Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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T. T. As an abbreviation, this letter usually stands for either "Territory," "Trinity." "term," "tempore," (in the time of,) or "title." Every person who was convicted of felony, short of murder, and admitted to the benefit of clergy, was at one time marked with this letter upon the brawn of the thumb. The practice is abolished. 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 27. By a law of the Province of Pennsylvania, A. D. 1698, it was provided that a convicted thief should wear a badge in the form of the letter "T.," upon his left sleeve, which badge should be at least four inches long and of a color different from that of his outer gar ment. Linn, Laws Prov. Pa. 275. T. R. E. An abbreviation of "Tempore Regis Edwardi," (in the time of King Ed ward,) of common occurrence in Domesday, when the valuation of manors, as it was in the time of Edward the Confessor, is re counted. Cowell. TABARD. A shoit gown; a herald's coat; a suicoat. TABARDER. One who wears a tabard or short gown; the name is still used as the title of certain bachelors of arts on the old foundation of Queen's College, Oxford. Enc. Lond. TABELLA. Lat. In Roman law. A tablet. Used in voting, and in giving the verdict of juries; and, when written upon, commonly translated "ballot." The laws which introduced and regulated the mode of voting by ballot were called "leges tdbellarice." Calvin.; 1 Kent, Comm. 232, note. TABELLIO. In Roman law. An officer corresponding in some respects to a notary. His business was to draw legal instruments, (contracts, wills, etc.,) and witness their ex ecution. Calvin. TABERNACULUM. In oldrecords. A pnblic inn, or house of entertainment. Cowell. TABERNARIUS. Lat In the civil law. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7. In old English law. A taverner or tavern-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12, § 17. TABLE. A synopsis or condensed state ment, bringing together numerous items or

details so as to be comprehended in a sin gle view; as genealogical tables, exhibiting the names and relationships of all the per sons composing a family; lite and annuity ta bles, used by actuaries; interest tables, etc. TABLE DE MARBRE. Fr. In old French law. Table of Marble; a principal seat of the admiralty, so called. These Tables de Marbre are frequently mentioned in the Ordonnance of the Marine. Burrill. TABLE OF CASES. An alphabetical list of the adjudged cases cited, referred to, or digested in a legal text-book, volume of re ports, or digest, with references to the sec tions, pages, or paragraphs where they are re spectively cited, etc., which is commonly either prefixed or appended to the volume. TABLE RENTS. In English law. Pay ments which used to be made to bishops, etc., reserved and appropriated to their table or house-keeping. Wharton. TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION. I» Louisiana. A list of creditors of an insolv ent estate, stating what each is entitled to. 4 Mart. (N. S.) 535. TABULA. Lat. In the civil law. A table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood, which, when covered with wax, was used for writ ing. TABULA IN NAUFRAGIO. Lat. A plank in a shipwreck. This phrase is used metaphorically to designate the power sub sisting in a third mortgagee, who took with out notice of the second mortgage, to acquire the first incumbrance, attach it to his own, and thus squeeze out and get satisfaction, be fore the second is admitted to the fund. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 414; 2 Ves. Ch. 573. TABULA. Lat. In Roman law. Ta bles. Writings of any kind used as evi dences of a transaction. Brissonius. TABULJE NUPTIALES. In the civil law. A written record of a marriage; or the agreement as to the dos. TABULARIUS. Lat. A notary, oi ta bellio. Calvin. TAC, TAK. In old records. A kind of customary payment by a tenant. Cowell.

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