Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

1169 THINGS ARE CONSTRUED, ETC.

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THESAURUS INVENTUS. In old En glish law. Treasure found; treasure-trove. Bract, fols. 1196, 122. Thesaurus inventus est vetus disposi tio pecuniee, etc., cujus non extat modo memoria, adeo ut jam dominum non ha beat. 3 Inst. 132. Treasure-trove is an ancient hiding of money, etc., of which no recollection exists, so that it now has no owner. Thesaurus non competit regi, nisi quando nemo scit qui abscondit thesau rum. 3 Inst. 132. Treasure does not be long to the king, unless no one knows who hid it. Thesaurus regis est vinculum pacis et bellorum nervus. Godb. 293. The king's treasure is the bond of peace and the sinews of war. THESMOTHETE. A law-maker; a law giver. THETHINGA. A tithing THIA. Lat. In the civil and old Euro pean law. An aunt. THIEF. One who has been guilty of lar ceny or theft. The term covers both com pound and simple larceny. 1 Hill, 25. THINGS. The most general denomina tion of the subjects of property, as contra distinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 16. The word "estate" in general is applicable to anything of which riches or fortune may consist. The word is likewise relative to the word "things, n which is the second object of jurisprudence, the rules of which are applicable to persons, things, and actions. Civil Code La. art. 448. Such permanent objects, not being persons, as are sensible, or perceptible through the senses. Aust. Jur. § 452. A " thing " is the object of a right; i. e., whatever is treated by the law as the object over which one person exercises a right, and with reference to which another person lies under a duty. HolL Jur. 83. Things are the subjects of dominion or property, as distinguished from persons. They are distrib uted into three kinds: (1) Things real or immov able, comprehending lands, tenements, and here ditaments; (2) things personal or movable, com prehending goods and chattels; and (8) things mixed, partaking of the characteristics of the two former, as a title-deed, a term for years. The civil law divided things into corporeal (tangi possunt) and incorporeal (tangi non possunt) Wharton. Things accessory are of the nature of the principal. Finch,Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 25. Things are construed according to that which was the cause thereof. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 4.

testator's death. It was passed in conse quence of litigation over the will of one The lusson. THEME. In Saxon law. The power of having jurisdiction over naifs or villeins* with their suits or offspring, lands, goods, and chattels. Co. Litt. 116a. THEMMAGIUM. A duty or acknowl edgment paid by inferior tenants in respect of theme or team. Cowell. THEN. This word, as an adverb, means "at that time," referring to a time specified, either past or future. It has no power in itself to fix a time. It simply refers to a time already fixed. 16 S. C. 329. It may also denote a contingency, and be equivalent to "in that event." 20 N. J. Law, 505. THENCE. In surveying, and in descrip tions of land by courses and distances, this word, preceding each course given, imports that the following course is continuous with the one before it. 141 Mass. 66, 6 N. E. Rep. 702. THEOCRACY. Government of a state by the immediate direction of God, (or by the assumed direction of a supposititious di vinity,) or the state thus governed. THEODEN. In Saxon law. A hus bandman or inferior tenant; an under-thane. Cowell. THEODOSIAN CODE. See CODEX THEODOSIANUS. THEOP. In Saxon law. Offenders who Joined in a body of seven to commit depreda tions. Wharton. THEOWES, THEOWMEN, or THEWS. In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5. THEREUPON. At once; without inter ruption ; without delay or lapse of time. 133 Mass. 205. THESAURER. Treasurer. 3 State Tr. 691. THESAURUS, THESAURIUM. The treasury; a treasure. THESAURUS ABSCONDITUS. In old English law. Treasure hidden or buried. Spelman. Thesaurus competit domino regi, et non domino liberatis, nisi sit per verba roecialia. Fitz. Coron. 281. A treasure belongs to the king, and not to the lord of a liberty, unless it be through special words. AU.DICT.LAW — 74

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