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  • TABELLA
    Lat In Roman law. A tablet Used in voting, and in giving the verdict of juries; and, when written upon, commonly translated "ballot" The laws which introduced and regulated the mode of voting by ballot were called "leges tabeUaria." Calvin.; 1 Kent Comm. 232, note,
  • TABELLIO
    Lat. In Roman law. An officer corresponding in some respects to a notary. His business was to draw legal instruments, (contracts, wills, etc.,) and witness their execution. Calvin.
  • TABERNACULUM
    In old records. A public Inn, or house of entertainment Cowell.
  • TABERNARIUS
    Lat In tne civil law. A shop-keeper. Dig. 14, 3, 5, 7. In old English law. A taverner or tavern-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 12, | 17.
  • TABES DORSALIS
    In medical jurisprudence. This is another name for locomotor ataxia. Tabetic dementia is a form of mental derangement or insanity complicated with tabes dorsalis, which generally precedes, or sometimes follows, the mental attack.
  • TABLE
    A synopsis or condensed statement bringing together numerous items or details so as to be comprehended in a single view; as genealogical tables, exhibiting the names and relationships of all the persona composing a family; life and annuity tables, used by actuaries; interest tables, etc. -Table de Marbre. Fr. In More...
  • TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION
    In Louisiana. A list of creditors of an insolvent estate, stating what each is entitled to. Taylor v. Hollander, 4 Mart N. S. (La.) 536.
  • TABULA
    Lat. In the civil law. A table or tablet; a thin sheet of wood, which, when covered with wax, was used for writing.
  • TABULA IN NAUFRAGIO
    Lat A plank in a shipwreck. This phrase is used metaphorically to designate the power subsisting in a third mortgagee, who took without notice of the second mortgage, to acquire-the flrst Incumbrance, attach it to his own, and thus squeeze out and get satisfaction, before the second is admitted to More...
  • TABULAE
    Lat In Roman law. Tables. Writings of any kind used as evidences of a transaction. Brissonius. -Tabulae nuptlales. In the civil law. A written record of a marriage; or the agreement as to the dos.
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