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  • TRIGAMUS
    In old English law. One who has been thrice married ; one who, at different times and successively, has had three wives; a trigamist 3 Inst. 8a
  • TRIGILD
    In Saxon law. A triple gild, geld, or payment; three times the value of a thing, paid as a composition or satisfaction. Spelman.
  • TRINEPOS
    Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson's or great-granddaughter's great-grandson. A male descendant in the sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4.
  • TRINEPTIS
    Lat In the civil law. A great-grandson's or great-granddaughter's great-granddaughter. A female descendant in tbe sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4.
  • TRINITY HOUSE
    In English law. A society at Deptford Strond, Incorporated by Hen. VIII. In 1515, for the promotion of commerce and navigation by licensing and regulating pilots, and ordering and erecting beacons, light-houses, buoys, etc. Wharton.
  • TRINITY MASTERS
    Elder brethren of the Trinity House. If a question arising in an admiralty action depends upon technical skill and experience in navigation. The judge or court Is usually assisted at the hearing by two Trinity Masters, who sit as assessors, and advise the court on questions of a nautical character. More...
  • TRINITY SITTINGS
    Sittings of the English court of appeal and of the high court of justice in London and Middlesex, commencing on the Tuesday after Whitsun week, and terminating on the 8th of August
  • TRINITY TERM
    One of the four terms of the English courts of common law, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June. 8 Steph. Comm. 562.
  • TRINIUM GELDUM
    In old European law. An extraordinary kind of composition for an offense, consisting of three times nine, or twenty-seven times the single geld or payment. Spelman.
  • TRINODA NEOESSITAS
    Lat In Saxon law. A threefold necessity or burden. A term used to denote the three things from contributing to the performance of which no lands were exempted, viz., pontis reparations (the repair of bridges,) arcis constructio, (the building of castles,) et expeditio contra hostcm, (military service against an enemy.) More...
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