To frighten excessively. … [Read more...] about TERRORIZE
TESTA DE NEVIL
An ancient and authentic record in two volumes, in the custody of the king's remembrancer in the exchequer, said to be compiled by John de Nevil, a justice itinerant, in the eighteenth and twenty-fourth years of Henry III. Cowell. These volumes were printed in 1807, under the authority of the commissioners of the public records, and contain an account of fees held either … [Read more...] about TESTA DE NEVIL
TERTIARY
Meaning third or in the third position, such as a first, second and third party. … [Read more...] about TERTIARY
TERRY STOP
When a person is stopped by police officers upon reasonable suspicion that the person may have been engaged in criminal activity. This standard comes from a famous criminal case, Terry v. Ohio, which was decided in 1968. This standard is as opposed to the requirements for an arrest, which requires probable cause that a suspect committed a criminal offense. The stop of a person … [Read more...] about TERRY STOP
TERRITORY
A part of a country, separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The word is derived from terreo, and is so called because the magistrate within his jurisdiction has the power of inspiring a salutary fear. Dictum cat ab eo quod magistratus intra fines ejus terrendi jus habet. Henrion de Pansy, Auth. Judiciare, 98. In speaking of the ecclesiastical … [Read more...] about TERRITORY