1. Public road paved with stones or other hard substance. 2. Turnpike roads are usually made by corporations to which a power to make them has been granted. The grant of such power passes not only an easement for the road itself, but also so much land as is connected with it; as, for instance, for a toll house and a cellar under it, and a well for the use of the family. A … [Read more...] about TURNPIKE
TURNED TO A RIGHT
This phrase means that a person whose estate is divested by usurpation cannot expel the possessor by mere entry, but must have recourse to an action, either possessory or droitural. Mosley A Whitley. … [Read more...] about TURNED TO A RIGHT
TUTELA
Latin: In the civil law. Tutelage ; that species of guardianship which continued to the age of puberty; the guardian being called "tutor" and the ward, "pupillus." 1 Dom. Civil Law, b. 2, tit. 1, p. 260. Tutela legitime. Legal tutelage; tutelage created by act of law, as where none had been created by testament Inst. 1, 15, pr. Tutela testamentaria. Testamentary tutelage or … [Read more...] about TUTELA
TURPITUDE
Everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good morals, is said to be done with turpitude. … [Read more...] about TURPITUDE
TSR
Total Shareholder Return … [Read more...] about TSR