Legal Term Dictionary

Lb Fr. All one sound; Bounding the same; idem sonans. Toute exception, non surveillee tend A prendre la place da prinoipe. Every exception not watched tends to assume the place of the principle.

Lb Fr. All one sound; Bounding the same; idem sonans. Toute exception, non surveillee tend A prendre la place da prinoipe. Every exception not watched tends to assume the place of the principle. Less...

The act or service of towing ships and vessels, usually by means of a small steamer called a "tug." That which is given for towing ships in rivers. Towage is the drawing a ship or barge along the water by another ship or boat, fastened to her, or by men More...

The act or service of towing ships and vessels, usually by means of a small steamer called a "tug." That which is given for towing ships in rivers. Towage is the drawing a ship or barge along the water by another ship or boat, fastened to her, or by men or horses, etc., on land. It is also money which is given by bargemen to the owner of ground next a river, where they tow a barge or other vessel. Jacob. And see Ryan v. Hook, 34 Hun (N. Y.) 101; The Kingaloch, 26 Eng. Law A Eq. 507; The Egypt (D. C.) 17 Fed. 370.-Towage service. In admiralty law. A service rendered to a vessel, by towing, for the mere purpose of expediting her voyage, without reference to any circumstances of danger. It is confined to vessels that have received no injury or damage. The Reward, 1 W. Rob. 177; The Athenian (D. C.) 3 Fed. 249; McConnochin v. Kerr (D. C.) 9 Fed. 53; The Plymouth Rock (D. C.) 9 Fed. 416. Less...

That is to say; namely; "cet; videlicet"

That is to say; namely; "cet; videlicet" Less...

1. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a "township" is a division of territory six miles square, containing .thirty-six sections." 2. In some of the states, this is the name given to the civil and political subdivisions of a county. See TOWN. -----township trustee. One of More...

1. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a "township" is a division of territory six miles square, containing .thirty-six sections." 2. In some of the states, this is the name given to the civil and political subdivisions of a county. See TOWN. -----township trustee. One of a board of officers to whom, in some states, affairs of a township are intrusted. Less...

Poisonous; containing poison.

Poisonous; containing poison. Less...

A poison; a toxic agent; any substance capable of producing toxlcaton or poisoning.

A poison; a toxic agent; any substance capable of producing toxlcaton or poisoning. Less...

In English law. Originally, a vill or tithing; but now a generic term, which comprehends under it the several species of cities, boroughs, and common towns. 1 Bl. Comm. 114. In American law. A civil and political division of a state, varying in extent and Importance, but usually one of More...

In English law. Originally, a vill or tithing; but now a generic term, which comprehends under it the several species of cities, boroughs, and common towns. 1 Bl. Comm. 114. In American law. A civil and political division of a state, varying in extent and Importance, but usually one of the divisions of a county. In the New England states, the town is the political unit and is a municipal corporation. In some other states, where the county is the unit the town is merely one of its subdivisions, but possesses some powers of local self-government. In still other states, such subdivisions of a county are. called "townships," and "town" is the name of a village, borough, or smaller city. See Herrman v. Guttenberg, 62 N. J. Law,. 605, 43 Atl. 703; Van Riper v. Parsons, 40 N. J. Law, 1; State v. Denny, 118 Ind. 449, 21 N. E. 274, 4 L. R. A. 65; Sessions v. State, 115 Ga. 18, 41 S. E. 259; Milford v. Godfrey, 1 Pick. (Mass.) 97; Enfield v. Jordan, 119 U. S. 680, 7 Sup. Ct 358, 80 L. Ed, 523; Rogers v. Galloway Female College, 64 Ark. 627, 44 S. W. 454, 39 L. R. A. 636; Railway Co. v. Oconto, 50 Wis. 189, 6 N; W. 607, 36 Am. Rep. 840; Lovejoy v. Foxcroft 91 Me. 367, 40 Atl. 141; Bloomfleld v. Charter Oak Bank, 121 U. S. 121, 7 Sup. Ct 865, 30 L. Ed. 923; Lynch v. Rutland, 66 Vt 570, 29 Aa 1015. -Town agent. Under the prohibitory liquor laws in force in some of the (few England states a town agent is a person appointed in each town to purchase intoxicating liquors for tbe town and having the exclusive right to sell the same for the permitted purposes, medical, mechanical, scientific, etc. He either receives a fixed salary or is permitted to make a small profit on his sales. The stock of liquors belongs to the town, and is bought with its money. See Black, Intox. Liq. ?? 204, 205.-Town cansc. In English practice. A cause tried at the sittings for London and Middlesex. 3 Steph. Comm. 517.-Town-clerk. In those states where the town ia the unit for local self-government the town-clerk is a principal officer who keeps the records, Issues calls for town-meetings* and performs generally the duties of a secretary to the political organization. See Seamons v. Fitts, 21R. 1.286.42 AtL 863.-Town collector. One of the officers of a town charged with collecting the taxes assessed for town purposes. -Town commissioner. In some of the states where the town is the political unit the town commissioners constitute a board of administrative officers charged with the general management of the town's business.-Town-crier. An officer in a town whose business It is to make proclamations.-Town-hall. The building maintained by a town for town-meetings and the offices of the municipal authorities.-Town-meeting. Under the municipal organization of the New England states, the town-meeting is a legal assembly of the qualified voters of a town, held at stated intervals or on call, for the purpose of electing town officers, and of discussing and deciding on questions relating to tbe pub? lie business, property, and expenses of the town* See In re Foley, 8 Misc. Rep. 57, 28 N. T. Sunn. 608; Railroad Co. v. Mallory, 101 HI. 588; Comstock v. Ucooln School Committee, 17 R. I. 827, 24 Atl. 145.-Town order or warrant. An official direction in writing by the auditing officers of a town, directing the treasurer to pay a sum of money.-Town pound. A place of confinement maintained by a town for es* trays.-Town purpose. When, it is said that taxation by a town, or the expenditure of the town's money, must be for town purposes, it is meant that tbe purposes must be public with respect to the town; i. e., concern the welfare and advantage of the town as a whole.-Town-reeve. The reeve or chief officer of a town.- Town tax. Such tax as a town may levy for its peculiar expenses; as distinguished from a * county or state tax.-Town treasurer. The treasurer of a town which is an organised municipal corporation. . Less...

(Lat. toxicum; Gr. toxikon.) In medical Jurisprudence. Poisonous; having the character or producing the effects of a poison; referable to a poison; produced by or resulting from a poison. ---Toxic convulsions. Such as are caused by the action of a poison on the nervous system. ---Toxic dementia. Weakness of mind More...

(Lat. toxicum; Gr. toxikon.) In medical Jurisprudence. Poisonous; having the character or producing the effects of a poison; referable to a poison; produced by or resulting from a poison. ---Toxic convulsions. Such as are caused by the action of a poison on the nervous system. ---Toxic dementia. Weakness of mind or feeble cerebral activity, approaching imbecility, re-Suiting from continued use or administration of slow poisons or of the more active poisons in repeated small doses, as in cases of lead poisoning and in some cases of addiction to such drugs as opium or alcohol.-----Toxanemia. A condition of anemia (impoverishment or deficiency of blood) resulting from the action of certain toxic substances or agents.-Toxemia or toxiecmia. Blood-poisoning; the condition of the system caused by the presence of toxic agents in the circulation; including both septicemia and pyce-mia.----Toxicosis. A diseased state of the system due to the presence and action of any poison. Less...

To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself." -Intoxication. The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. This term is popularly used as More...

To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself." -Intoxication. The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. This term is popularly used as equivalent to "drunkenness, which, however, is more accurately described as "alcoholic intoxication."- Auto-intoxioation. Self-empoisonment from the absorption of the toxic products of interna] metabolism, e. g.t ptomaine poisoning. Less...

The science of poisons; that department of medical science which treats of poisons, their effect, their recognition, their antidotes, and generally of the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning.

The science of poisons; that department of medical science which treats of poisons, their effect, their recognition, their antidotes, and generally of the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning. Less...