Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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now only in fragmentary form. See 1 Kent, Comm. 520. TWELVE-DAY WRIT. A writ issued under the St. 18 & 19 Viet. c. 67, for summary procedure on bills of exchange and promis sory notes, abolished by rule of court in 1880. Wharton. TWELVE - MONTH, in the singular number, includes all the year; but twelve months are to be computed according to twenty-eight days for every month. 6 Coke, 62. TWICE IN JEOPARDY. See JEOP ARDY; ONCE IN JEOPARDY. TWYHINDI. The lower order of Sax ons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts inflicted for crimes. Cowell. TYBURN TICKET. A certificate which was given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction. TYHTLAN. In Saxon law. An accu sation, impeachment, or charge of any of fense. TYLWITH. Brit. A tribe or family branching or issuing out of another. Cowell. TYRANNY. Arbitrary or despotic gov ernment; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constitu tionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers. TYRANT. A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate or otherwise, who uses his power unjustly and arbitrarily, to the oppres sion of his subjects. TYRRA, or TOIRA. A mount or hill. Cowell. TYTHE. Tithe, or tenth part. TYTHING. A company of ten; a dis trict; a tenth part. See TITHING. TZAR, TZARINA. The emperor and empress of Russia. See CZAR.

«ither husband or wife, the tutorship of minor children belongs of right to the sur viving mother or father. This is what is called "tutorship by nature." Civil Code La. «rt. 250. TUTORSHIP BY WILL. Theright of appointing a tutor, whether a relation or a stranger, belongs exclusively to the father or mother dying last. This is called "tutorship by will," because generally it is given by testament; but it may likewise be given by any declaration by the surviving father or mother, executed before a notary and two wit messes. Civil Code La. art. 257. TUTBIX. A female tutor. TWA NIGHT GEST. In Saxon law. A guest on the second night. By the laws of Edward the Confessor it was provided that a man who lodged at an inn, or at the house of another, should be considered, on the first night of his being there, a stranger, (uncuth;) on the second night, a guest; on the third night, a member of the family. This had reference to the responsibility of the host or entertainer for offenses committed by the guest. TWELFHINDI. The highest rank of men in the Saxon government, who were valued at 1200s. If any injury were done to such persons, satisfaction was to be made according to their worth. Cowell. TWELVE TABLES. The earliest stat ute or code of Roman law, framed by a com mission of ten men, B. C. 450, upon the re turn of a commission of three who had been •ent abroad to study foreign laws and insti tutions. The Twelve Tables consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings. They formed the source and foundation for the whole later develop ment of Roman jurisprudence. They exist

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