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

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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

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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

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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 […]

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

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TOLT

A writ whereby a cause depend-lng lu a court baron was taken and removed Into a county court, old Nat Brev. 4

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TOLLSESTER

An old excise; a duty paid by tenants of some manors to the lord for liberty to brew and seil ale. Cowell

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TOLLS

In a general sense, tolls slgnlfy any manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of mouey demanded for

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TOLLAGB

Payment of toll; money charged or paid as toll; the liberty or fran-chlse of charging toll

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TOLLBOOTH

A prison; a custom-house; an exchange; also the place where goods are weighed, wharton

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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

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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

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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

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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

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TITHING-PENNY

In Snxon nnd old English lnw. Money pnld to the sherifT by the several tlthings of his county. CowelL

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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 […]

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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

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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. […]

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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

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TINET

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Cowell; Blount

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TIMOCRACY

An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income

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TILLAGE

A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or ln pasture

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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. […]

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TIERCE

A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons

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