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  • THESAURER
    Treasurer. 3 State Tr. 691.
  • THESAURUS, THESAURIUM
    The treasury; a treasure. -Thesaurus absconditus. In old English law. Treasure hidden or buried. Spelman. --Thesaurus inventus. In old English law" Treasure found; treasure-trove. Bract, fols. 1196, 122. Thesaurus competit domino regi, et non domino liberatis, nisi sit per verba speeialia. Fitzh. Coron. 281. A treasure belongs to the king, More...
  • THESMOTHETE
    A law-maker; a lawgiver.
  • THETHINGA
    A tithing.
  • THIA
    Lat. in the civil and old European law. An aunt.
  • THIEF
    One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. The term covers both compound and simple larceny. America Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 1 Hill (N. Y.) 25.
  • THINGS
    The most general denomination of the subjects of property, as contradistinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 16, The word "estate" in general is applicable to anything of which riches or fortune may consist. The word is likewise relative to the word "things," which is the second object of jurisprudence, the More...
  • THINGUS
    In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell.
  • THINK
    In a special finding by a jury this word is equivalent to "believe," and expresses the conclusion of the jury with sufficient positlveness. Martin v. Central Iowa Ry. Co., 59 Iowa, 414, 13 N. W. 424.
  • THIRD-NIGHT-AWN-HINDE
    By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a "third-night-awn-hinde". and his host was answerable for him if he committed any offense. The first night, forman-night, or uncouth, (unknown,) he was reckoned a stranger; the second night, More...
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