An act that constitutes a tort. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Wrongful; of the nature of a tort. Formerly certain modes of conveyance (e.g., feoffments, fines, etc.) had the effect of passing not merely the estate of the person making the conveyance, but the whole fee simple, to the injury of the person really entitled to the fee; and they were hence called … [Read more...] about TORTIOUS
TOTIS VIRIBUS
Latin: With All one's might or power; with all his might; very strenuously. … [Read more...] about TOTIS VIRIBUS
TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
When all the factors surrounding an event are taken into account, usually to determine whether there has been a violation of a person's constitutional rights. … [Read more...] about TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
TOOL
The usual meaning of the word 'tool' is "an instrument of manual operation ;" that is, an instrument to be used and managed by the hand instead of being moved and controlled by machinery. Lovewell v; Westchester F. Ins. Co., 124 Mass. 420, 26 Am, Rep. 671. … [Read more...] about TOOL
TONTINE
In French law. A species of association or partnership formed among persons who are in receipt of perpetual or life annuities, with the agreement that the shares or annuities of those who die shall accrue to the survivors. This plan is said to be thus named froni Tonti, an Italian, who invented It in the seventeenth' century. The principle is used in some forms of life … [Read more...] about TONTINE