TRANSFRETATIO

Lat. In old English law. A crossing of the strait, [of Dover;] a passing or salling over from England to France. The royal passages or voyages to Gascony, Brittany, and other parts of France were so called, and time was sometimes computed from them

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TRANSFERENCE

In Scotch law. The proceeding to be taken upon the death of one of the parties to a pending suit, whereby the action is transferred or continued, in its then condition, from the decedent to his rep-resentatives. Transference is either active or passive; the former, when it is the pur-suer (plaintiff) who dies; the latter, […]

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TRANSCRIPT

An official copy of cer-tain proceedings in a court. Thus, any per-son interested in a judgment or other record of a court can obtain a transcript of it. U. S. v. Gaussen, 19 wall. 212, 22 L. Ed. 41; State v. Board of Equalization, 7 Nev. 95; Hastings School Dist. v. Caldwell, 16 Neb. 68, […]

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TRANSACTIO

Lat In the civil lav. The settlement of a suit or matter in con-troversy, by the lltlgatlng parties, between themselves, wlthout referring lt to arbltra-tlon. Hallifax, Clvll Law, b. 3, c. 8, no. 14. An agreement by whlch a sult, elther pend-ing or abont to be commenced, was forborne or discontinued on certain terms. Calvin

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TRAM-WAYS

Rails for conveyance of traffic along a road not owned, as a railway Is, by those who lay down the rails and convey the traffic, wharton

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TRAMP

A strolling beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. See State v. Hogan, 63 ohio St 202, 58 N. E. 572, 52 L. R. A. 863, 81 Am. SL Rep. 626; Miller v. State, 73 In

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TRAITOROUSLY

In crlmlnal pleading. An essential word in Indictments for treason. The offense must be laid to have been com-mitted traitorously, whart Crim. Law, 100

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TRAISTIS

In old Scotch law. A roll containing the particular dittay taken up upon malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may he at-tached, conform to the dittay contained in the traistls. So called, ‘because committed […]

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TRAFFIC

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Merriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471

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TRADITOR

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, llb. 1, c. 21, S 8

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TRADING

Engaging in trade, (q. v.;) pursuing the business or occupation of trade! or of a trader

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TRADER

ER. A person engaged in trade; one whose business is to buy and sell mer-chandise, or any class of goods, deriving a profit from his dealings. 2 Kent, Comiu. 389; {State v. Chabouip, 80 N. C. 481, 30. Am. Rep. 94; In re New York A W, water Co. (Q

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TRADE UNION

A combination or as-soclation of men employed in the same trade, (Usually a manual or mechanical trade,) unlt-ed for the purpose of regulatlng the customs and- standards of their trade, fixing prices or hours of labor, influencing the relations ef employer and employed, enlarging or main-tainlng their rights and privileges, and other similar ? objects

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TRADE

The act or business of exchang-lng commodities by barter; or the business of buying and selling for money; traffic; bar-ter. webster; May v. Sloan, 101 U. S. 237, 25 L. Ed. 797; U. S. v. Cassidy (D. C.) 67 Fed. 841; Queen Ins. Co. v. State, 8G Tex. 250, 24 S. W. 39T, 22 L. […]

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TRADE-MARK

A distinctive mark, mot-to, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods he produces, so that they may be identified in the market, and tbeir origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U. 8. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Solis Cigar […]

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TRACT

CT. A lot, piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not Import-ing, in itself, any precise dimension. See Edwards v. Derrickson, 28 N. J. Law, 45

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TRAGEA

In old English law. The track or trace.of a felon, by whlch he was pursued with the hue and cry; a foot-step, hoof-print, or wheel-track. Bract-fols. 116, 121b

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TOXIN

In its widest sense, this term may denote any poison or toxicant; but as used ln pathology and medical jurisprudence ft signifies, in general, any diffusible alka-loidal substance (as, the ptomaines, abrin, brucin, or serpent venoms), and in particular the poisonous .products of pathogenic (disease-producing! bacteria

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TOXICOLOGY

GY. The science ot poisons; that department of medical science which treats of poisons, their effect, their recog-nition, their antidotes, and generally of the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning

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TOXIGATE

To poison. Not used to de-hcribe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself

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TOXICANT

NT. A poison; a toxic agent; any substance capable of producing toxica-tlon or poisoning

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TOXIC

(Lat toxicum; Gr.toxikon.) In medical jurisprudence. Poisonous; having the character or producing tbe effects of a poison; referable to a poison; produced by or resulting from a poison

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TOWN

In English law. originally, a vlll or tithing; but now a generic term, which comprehends under it the several spe-cies of cities, boroughs, and common towns. 1 Bl. Comm. 114

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TOURN

In old Engllsh law. A court of record, havlng crimlnal jurlsdiction, in each county, held before the sherifT, twice a year, in one place after another, following a certain circuit or rotation

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TOUT TEMPS PRIST

L. Fr. Always ready. The emphatic words of the old plea of tender; the defendant alleging that he has always been ready, and still is ready, to dis-charge the debt 3 Bl. Comm. 303; 2 Salk. 622

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TOUCH

In lnsurance law. To stop at a port If there be liberty granted hy the policy to touch, or to touch and stay, at an intermediate port on the passage, the better opinion now ls that the Insured may trade there, when consistent with the object and the furtherance of the adventure, by breaking bulk, […]

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