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Subject to taxation; liable to be assessed, along with others, for a share in a tax. Persons subject to taxation are sometimes called "taxables;" so property which may be assessed for taxation is said to be taxable. Applied to costs in an action, the word means proper to be taxed or charged up; legally chargeable or assessable. … [Read more...] about TAXABLE

One who takes or acquires; particularly, one who takes an estate by devise. When an estate is granted subject to a remainder or executory devise, the devisee of the immediate Interest is called the "first taker." … [Read more...] about TAKER

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

A witness who has specific and important information. Also refers to a witness that is to be indicted by a grand jury. … [Read more...] about TARGET WITNESS

(A) See eminent domain. (B) crim. torts. The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carrying away, to constitute the crime of larceny. And when the taking has been legal, no subsequent act will make it a crime. 2. The taking is either actual or constructive. The former is when the thief takes, … [Read more...] about TAKING