TRIAL LIST. A list of cases marked down for trial for any one term.TRIBUNAL. The seat of a judge; the place where he administers justice; but by this ...
TRET, weights and measures. An allowance made for the water or TRIAL, practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, o...
TRESPASS DE BONIS ASPORTATIS, practice. The action brought by the owner of goods for unlawfully taking and carrying them away, is so called. This acti...
TRESPASS, remedies. The name of an action, instituted for the recovery of damages, for a wrong committed against the plaintiff, with immediate force; ...
TRESPASS torts. An unlawful act committed with violence, ti et armis, to the person, property or relative rights of another. Every felony includes a t...
TREBUCKET. The name of an engine of punishment, said to be synonymous with tumbrel. (q. v.)TREE. A woody plant, which in respect of thickness and heig...
TREATY OF PEACE. A treaty of peace is an agreement or contract made by belligerent powers, in which they agree to lay down their arms, and by which th...
TREASURY. The place where treasure is kept the office of a treasurer. The term is more usually applied to the public than to a private treasury. Vide ...
TREASURER. An officer entrusted with the treasures or money either of a private individual, a corporation, a company, or a state.2. It is his duty to ...
TREASON, crim. law. This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance. 4 Bl. Com. 75.2. The constitution of the United States, art. 3,...