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  • THEOCRACY
    Government of a state by the Immediate direction of God, (or by the assumed direction of a supposititious divinity,) or the state thus governed.
  • THEODEN
    In Saxon law. A husband-man or inferior tenant; an under-thane. Cowell.
  • THEODOSIAN CODE
    See CODEX THEODOSIANUS
  • THEOF
    In Saxon law. Offenders who1 joined in a body of seven to commit depredations. Wharton.
  • THEOWES, THEOWMEN, OR THEWS
    In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5.
  • THEREUPON
    At once; without interruption; without delay or lapse of time, Putnam v. Langley, 133 Mass. 205.
  • 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.
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