TENNESSEE. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of the "act for th...
TENEMENT, estates. In its most extensive signification tenement comprehends every thing which may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature; and...
TENANT OF THE DEMESNE, Eng. law. One who is tenant of a mesne lord; as where A is tenant of B, and C of A; B is the lord, A the mesne lord and C tenan...
TEMPORARY. That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary sta-tute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of tim...
TAXING COSTS, practice. The act by which it is ascertained to what costs a party is entitled.2. It is a rule that the jury must assess the damages and...
TAVERN. A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers.2. These are regulated by various local laws. For the liabilities...
TALZIE, HEIR IN. Scotch law. Heirs of talzie or tailzie, are heirs of estates entailed. 1 Bell's Com. 47.TANGIBLE PROPERTY. That which may be felt...
TALE, comm. law. A denomination of money in China. In the computation of the ad valorem duty on goods, &c. it is computed at one dollar and forty-...
TAKING, crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carryin...
TAIL. An estate tail is an estate of inheritance, to a man or a woman and his or her heirs of his or her body, or heirs of his body of a particular de...