THAINLAND, old Eng. law. The land which was granted by the Saxon kings to their thains or thanes was so called. Crabb's C. L. 10.The name of a coi...
TEXAS. The name of one of the new states of the United, States of America. Texas was an independent republic. By the joint resolution of congress of M...
TESTATUM, conveyancing. That part of a deed which commences with the words "this indenture witnesseth."TESTE, practice. The teste of a writ ...
TESTAMENTARY. Belonging to a testament; as a testamentary gift; a testamen-tary guardian, or one appointed by will or testament; letters testamentary,...
TERTIUS INTERVENIENS, civil law. One, who claiming an interest in the subject or thing in dispute in action between other parties, asserts his right t...
TERRITORY. Apart of a country, separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The word is derived from terreo, and is so called be...
TERMINUM. In the civil law, says Spelman, this word signifies a day set to the defendant, and, in that sense, Bracton, Glanville and some others somet...
TERM, estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in t...
TENSE. A term used in, grammar to denote the distinction of time.2. The acts of a court of justice ought to be in the present tense; as, "praecep...
TENET. Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a re...