Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

TREBLE COSTS

TBEASON-FELONY

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are deposited and kept, and where money if disbursed to defray the expenses of govern ment. Webster. That department of government which is charged with the receipt, custody, and dis bursement (pursuant to appropriations) oi the public revenues or funds. TREASURY BENCH. In the English house of commons, the first row of seats on the right hand of the speaker is so called, because occupied by the first lord of the treasury or principal minister of the crown. Brown. TREASURY CHEST FUND. A fund, in England, originating in the unusual bal ances of certain grants of public money, and which is used for banking and loan purposes by the commissioners of the treasury. Its amount was limited by St. 24 & 25 Viet. c. 127, and has been further reduced to one mill ion pounds, the residue being transferred to the consolidated fund, by St. 36 & 37 Viet. c. 56. Wharton. TREATY. In international law. An agreement between two or more independent states. Brande. An agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commission ers properly authorized, and solemnly rati fied by the several sovereigns or the supreme power of each state. Webster. In private law, "treaty" signifies the dis cussion of terms which immediately precedes the conclusion of a contract or other trans action. A warranty on the sale of goods, to be valid, must be made during the "treaty" preceding the sale. Chit. Cont. 419; Sweet. TREATY OF PEACE. A treaty of peace is an agreement or contract made by belligerent powers, in which they agree to lay down their arms, and by which they stipulate the conditions of peace and regu late the manner in which it is to be restored and suppoited. Vattel, b. 4, c. 2, § 9. TREBELLANIC PORTION. "Incon sequence of this article, the trebellanic por tion of the civil law—that is to say, the por tion of the property of the testator which the instituted heir had a right to detain when he was charged with a fldei commissa or fidu ciary bequest—is no longer a part of our law." Civil Code La. art. 1520, par. 3. TREBLE COSTS. In practice. A rate of costs given in certain actions, consisting, according to its technical import, of the corn* mon costs, half of these, and half of the lat

TREASON-FELONY, under the En glish statute 11 & 12 Viet. c. 12, passed in 1848, is the offense of compassing, devising, etc., to depose her majesty from the crown; or to levy war in order to intimidate either house of parliament, etc., or to stir up foreign ers by any printing or writing to invade the kingdom. This offense is punishable with penal servitude for life, or for any term not less than five years, etc., under statutes 11 & 12 Viet. c. 12, § 3; 20 & 21 Viet. c. 3, § 2; 27 & 28 Viet. c. 47, § 2. By the statute first above mentioned, the government is enabled to treat as felony many offenses which must formei ly have been treated as high treason. Mozley & Wbitley. TREASONABLE. Having the nature or guilt of treason. TREASURE. A treasure is a thing hid den or buried in the earth, on which no one can prove his property, and which is discov ered by chance. Civil Code La. art. 3423, par. 2. See TREASURE-TROVE. TREASURE-TROVE. Literally, treas ure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden in the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being un known. 1 Bl. Comm. 295. Called in Latin " thesaurus inventus;" and in Saxon "fyn deringa.* 1 TREASURER. An officer of a public or private corporation, company, or govern ment, charged with the receipt, custody, and disbursement of its moneys or funds. TREASURER, LORD HIGH. For merly the chief treasurer of England, who had charge of the moneys in the exchequer, the chancellor of the exchequer being under him. He appointed all revenue officers and escheators, and leased crown lands. The office is obsolete, and his duties are now per formed by the lords commissioners of the treasury. Stim. Gloss. TREASURER OF A COUNTY. See COUNTY TREASURER. TREASURER'S REMEMBRANCER. In English law. He whose charge was to put the lord treasurer and the rest of the judges of the exchequer in remembrance of such things as were called on and dealt in for the sovereign's behoof. There is still one in Scotland. Wharton. TREASURY. A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; par ticularly, a place where the public revenues

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