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  • TAM QUAM
    A phrase used as the name of a writ of error from inferior courts, when the error is supposed to be as well in giving the judgment as in awarding execution upon it. (Tam in redditione judicii, quam in adjudication executionis.) A venire tam quam was one by which a More...
  • TAME
    Domesticated; accustomed to man; reclaimed from a natural state of wildness. In the Latin phrase, tame animals are described as domites naturae.
  • TAMEN
    Lat. Notwithstanding; nevertheless; yet.
  • TANGIBLE PROPERTY
    Property which may be touched; such as is perceptible to the senses; corporeal property, whether real or personal. The phrase Is used in opposition to such species of property as patents, franchises, copyrights, rents, ways, and Incorporeal property generally.
  • TANISTRY
    In old Irish law. A species of tenure, founded on ancient usage, which allotted the inheritance of lands, castles, etc., to the "oldest and worthiest man of the deceased's name and blood." It was abolished in the reign of James I. Jacob; Wharton.
  • TANNERIA
    In old English law. Tannery; the trade or business of a tanner. Fleta, lib. 2, c 52, | 35.
  • TANTEO
    Span. In Spanish law. Preemption. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, C3,
  • TANTO,RIGHT OF
    In Mexican law. The right enjoyed by an usufructuary of property, of buying the property at the same price at which the owner offers it to any other person, or Is willing to take from another. Civ. Code Mex. art 992. Tantnm bona Talent, quantum Tend! poasnnt. Shep. Touch. 142. More...
  • TARDE VENIT
    Lat. In practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before the return-day.
  • TARE
    A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise by - reason of the Weight of the box, cask, bag, or other receptacle which contains It and is weighed with it. Also an allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer, on More...
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