A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme violence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 39; Thistle v. Union Forwarding Co, 29 U. C. C. P. 84. … [Read more...] about TEMPEST
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TEMPLARS
A religious order of knighthood, Instituted about the year 1119, and so called because the members dwelt in a part of the temple of Jerusalem, and not far from the sepulcher of our Lord. They entertained Christian strangers and pilgrims charitably, and their profession was at first to defend travelers from highwaymen and robbers. The order was suppressed A. D. 1307, and their … [Read more...] about TEMPLARS
TEMPLE
Two English inns of court thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia or inns of court They are called the "Inner" and "Middle Temple," in relation to Essex House, which was also a part of the house of the Templars, and called the … [Read more...] about TEMPLE
TEMPORAL JURISDICTION
The effects of the passage of time on the jurisdiction of a court of law over a legal matter or action. … [Read more...] about TEMPORAL JURISDICTION
TEMPORAL LORDS
The peers of England; the bishops are not in strictness held to be peers, but merely lords of parliament 2 Steph. Comm. 830, 845. … [Read more...] about TEMPORAL LORDS