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These terms are used to signify connection with, or limitation with reference to, a particular country or territory. Thus, "territorial law" is the correct expression for the law of a particular country or state, aitnough "municipal law" is more common. "Territorial waters" are that part of the sea adjacent to the coast of a given country which is by international law deemed to … [Read more...] about TERRITORIAL, TERRITORIALITY

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

That state of the mind which arises from the event or phenomenon that may serve as a prognostic of some catastrophe affright from apparent danger. 2. One of the constituents of the offence of riot is that the acts of the persons engaged in it should be to the terror of the people, as a show of arms, threatening speeches, or turbulent gestures; but it is not requisite, in order … [Read more...] about TERROR

A no-contest clause. … [Read more...] about TERROREM CLAUSE

Latin: Earth; soil; arable land. Kennett Gloss. . Terra affirmata. Land let to farm. Terra boscalis. Woody land. Terra culta. Cultivated land. Terra debilis. Weak or barren land. Terra dominica, or indominicata. The demesne land of a manor. Cow ell. Terra exeultabilis. Land which may be plowed. Mon. Ang. i. 426. Terra extenden da. A writ addressed to an escheator, etc., that he … [Read more...] about TERRA