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TERRAGES

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An exemption from all uncertain services. Cowell. … [Read more...]

TERRY STOP

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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...]

TERRARIUS

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In old English law. A landholder. … [Read more...]

TERTIA DENUNCIATIO

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Lat. In old English law. Third publication or proclamation of intended marriage. … [Read more...]

TERRE-TENANT

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He who is literally in the occupation or possession of the land, as distinguished from the owner out of possession. But in a more technical sense, the person who is seised of the land, though not in actual occupancy of It, and locally, in Pennsylvania, one who purchases and takes land subject to the existing lien of a mortgage or judgment against a former owner. … [Read more...]

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