste land, allowed the public to traverse it, and children of all ages played on it. A child was injured by a fall of a stone from a stone pile. Held, th

And this he prays may be inquired of by the country. The conciusion of 4 plaintiff’s pleading, tendering an ne

Bad; base; immoral.

A base cause; a vile or immoral consideration ; a consideration which, on account of its immorality, is not allowed by law to be sufficient either to support a contract or found an

An immoral or iniquitous contract

The part is bad which does not correspond with its whole.

The part which does not agree with its whole is of mean account, [entitled to small or no consideration.] Plowd. 101; Shep. Touch. 87.

See Moral turpitude .

Lat. Baseness; infamy; immorality; turpitude.

(Lat.) In old English law. A tower; the tower; the Tower of London. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 11, §§ 6, 7. TUT (L. Fr.) All; a corruption of tout. TUTA EST CUSTODIA QUAE SIBIMET creditur.

Safe.

That guarding is safe which trusts only itself.

Hob. 340. That guardianship is secure which is intrusted to itself alone.

In French law. A kind of guardian. —Tuteur officieux. A person over fifty years of age may be appointed a tutor of this sort to a child over fifteen years of age, with the consent

A guardianship.

Lat. In the civil law. An action of tutelage; an action which lay for a ward or pupil, on the termination of tutelage, against the tutor or guardian, to compel an account. Calvin.

Guardianship; state of being under a guardian. TUTELAM REDDERE (Lat.) In the civil law. To render an account of tutelage. Calv. Lex. Tutelam, reposcere, to demand an account of tut

Legal tutelage; tutelage created by act of law, as where none had been created by testament. Inst. 1, 15, pr.

Lat. In the civll law. To render an account of tutelage. Calvin. Tutelam reposcere, to demand an account of tutelage.

Testamentary tutelage or guardianship; that kind of tutelage which was created by will. Calvin.

In French law, a kind of guardian. Tuteur officieuz. In French law, a person over fifty years of age may be appointed a tutor of this sort to a child over fifteen years of age, wit

In French law, a person over fifty years of age may be appointed a tutor of this sort to a child over fifteen years of age, with the consent of the parents of such child, or (in th

In French law, In the case of an infant under guardianship, a second guardian is appointed to him, the duties of the latter (who is called the "subroge tuteur") only arising where

It is safer to err on the side of mercy. 3 Inst. 220. TUTIUS SEMPER EST ERRARE ACquietando, quam In puniendo; ex parte mlsericordia quam ex parte justltia. It is always safer to er

It is always safer to err in acquitting than punishing, on the side of mercy than on the side of justice. Branch, Princ.; 2 Hale, P. C. 290; Broom, Max. 326; Com. v. York, 9 Meta (

It is always safer to err in acquitting than in punishing, on the side of mercy than on the side of justice.

In civil laV. One who has been lawfully appointed to the care of the person and property of a minor. By the laws of Louisiana, minors under the age of fourteen years, if males, and

In English law. The name given to a stranger who enters upon the lands of an infant within the age of fourteen, and takes the profits. Co. Litt. 895, 90a.

The power which an individual, em juris, has to take care of the person of one who is unable to take care of himself. Tutorship differs from curatorship. TUTRIX (Lat.) A woman who

After the dissolution of marriage by the death of either husband or wife, the tutorship of minor children belongs of right to the surviving mother or father. This is what is called

The' right of appointing a tutor, whether a relation or a stranger, belongs exclusively to the father or mother dying last. This is called "tutorship by will," because generally it

A female tutor.

The term “TV” means the transaction value of the good adjusted to a F.O.B. basis. / The term "TV" means the transaction value of the good, adjusted to exclude any costs i

The term “test weight” and the abbreviation “tw” mean the vehicle curb weight added to the gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) and divided by 2.

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

In Saxon law. A guest on the second night. By the laws of Edward the Confessor it was provided that a man who lodged at an inn or at the honse of another, should be considered, on

twelfhind, twelfliundemen, sax. The highest order of persons under the Saxon government, rated at twelve hundred shillings.

The highest rank of men in the Saxon government, who were valued at 1,200s. If any injury were done to such persons, satisfaction was to be made according to their worth. Cowell.

A writ issued under St. 18 & 19 Vict. e. 67, for summary procedure on bills of exchange and promissoiy notes, abolished by rule of court in 1880. Wharton.

In the singular, includes the whole year, but in the plural twelve months of twenty-eight days each. 6 Coke, 62; 2 Bl. Comm. 140, note.

Laws of ancient Rome, composed in part from those of Solon and other Greek legislators, and in part from the unvsritten laws and customs of the Romans. These laws first appeared in

A celebrated body of Roman law, framed by persons appointed for the purpose, 451 B. C. It consisted mainly of ancient Roman laws and usages, but in part of new provisions, and in p

a cause can be removed from a State court into this court under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, whenever some one of the questions embraced in it was relied on by th

The amendment which 'prohibited' the 'transportation or importation' of intoxicating liquors into any state 'in violation of the laws thereof,' abrogated the right to import free,

on principle and authority, the laches and non-claim of the rightful owner of an equitable estate, for a period of twenty years... under no disability, and where there has been no

See "Jeopardy." TWYHIND1. The lower order of Saxons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts inflicted for crimes. Cowell.

There is, in the light of the cases referred to, clearly a twilight zone in which the employees must have their rights determined case by case, and in which particular facts and ci

The Fourteenth Amendment is not directed solely against discrimination due to a 'two-class theory'—that is, based upon differences between 'white' and Negro.

the deputy collector may perform the duties of such collector: l.-When the collector is sick, or is temporarily unable to discharge the duties of the 'office, the provision is that

Both the courts below passed on the facts, and agreed in holding that appellant failed to establish by the evidence its right to the relief demanded, and the rule is well settled t

Although originating in the same wrongful act or neglect, the two claims are quite distinct, no part of either being embraced in the other. One begins where the other ends, and a r

One is for the wrong to the injured person, and is confined to his personal loss and suffering before he died, while the other is for the wrong to the beneficiaries, and is confine

In this country, every man sustains a two-fold political capacity; one in relation to the State, and another in relation to the United States. In relation to the State, he is subje

Due process requires that the court which assumes to determine the rights of parties shall have jurisdiction, . . . and that there shall be notice and opportunity for hearing given

This is a two-pronged prerequisite for the loss of eligibility for United States citizenship. The alien must be one who 'applies or has applied for exemption or discharge' from mil

upon repudiation of a contract by the seller of land, two courses were open to the purchaser: 'He might stand by the contract and seek to recover the land, or he could declare upon

that its merchant-related and shopper-related services should be combined into a single market.

the uncorroborated oath of one witness is not enough to establish the falsity of the testimony of the accused set forth in the indictment

Courts of equity cannot decree against such denials in the answer of the respondent, on the testimony of a single witness. Where the denial is distinct the rule is universal that t

The term “two-year high-deployment threshold” means— (i) 400 days; or (ii) a lower number of days prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defe

The lower order of Saxons, valued at 2005. Cowell. See Twelfhindi.

The lower order of Saxons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts Inflicted for crimes. Cowell.

A famous English case involving conveyances in fraud of creditors. 8 Coke, 80.

In English law. A certificate given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction. By 10 & 11 Wm. III. c. 23, the original proprietor or first assignee of such certificate is exempted

In Saxon law. An acousa-tion, impeachment or charge of any offense.

Tying agreements serve hardly any purpose beyond the suppression of competition. The justification most often advanced in their defense—the protection of the good will of the manuf

Tying agreements by which the sale of one commodity is conditioned on the purchase of another have been repeatedly condemned under the antitrust laws, since they serve no purpose b

An agreement by a party to sell one product but only on the condition that the buyer also purchases a different (or tied) product, or at least agrees that he will not purchase that

[A] condition [that] is not in so many words against the use of the cards of a competitor, but is affirmative in form, that the lessee shall use only appellant's cards in the lease