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  • TIEMPO INHABIL
    Span. A time of Inability; a time when the person is not able to pay his debts, (when, for instance, he may not alienate property to the prejudice of his creditors.) The term is used In Louisiana. Brown v. Kenner, 8 Mart. O. S. (La.) 279*; Thorn v. Morgan, 4 More...
  • TIERCE
    L. Fr. Third Tierce metn, third hand. Britt c. 120
  • TIERCE
    A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons.
  • TIGH
    In old records. A close or inclosure; a croft Cowell.
  • TIGHT
    As colloquially applied to a note, bond, mortgage, lease, etc, this term signifles that the clauses providing the creditor's remedy in case of default (as, by foreclosure, execution, distress, etc.) are summary and stringent
  • TIGNI IMMITTENDI
    Lat In the civil law. The name of a servitude which is the right of inserting a beam or timber from the wall of one house into that of a neighboring house, in order that it may rest on the latter, and that the wall of the latter may bear More...
  • TIGNUM
    Lat A civil-law term for building material; timber.
  • TIHLER
    In old Saxon law. An accusation.
  • TILLAGE
    A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or in pasture.
  • TIMBER
    Wood felled for building or other such like use. In a legal sense it generally means (in England) oak, ash, and elm, but in some parts of England, and generally in America, it is used in a wider sense, which is recognized by the law. The term "timber," as used More...
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