Category: T

A tenant; the defendant in a real action

An ancient writ, lying to the city of London, or any oth-er corporation, (where the old custom was that men mlght devise by will lands and tenements, as well as goods and chattels,) for the hearlng and determining any contro-versy touching the same. Reg. orig. 244

Land distributed by a lord among his tenants, as opposed to the demesnes which were occupied by hlmself and his servants. 2 Bl. Comm. 90

An offer of money; the act b.v which one produces and offers to a person holding a claim or demand against him the amount of money which he considers and ad-mits to be due, in satisfaction of such claim or demand, without any stipulation or con-dition. Salinas v. Ellis, 26 S. C. 337, 2 S. […]

Thls term, ln Its vulgar acceptation, ls only applled to houses and other buildlugs, but in lts origiual, proper, and legal sense it signifies everything that may be holden, provided lt be of a permanent nature, whether it be of a substantial and sensible, or of an unsubstantial, ideal, kind. Thus, liberum tenementvm, frank tenement, […]

In old English law. To tender or offer. Cowell

L. Fr. A dispute; a quar-rel. Kelham.

This phrase signifies things which are fixed to the freehold of the demised premises, but which the tenant may detach and take away, provided he does so in season, wall v. Hinds, 4 Gray (Mass.) 256, 270, 64 Am. Dec. 64

Such a re-pair as will render a house fit for present habitation

1. A kind of customary estate in the north of England, fcdl-ing under the general class of copyhold, hat

In the broadest sense, one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of rlght or title, whether ln fee, for life, for years, at will, or otherwise. Cowell

Lat In the

Lat. In the clvll and old Engllsh law. Time ln general. A tlme limited; a season; e. g., tempus pcssonis, mast time in the forest

That which ls to last for a limited time only, as distinguished from that which is perpetual, or indefinite, in Its duration. Thus, temporary alimony Is granted for the support of the wife pending the action for divorce. Dayton v. Drake, 64 Iowa, 714. 21 N. W. 158. A temporary injunction restrains actiou or any […]

In Engllsh law. The lay fees of bishops, with w’hich their churches are endowed or permitted to be endowed by the liberality of the sovereign, and ln virtue of which they become barons and lords of parliament. Spelmau. In a wider sense, the money revenues of a church, de* rived from pew rents, subscriptions, dona* […]

The laity; secular people

Lat In the civil law. Temporary; limited to a certain time

The peers of Eng-land; the bishops are not in strictness held to he peers, but merely lords of parliament 2 Steph. Comm. 830, 345

A religious order of knight-hood, instituted about the year 1119, and so called because the members dwelt in a part of the temple of Jerusalem, and not far from the sepulcher of our Lord. They enter-tained Christian strangers and pilgrims char-ltably, and their profession was at first te defend travelers from highwaymen and rob* bers. […]

A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme violence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 39; Thistle v. Union Forwarding Co^ 29 U. C. O. P. 84

Lat. In the civil law. Rash-ly; inconsiderately. A plaintiff was said temere litigare who demanded a thing out of malice, or sued without just cause, and who could show no ground or cause of action. Brissonius

That labor wbich a ten-ant was bound to do for his lord for a certain number of days

or TENEMENTALE. A

An Anglo-Saxon charter of land. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 1, p. 10

A word occasionally used ln old English law to describe ancient documents or written evidence of things past Blount

A telegraphic dispatch; a message sent by telegraph

Sax. In old English law. Land of a thane or Saxon noble; land grant-ed by the crown to a thane or lord. Cowell; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5

Those entltled to tithes

In Scotch law. A term corresponding to tithes (q. v.) ln English ecclesias-tical law

In Scotch law. A court which has jurisdlction of matters relat-ing to teinds, or tithes

In the civil law. A tile. Dig. 19, 1, la

In old English law. A small tax or allowance to the sheriff from each tithing of his county towards the .charge of keeping courts, etc. Cowell

In Hlndu law. A note of hand; a promissory note given by a native banker or money-lender to zemindars and others, to enable them to furnish government with security for the payment of thelr rents, whar-ton

Spreading. Tedding grass is spreading it out after it is cut in the swath. 10 East, 5

The power of any government to levy taxes

or THEAME. In old English law. A royalty or prlvilege granted, by royal charter, to a lord of a manor, for the having, restraining, and judging of bond-men and villeins, with thelr children, goods, and chattels, etc. Glan. lib. 5, c. 2

Each house of parliament has a taxing officer, whose duty lt ls to tax the costs incurred by the promoters or opponents of private bills. May, Part Pr. 843

See Masteb

The imposition of & tax; the act or process of imposing and levying a pecuniary charge or enforced contribution, ratable, or proportioned to value or some other standard, upon persons or property, by or on behalf of a government or one of its divisions or agencies, for the purpose of pro-viding revenue for the maintenance […]

Two officers yearly chosen ln Cambridge, England, to see the true gauge of all the weights and measures

A valna

In old Eng-llsh practice. Taxation of costs

LaL In Roman law. Taxa-tion or assessment of damages; the assess-ment, hy the judge, of the amount of dam-ages to be awarded to a plaintiff, and particu-lariy in the way of reducing the amount claimed or sworn to by the latter

The val-uation of ecclesiastical benefices made through every diocese ln Eugland, on occa-slon of Pope Innocent IV. granting to King Henry III. the tenth of all spirituals for three years. This taxation was first made by waiter, bishop of Norwich, delegated by the pope to this office in 38 Hen. III., and hence called “Taxalio […]

In old European law. Soldiers of a garrison or fleet, assigned to a certain station. Spelman

Lat. To rate or value. Cal-vin

L. Lat. A tax. Spelman

In old English law. A seller of wine; one who kept a house or shop for the sale of wine

one who keeps a tavern, one who keeps on lnn; on inn-keeper

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot web-ster