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Lat. A common bull; because he was free to all the tenants within such a manor, liberty, etc. … [Read more...] about TAURI LIBERI LIBERTAS

practice. Such persons as are standing round. When ever the panel of the jury is exhausted the court order that the jurors wanted shall be selected from among the bystanders which order bears the name of tales d circumstantibus. When from challenges, or otherwise, there shall not be a jury to determine any civil or criminal cause, the marshal or his deputy shall, by order of … [Read more...] about TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS

The interference with something that changes its essential nature, e.g. tampering with evidence, jury tampering. To interfere so as to unduly influence. … [Read more...] about TAMPERING

Describing the same thing twice in one sentence In equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms; the latter is sometimes either excusable or necessary in an argument or address; the former (tautology) never. Wharton. … [Read more...] about TAUTOLOGY

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