|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Ton
|
|
TonTwenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Togati
Roman civil law. Under the empire, when the toga had ceased to be the usual costume of the Romans, advocates were nevertheless obliged to wear it whenever they pleaded a cause. Hence they were called togati. This denomination received an official or legal sense in the imperial constitutions of the fifth and sixth centuries, and the words togati, consortium (corpus, ordo, collegium,) togatorum, frequently occur in those acts.
Token
1) Contracts, crimes. A document or sign of the existence of a fact. 2) Commercial law. In England, this name is given to pieces of metal, made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a certain value.
Toleration
In some. countries, where religion is established by law, cer-tain sects who do not agree with the established religion are nevertheless permitted to exist, and this permission is called toleration. Those are per-mitted and allowed to remain rather as a matter of favor than a matter of right.
Toll
1) Contracts. A sum of money for the use of something, generally applied to the consideration which is paid for the use of a road, bridge, or the like, of a public nature. Toll is also the compensation paid to a miller for grinding another person's grain. 2) To toll. Estates, rights. To bar, defeat, or take away; as to toll an entry into lands, is to deny. or take away the right of entry.
Tolls
In a general sense, tolls signify any manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of money demanded for exporting or importing of any wares or merchandise, to be taken of the buyer.
Ton
Tone at the top
The messages and actions of senior management in relation to Fraud detection and deterrence.
Tonnage
Maritime law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.
Tontine
French law. The name of a partnership composed of creditors or, re-cipients of perpetual or life-rents or annuities, formed on the condition that the rents of those who may die, shall accrue to the survivors, either in whole or in part.
Took and carried away
Pleadings. In an indictment for simple larceny, the words "feloniously took and carried away" the goods stolen, are indispensable.
Tools
The Massachusetts act of assembly provided that "the tools of any debtor necessary for his trade and occupation, should be exempted from execution," was held to designate those implements which are commonly used by the hand of one man, in some manual labor necessary for his subsistence. The apparatus of a printing office, such as types, presses, &c. are not therefore included under the term tools.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Togati
Roman civil law. Under the empire, when the toga had ceased to be the usual costume of the Romans, advocates were nevertheless obliged to wear it whenever they pleaded a cause. Hence they were called togati. This denomination received an official or legal sense in the imperial constitutions of the fifth and sixth centuries, and the words togati, consortium (corpus, ordo, collegium,) togatorum, frequently occur in those acts.
Token
1) Contracts, crimes. A document or sign of the existence of a fact. 2) Commercial law. In England, this name is given to pieces of metal, made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a certain value.
Toleration
In some. countries, where religion is established by law, cer-tain sects who do not agree with the established religion are nevertheless permitted to exist, and this permission is called toleration. Those are per-mitted and allowed to remain rather as a matter of favor than a matter of right.
Toll
1) Contracts. A sum of money for the use of something, generally applied to the consideration which is paid for the use of a road, bridge, or the like, of a public nature. Toll is also the compensation paid to a miller for grinding another person's grain. 2) To toll. Estates, rights. To bar, defeat, or take away; as to toll an entry into lands, is to deny. or take away the right of entry.
Tolls
In a general sense, tolls signify any manner of customs, subsidy, prestation, imposition, or sum of money demanded for exporting or importing of any wares or merchandise, to be taken of the buyer.
Ton
Tone at the top
The messages and actions of senior management in relation to Fraud detection and deterrence.
Tonnage
Maritime law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.
Tontine
French law. The name of a partnership composed of creditors or, re-cipients of perpetual or life-rents or annuities, formed on the condition that the rents of those who may die, shall accrue to the survivors, either in whole or in part.
Took and carried away
Pleadings. In an indictment for simple larceny, the words "feloniously took and carried away" the goods stolen, are indispensable.
Tools
The Massachusetts act of assembly provided that "the tools of any debtor necessary for his trade and occupation, should be exempted from execution," was held to designate those implements which are commonly used by the hand of one man, in some manual labor necessary for his subsistence. The apparatus of a printing office, such as types, presses, &c. are not therefore included under the term tools.
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Ton. If you have a better definition for Ton than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Ton may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Ton and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|