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  • TRIDING-MOTE
    The court held for a tridlng or trlthing. Cowell.
  • TRIDUUM
    In old English law. The Bpace of three days. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, ? 7.
  • TRIENNIAL ACT
    An English sTatute limiting the duration of every parliament to three years, unless sooner dissolved. It was passed by the long parliament in 1640, and afterwards repealed, and the term was fixed at seven years by the septennial act, (St. 1 Geo. I. St. 2, c. 38.)
  • TRIENS
    Lat. In Roman law. A subdivision of the as, containing four uncice; the proportion of four-twelfths or one-third. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m. A copper coin of the value of one-third of the as. Brande. In feudal law. Dower or third. 2 Bl. Comm. 129.
  • 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...
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