Latin for Lawyers

TABULA RASA

TABULA RASA [L. tabula / a writing tablet; a document; a record + rado , radere , rasum / scraped; smooth] A blank slate. TACIT [L. taceo , tacere / to be silent] Expressed by deed or conduct and not by speech. Implied without being said. Arising or created by operation of law and not by express agreement or con tract. A tacit promise , acceptance or commitment may be inferred from a per son’s silence in response to an affirmative offer, statement or demand. TALES, TALESMEN [L. talis / of that kind] Jurors, especially jurors picked from bystanders to round out the number required to hear a case. Also, all the members of a jury pool from which a panel is picked for trial. TALES DE CIRCUMSTANIBUS Jurors selected from persons who happened to be in the courtroom when other jurors were not available. TALIO [L. retaliation] Retribution. Punishment in kind. “An eye for an eye.” TALLAGIUM (TALLIAGE) In medieval England, a tax upon people residing in cities, according to the value of their estates. See SCUTAGE TAM [L. so, to such an extent; so much] To such a degree. See QUI TAM TAM FACTI QUAM ANIMI The deed was equal to the intent.

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