A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord's house. Cowell … [Read more...] about TIMBERLODE
TINEWALD
The ancient parliament or annual convention in the. Isle of Man, held upon Midsummer-day, at St John's. Cowell. … [Read more...] about TINEWALD
TIME
(A) contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration. It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2. Time is frequently of the essence of contracts and crimes, and sometimes it is altogether immaterial. 3. Lapse of time alone is often presumptive evidence of facts which are otherwise unknown; an uninterrupted … [Read more...] about TIME
TIDE
The ebb and flow of the sea. 2. Arms of the sea, bays, creeks, coves, or rivers, where the tide ebbs and flows, are public, and all persons may use the same for the purposes of navigation and for fishing, unless restrained by law. To give these rights at common law, the tide must ebb and flow: the flowing of the waters of a lake into a river, and their reflowing, being not the … [Read more...] about TIDE
TIE
An equal number of points, votes or credits on opposing sides resulting in no winner. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (verb) - v. To bind. "The parson is not tied to find the parish clerk."(noun) - When, at an election, neither candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, but each has the same number, there is said to be a "tie." So when the number of votes … [Read more...] about TIE