KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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TZAR, TZARINA

TWELFHINDI

TWYHTNDI. 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. TYHTIiAN. In Saxon law. An accusa* tion, impeachment, or charge of any offense. TYIiWITH. Brit. A tribe or family branching or issuing out of another. Cowell. TYMBRELLA. In old English law, a tumbrel, castigatory, or ducking stool, an ciently used as an instrument of punishment for common scolds. 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 rul er, legitimate or otherwise, who uses his power unjustly and arbitrarily, to the op pression of his subjects. TYROTOXICON. In medical jurispru dence. A poisonous ptomaine produced in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decom position of albuminous constituents. 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 CZAB.

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 sent 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 main ly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings. They formed the source and foundation for the whole later development of Roman jurisprudence. They exist now only in fragmentary form. See 1 Kent, Comm. 520. TWELVE-DAY WRIT. A writ issued under the St. 18 & 19 Vict c. 67, for sum mary procedure on bills of exchange and promissory notes, abolished by rule of court In 1880. Wharton. TWELVE-MONTH, in the singular num ber, 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 ABDT; ONCE IN JEOPABDX.