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The emperor and empress of Russia. See Czab

A company of ten; a dia* trict; a tenth part. See Tithing

Tithe, or tenth part

or* TOIRA. A mount or fillL Cowell. ;

A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate or otherwise, who usee “his t>ower unjustly and arbitrarily, to the op-pression of hls subjects

Arbitrary or despotic gov-emment; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constltu-tionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers

In old English law, a tumbrel, castigatory, or ducking stool, anciently used as an instrument of punishment for eommon scolds

Brit A tribe or family branching or issuing out of another. Cowell

In Saxon law. An accusa-tion, impeachment, or churge of any offense

A certificate which was given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction

See Jsor-asdt; Once in Jeopabdt

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

A writ issued under the St. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 67, for sum-mary procedure on bills of exchange and promissory notes, abolished by rule of court in 1880. wharton

The earliest stat-ute or code of Roman law, framed by a corn-mission of ten men, B. C. 450, upon the re-turn of a commission of three who had beeu sent abroad to study foreign laws and insti-tutions. The Twelve Tables consisted partly of laws transcribed from the lnstltutionB of other nations, partly of such as […]

In Snxon law. A guest on the second night. By the laws of

The highest rank of men in the Saxon government, who were valued at 1200s. If any injury were done to such persons, satisfaction was to be made according to their worth. Cowell

A female tutor

The ofiice and power of a tutor

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In French law. A klnd of guardlan

Guardianship; state of belng nnder a guardian

Lat. In the civll 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 Calvln

Lat Baseness; infamy; Immorality; turpitude

Everythlng done contrary to justlce, honesty, modesty, or good morals ls sald to be done with turpitude

Lat In the dvil law. Base; mean; vile; disgraceful; infamous; unlaw-ful. Applled both to things and persons. Calvin

A person, under the super-lntendence of a jailer, who has the charge of the keys of the prison, for the purpose of opening and fastening the doors

‘ A gate set across a road, to stop travelers and carriages until toll to paid for the prlvilege of passage thereon

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. Mosley A whitley

Lat In the dvil law. A mul-titude; a crowd or mob; a tumultuous assembly of persons. Said to conslst of ten or fifteen, at the least. Calvin

A town-reeve or balllff. Cowell

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A castigatory, trebucket, or ducking-stool, anciently used as a punisb-ment for common scolds

In Spanish law. Tort. Las ParUdas, pt. 7, tit. 6, L 5

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. 290

In Spanish law. objections or exceptions to witnesses, white, New Re-cop. b. 3, tit 7, c. 10

In Engllsh law. A barrister who has a preaudience in the exchequer, and also one who has a particular place in court, Is so called. Brown

Lat. Have or take your things to yourself. The form of words by whlch, according to the old Ro-raan law, a man divorced his wife. Calvin

In old European law. Trust; falth; confidence; fidelity

A word occasionally, though rarely, used as a deslgnation of the creator, donor, or founder of a trust

In Scotch law. The maker or creator of a trust

The person appointed, or required by law, to execute a trust; one ln whom an estate, Interest, or power is vested, under an express or implied agreement to administer or exercise it for the benefit of to the use of another

Conformable to fact; correct; ex-act; actual; genulne; honest

1. An equltable or beneficial right or title to land or other property, held for the beneficiary by another person, in whom resides the legal title or ownership, recognized and enforced by courts of chan-cery. See Goodwin v. McMinn, 193 Pa. 646, 44 AO. 1094, 74 Am. St. Rep. 703; Beers v. Lyon, 21 Conn. […]

In International law. A sus-pension or temporary cessation of hostili-ties by agreement between belligerent pow-era; an armistice, wheat. Int. Law, 442

A weight of twelve ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France

Money formerly col-lected and raised ln London, and the sev-eral counties of England, towards providing harness and maintenance for the militia, etc

A weigher of wool. Co-well

In English law. A cue-tomary duty or toll for weighlng wool; eo-called because lt was weighed by a conunoo trona, or beam. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12

Trifling; lnconslderable; of small worth or Importance. In equity, a demurrer wlll lie to a bill on the ground of the triviality of the matter ln dispute, as be-ing below the dlgnlty of the court 4 Bout. Inst. no. 4237

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