A trial where a jury of impaneled persons will render a verdict. … [Read more...] about TRIAL BY JURY
TRESVIRI
Latin: In Roman law. Officers who had the charge of prisons, and the execution of condemned criminals. Calvin … [Read more...] about TRESVIRI
TRESPASS ON THE CASE
practice. The technical name of an action, instituted for the recovery of damages caused by an injury unaccompanied with force, or where the damages sustained are only consequential. … [Read more...] about TRESPASS ON THE CASE
TREATY
international law. A treaty is a compact made between two or more independent nations with a view to the public welfare treaties are for a perpetuity, or for a considerable time. Those matters which are accomplished by a single act, and are at once perfected in their execution, are called agreements, conventions and pactions. 2. On the part of the United States, treaties are … [Read more...] about TREATY
TREATY OF PEACE
A treaty of peace is an agreement or contract made by belligerent powers, in which they agree to lay down their arms, and by which they stipulate the conditions of peace, and regulate the manner in which it is to be restored and supported Vatt. lib. 4, c. 2, Section 9. … [Read more...] about TREATY OF PEACE