Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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TAVERN

TALTABUM'S CASE

TALTARUM'S CASE. A case reported in Yearb. 12 Edw. IV. 19-21, which is re garded as haying established the foundation of common recoveries. TAM QUAM. A phrase used as the name of a writ of error from inferior courts, when the error is supposed to be as well in giving the judgment as in awarding execution upon it. (Tarn in redditione judieii, quam in adjudicatione executionis.) A venire tarn quam was one by which a jury was summoned, as well to try an issue as to inquire of the damages on a default. 2 Tidd, Pr. 722, 895. TAME. Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wild ness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are described as domitce naturce. TAMEN. Lat. Notwithstanding; never theless; yet. TANGIBLE PROPERTY. Property which maybe touched; such as is perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase is used in op position to such species of prope ty as pat ents, franchises, copyrights, rents, ways, and incorporeal property generally. TANISTRY. In old Irish law. A spe cies of tenure, founded on ancient usage, which allotted the inheritance of lands, cas tles, etc., to the "oldest and worthiest man of the deceased's name and blood." It was abolished in the reign of James I. Jacob; Wharton. TANNERIA. In old English law. Tan nery; the trade or business of a tanner. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, § 35. TANTEO. Span. In Spanish law. Pre emption. White, New Eecop. b. 2, tit. 2, e. 3. TANTO, RIGHT OF. In Mexican law. The right enjoyed by an usufructuary of property, of buying the property at the same price at which the owner offers it to any other person, or is willing to take from an* other. Civil Code Mex. art. 992. Tantum bona valent, quantum vend! possunt. Shep. Touch. 142. Goods are worth so much as they can be sold for. TARDE VENIT. Lat. In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before the return-day.

TARE. A deficiency in the weight ot quantity of merchandise by reason of the weight of the box, cask, bag, or other recep tacle which contains it and is weighed with it. Also an allowance or abatement of a cer tain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer, on account of the weight of such box, cask, etc. See TRET. TARIFF. A cartel of commerce, a book of rates, a table or catalogue, drawn usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several kinds of merchandise, with the duties or customs to be paid for the same, as settled by authority, or agreed on between the several princes and states that hold com merce together. Enc. Lond. The list or schedule of articles on which a duty is imposed upon their impoitation into the United States, with the rates at which they are severally taxed. Also the custom or duty payable on such articles. And, de rivatively, the system or principle of impos ing duties on the importation of foreign mer chandise. TASSUM. In old English law. A heap; a bay-mow, or hay-stack. Foenum in tassis, hay in stacks. Keg. Orig. 96. TATH. In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, the lords of manors ancieiitly claimed the privilege of having their tenants' flocks or sheep brought at night upon their own demesne lands, there to be folded for the im provement of the ground, which liberty was called by the name of the "tath." Spelman. TAURI LIBERI LIBERTAS. A com mon bull; because he was free to all the ten ants within such a manor, liberty, etc. TAUTOLOGY. Describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms; the latter is sometimes either excus able or necessary in an argument or address; the former (tautology) never. Wharton. TAVERN. A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of stran gers. Originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot. Webster. The word " tavern," in a charter provision author-, izing municipal authorities to "license and regu late taverns," includes hotels. "Tavern," "hotel," and "public house" are, in this courtry, used syn onymously ; and while they entertal n the traveling public, and keep guests, and receive compensation therefor, they do not lose their character, though they may not have the privilege of selling liquors, 46 Mo. 593.

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