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TRUANT

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A minor student who commits truancy. … [Read more...]

TRITAVIA

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Latin: In the civil law. A great-grandmother's great-grandmother; the female ascendant In the sixth degree. … [Read more...]

TRUCE

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In international law. A suspension or temporary cessation of hostilities by agreement between belligerent powers; an armistice. Wheat Int Law, 442, Truce of God. In medieval law. A truce or suspension of arms promulgated by the ehurch, putting a stop to private hostilities at certain periods or during certain sacred seasons. … [Read more...]

TRITAVUS

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Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather's great-grandfather; the male ascendant in the sixth degree. … [Read more...]

TRUCK ACT

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In English law. This name is given to the statute 1 A 2 Wm. IV. c. 37, passed to abolish what is commonly called the "truck system," under which employers were in the practice of paying the wages of their work people In goods, or of requiring them to purchase goods at certain shops. This led to laborers being compelled to take goods of inferior quality at a high price. The act … [Read more...]

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