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A person summoned to act as a juror from among the bystanders in the court. Linehan v. State, 113 Ala. 70, 21 South. 497; Shields v. Niagara County Sav. Bank, 5 Thonip. A C. (N. Y.) 587. … [Read more...] about TALESMAN

Physical. Able to be seen or touched, as opposed to intangible. … [Read more...] about TANGIBLE

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. Originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot. Webster. The word "tavern," in a charter provision authorizing municipal authorities to "license and regulate taverns," includes hotels. "Tavern," "hotel," and "public house" are, in this country, used synonymously; and while … [Read more...] about TAVERN

Latin: In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the punishment of an injury by an act of the same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin. Talis interpretatio semper fienda est, nt evitetur absurdnm et inconveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorium. 1 Coke, 52. Interpretation is always to be made in such a manner that what is absurd and … [Read more...] about TALIO

This is a requirement for a work of authorship to be able to be registered and be protected by a copyright. Ideas are not copyrightable. The work must be recorded or embodied in some reproducible medium such as on paper, an audio or video tape, a compact disk or even in a standard digital file store on a USB drive. When it can be reproduced from storage, even with the aid of a … [Read more...] about TANGIBLE MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION