Lat. As often as occasion shall arise
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TOTAL LOSS
In marine inanranoe
TOTIDEM VERBIS
Lat In so many words
TOTA CURIA
L. Lat In the old re-ports. The whole conrt
TORY
originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. Afterwards given to, and adopted hy, one of the two great parliamentary parties which have alternately governed Great Britain since the Revolution in 1688. wharton
TORTURE
In old criminal law. The question; the inflictlon of vlolent bodlly palii upon a person, by means of the rack, wheels or other englne, under judicial sanction nnd superintendence, in connection with the in-terrogatlon or examination of the person, a4
TOP ANNUAL
Iu Scotch law. An an-nual rent out of a house bullt ln a burgh, whlshaw. A duty which, from the act 1551, c. 10. appears to have been due from cer-tain lands in Edinburgh, the nature of which ls not now known. Bell
TONTINE
In French law. A species Of association or partnership formed among persons who are in receipt Of perpettfai or life annuities, with the agreelnfent that the shares or annuities of those who die Bhall accrue to the survivors. This plan is Sald to be thus named frohi Touti, an Italian, who Invented it in the […]
TONSURA
Lat In old English law. A shaving, or polling; the having the crowri of the head .shaven; tonsure. One of the pe-culiar badges of a clerk or clergyman
TONODERACH
In old Scotch law. A thief-taker
TONNETIGHT
In old English law. The quantity of a ton or tun, in a ship’s freight or bulk, for which tonnage or tun-nage was paid to the king. Cowell
TONNAGIUM
ln old Engllsh law. A custom or impost upbn wines and other merchandise exported or imported, according to a certain rate per ton. Spelman; Cowell
TONNAGE DUTY
In English Uw
TONNAGE
GE. The capaclty of a vessel for carrylng freight or other, loads, calcu-lated ln tons. But the way of estimating the tonnage varles iu dlfferent countries. In England, tonnage denotes the actual weight in tons which the vessel can safely carry; In America, her carrying capacity estimated from the cubic dimensions of the hold, bee […]
TOLTA
In old Engllsh law. wrong; rapine; extortion. CowelL
TOLT
A writ whereby a cause depend-lng lu a court baron was taken and removed Into a county court, old Nat Brev. 4
TOLLSESTER
An old excise; a duty paid by tenants of some manors to the lord for liberty to brew and seil ale. Cowell
TOLLERE
Lat. In the clvil law. To Uft up or raise; to elevute; to build up
TOLLS
In a general sense, tolls slgnlfy any manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of mouey demanded for
TOLLER
one who collects tribute or taxes
TOLLDISH
A vessel by whlch the toll of corn for grinding is measured
TOLLAGB
Payment of toll; money charged or paid as toll; the liberty or fran-chlse of charging toll
TOLLBOOTH
A prison; a custom-house; an exchange; also the place where goods are weighed, wharton
TOLERATION
The allowance of religious oplnions and modes of worship ln a state which are contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief. wehster
TOFTMAN
In old English law. The owner of a toft Cowell; Spelman
TOFT
A place or piece of ground on which a house formerly stood, which has been destroyed by accident or decay. 2 Broom & II. Comm. 17
TOBACCONIST
Any person, firm, or corporatlon 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
TOALIA
In feudal law. A towel. There ls a tenure ot lands by the servlce of waiting with a towel at the king’s coronation. Cow-ell
TITULUS
Lat In tbo civil law. Ti
TITULADA
In Spanish law. Title, white, New Recop. b. 1, tlt 5, c. 3, | 2
TITHING-PENNY
In Snxon nnd old English lnw. Money pnld to the sherifT by the several tlthings of his county. CowelL
TITHES
In English law. The tenth part of the increase, yearly arlslng and re-newing from the profits of lands, the stock npon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. 2 Bl. Comm. 24. A specles of incorporeal heredltament, being an ecclesiastical inheritance collateral to the estate of the land, and due only to au ecclesiastical […]
TITHING-MAN
In Saxon law. This was the name of the head or chief of a decennary. In modern English law, he is the same as an under-constable or peace-officer
TITHER
one who gathers tithes
TIPPLING HOUSE
A place where in-toxica ting drinks are sold in drams or email quantities to be drunk on the premises, and where men resort for drinking purposes. See Leesburg v. Putnam, 103 Ga. 110, 29 S. E. 602; Morrison v. Com., 7 Dana (Ky.) 219; Patten v. Centralia, 47 111. 370; Hussey v. State, 69 Ga. […]
TINSEL OF THE FEU
In Scotch law. The loss of the feu, from allowiug two years of feu duty to run into the third unpaid. Bell
TINNELLUS
In old Scotch law. The sea-mark; high-water mark. Tide-mouth. Skene
TINPENNY
A tribute paid for the Ub
TINEMAN
Sax. Iu old forest law. A petty ofiicer of the forest who .had the care of vert aud venison by night, and performed other servile duties
TINET
In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount
TINEL
L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelham
TIMOCRACY
An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income
TIME
The measure of duration
TILLAGE
A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or ln pasture
TIHLER
In old Saxon law. An accu-sation
TIGNUM
LaL A civil-law term for building material; timber
TIGNI IMMITTENDI
Lat In the dv-il law. The name of a servitude which is the right of inserting a beam or timber from the wall of one house Into that of a neigh-boring house, in order that it may rest on the latter, and that the wall of the latter may bear this weight wharton. See Dig. […]
TTGH
In old records. A close or in-closure; a croft Cowell
TIERCE
L. Fr. Third. Tierce mein, thlrd hand. Britt c. 120
TIERCE
A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons