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TOXIN
In its widest sense, this term may denote any poison or toxicant; but as used in pathology and medical jurisprudence ft signifles, in general, any diffusible alkaloids! substance (as, the ptomaines, abrln, brucln, or serpent venoms), and in particular the poisonous.products of pathogenic (disease-producing) bacteria. -Anti-toxin. A product of pathogenic More...

In its widest sense, this term may denote any poison or toxicant; but as used in pathology and medical jurisprudence ft signifles, in general, any diffusible alkaloids! substance (as, the ptomaines, abrln, brucln, or serpent venoms), and in particular the poisonous.products of pathogenic (disease-producing) bacteria. -Anti-toxin. A product of pathogenic bacteria which, in sufficient quantities, will neutralise the toxin or poisonous product of the same bacteria. In therapeutics, a preventive remedy (administered by inoculation) against the. effect of certain kinds of toxins, venoms, and disease-germs, obtained from the blood of an animal which has previously been treated with repeated minute injections of the particular poison or germ to be neutralized.-Toxicomania. An excessive addiction to the use of toxic or poisonous drugs or other substances; a form of mania or affective insanity characterized by an irresistible impulse to indulgence in opium, cocaine, chloral, alcohol, etc.-Toxipnobia. Morbid dread of being poisoned; a form of insanity manifesting itself by an excessive and unfounded apprehension of death by poison. Less...
TRABES
Lat In tne civil law. A beam or rafter of a house. Calvin. In old English law. A measure of grain, containing twenty-four shea ves; a thrave. Spelman.

Lat In tne civil law. A beam or rafter of a house. Calvin. In old English law. A measure of grain, containing twenty-four shea ves; a thrave. Spelman. Less...
TRACEA
In old English law. The track or trace # of a felon, by which he was pursued with the hue and cry; a foet-step, hoof-print, or wheel-track. Bract fols. 116, 121ft.

In old English law. The track or trace # of a felon, by which he was pursued with the hue and cry; a foet-step, hoof-print, or wheel-track. Bract fols. 116, 121ft. Less...
TRACT
A lot piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not importing, in itself, any precise dimension. See Edwards v. Derrickson, 28 N. J. Law, 45. Traotent fabrilia fabri. Let smiths perform the work of smiths. 8 Co. Eplst.

A lot piece or parcel of land, of greater or less size, the term not importing, in itself, any precise dimension. See Edwards v. Derrickson, 28 N. J. Law, 45. Traotent fabrilia fabri. Let smiths perform the work of smiths. 8 Co. Eplst. Less...
TRADAS IN BALLIUM
You deliver to bail. In old English practice. The name of a writ which might be issued in behalf of a party who, upon the writ de odio et atia, had been found to have been maliciously accused of a crime, commanding the sheriff that if the prisoner found twelve More...

You deliver to bail. In old English practice. The name of a writ which might be issued in behalf of a party who, upon the writ de odio et atia, had been found to have been maliciously accused of a crime, commanding the sheriff that if the prisoner found twelve good and lawful men of the county who would be mainpernors for him, he should deliver him in bail to those twelve, until the next assize. Bract, fol. 123; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 252. Less...
TRADE
The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter; or the business of buying and selling for money; traffic; barter. Webster; May v. Sloan, 101 U. S. 237, 25 L. Ed. 797; U. S. v. Cassidy More...

The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter; or the business of buying and selling for money; traffic; barter. Webster; May v. Sloan, 101 U. S. 237, 25 L. Ed. 797; U. S. v. Cassidy Less...
TRADE-MARK
A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise aflxes to the goods he produces, so that they may be Identified in the market, and their origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Oases, 100 U. B. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 More...

A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise aflxes to the goods he produces, so that they may be Identified in the market, and their origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Oases, 100 U. B. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Soils Cigar Co. v. Pozo, 16 Colo. 888, 26 Pac 556, 25 Am. St. Rep. 279; State V. Bishop, 128 Mo. 373, 31 S. W. 9, 29 K R. A. 200, 49 Am. St. Rep. 569; Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Raymond (O. C.) 7b Fed. . 380; Hegeman A Co. v. Hegeman, 8 Daly (N. X.) 1. Trade-mark registration act, 1875. This is the statute 38 A 39 Vict c. 91, amended by the acts of 1876 and 1877. It provides for .the establishment of a register of trade-marks trader the superintendence of the commissioners of patents, and for the registration of trademarks as belonging to particular classes of goods, and for their assignment in connection with the good-will of the business in which they are used. Sweet. Less...
TRADE-NAME
A trade-name is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain, trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may be that of a person, place, or thing, or it may be what is called j.a* "fancy name," More...

A trade-name is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain, trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may be that of a person, place, or thing, or it may be what is called j.a* "fancy name," (I. e., a name having no sense as applied to the particular trade) or word Invented for the occasion, and having no sense at all. Seb.. Trade-Marks, 37. Sweet. Less...
TRADER
A person engaged in trade; one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, or any class of goods, deriving a profit from his dealings. 2 Kent, Comm. 389; fttate v< Chaboui-n, 80 N. C. 481, 30 Am. Rep. 94;' In re New York 6) W. Water Co. (Q. C.) More...

A person engaged in trade; one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, or any class of goods, deriving a profit from his dealings. 2 Kent, Comm. 389; fttate v< Chaboui-n, 80 N. C. 481, 30 Am. Rep. 94;' In re New York 6) W. Water Co. (Q. C.) 98 Fed. 711; Morris v. Clifton Forge Grocery Co., 46 W. Va. 197, 32 S. E. 997. Less...
TRADE UNION
A combination or association of men employed in the same trade, (usually a manual or mechanical trade,) united for the purpose of regulating the customs and - standards of their trade, fixing prices or hours of labor, influencing the relations of employer and employed, enlarging or maintaining their rights and More...

A combination or association of men employed in the same trade, (usually a manual or mechanical trade,) united for the purpose of regulating the customs and - standards of their trade, fixing prices or hours of labor, influencing the relations of employer and employed, enlarging or maintaining their rights and privileges, and other similar objects. -Trade-union act. The statute 34 A 35 Vict. c. 31, passed in 1871, for the purpose of riving legal recognition to trade unions, is known as the "trade-union act," or "trade-union funds protection act." It provides that tfhe' members of a trade union shall not be prosecuted for conspiracy merely by reason that the rules of such union are in restraint of trade; and that the agreements of trade unions shall ^ot on that account be void or voidable. Provisions are also made with reference to the Registration and registered offices of trade Unions,- and other purposes connected therewith. Mozley & Whitley. Less...

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