Hebrew word meaning the teaching and referring to the oral Torah or the codified texts that make up the Jewish Rabbinic commentary on the Torah or Old Testament. It consists of the Mishnah and Gemara, which documents the disputes of Jewish law between Rabbinical scholars and how they were resolved. It was codified and completed circa 500 CE. … [Read more...] about TALMUD
TAX BRACKET
A level of income which sets the percentage of income rate which a business or person will be taxed. … [Read more...] about TAX BRACKET
TAUTOLOGY
Describing the same thing twice in one sentence In equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms; the latter is sometimes either excusable or necessary in an argument or address; the former (tautology) never. Wharton. … [Read more...] about TAUTOLOGY
TARDE VENIT
Practice. The name of a return made by the sheriff to a writ, when it came into his hands too late to be executed before the return day. 2. The sheriff is required to show that he has yielded obedience to the writ, or give a good excuse for his omission; and he may say, quod breve adeo tarde venit quod exequi non possunt. It is usual to return the writ with an indorsement of … [Read more...] about TARDE VENIT
TAX BASIS
See basis. … [Read more...] about TAX BASIS