Latin for Lawyers

TEMPORE ET LOCO

them. Temporary custody is an award of custody to one parent pending deter mination by the court of the permanent needs and interests of the child. A temporary injunction is an injunction pendente lite, or until the court can determine the merits and issue a final decree. Temporary insanity is a tempo rary incapacity of the mind resulting from some transient or passing condi tion, e.g. , addiction to drugs or alcohol. See PENDENTE LITE TEMPORE ET LOCO [L. tempus , temporis / time + locus , loci / place] Time and place. TEMPORE PACIS [L. tempus , temporis / time, a division of time + pax , pacis / peace; serenity] In the time of peace. TENANT, TENANCY [L. teneo, tenere / to hold] A tenant is anyone who holds possession of the premises of another with the express or implied agreement or consent of the latter. Along with possession, a tenant also usually has exclusive charge and control of the premises as long as he observes the conditions of his occupancy, generally including the obli gation to pay rent and to maintain the premises in good order. A tenancy is possession of property or an interest in property recognized by the law. Ten ancies are of many kinds. The usual tenancy is possession of premises for a term of months or years under a written lease. A holdover tenancy (a/k/a ten ancy at sufferance) is occupancy following the expiration of a lease term, with or without the consent of the owner (landlord). A month-to-month ten ancy is a tenancy renewable each month upon payment of a monthly rent. A tenancy at will is a tenancy which continues until terminated by consent of the parties. A joint tenancy is a tenancy in which two persons hold title to property equally and simultaneously, with right of survivorship. A tenancy in entirety is a joint tenancy by husband and wife; in the event of divorce, the tenancy becomes a tenancy in common. A tenancy in common is ownership of property shared in equal but divided parts by two or more persons without right of survivorship and without the right to share in the interest of the other tenant. Other tenancies: tenancy for life; tenancy in fee; tenancy per autre vie , etc. TENDER [L. tendo , tendere / to stretch out, extend; to present] To offer or present to another for acceptance or approval. To propose or sug gest, as an offer. The offer of a sum of money or of services in satisfaction of a condition or obligation. Anything offered in payment. In contract law, a for mal statement of willingness to perform or observe the obligations or condi tions of an agreement in order to test and solicit the willingness of the other

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