"In consequence of this article, the trebel lanlc portion of the civil law-that is to say, the portion of the property of the testator which the instituted heir had a right to detain when he was charged with a fldei commissa or fiduciary bequest-is no longer a part of our law. Civ. Code La. art. 1520, par. 3. … [Read more...]

One who has committed trespass; one who unlawfully enters or intrudes upon another's land, or unlawfully and forcibly takes another's personal property. Joint trespassers. Two or more who unite In committing a trespass. Trespasser ab initio. Trespasser from the beginning. A term applied to a tort-feasor whose acts relate back so as to make a previous act, at the time innocent, … [Read more...]

Triple, three times an amount. … [Read more...]

In old English law. To turn aside; to divert a stream from its course. Bract, fols. 115, 2345. To turn or alter the course of a road. Cowell. … [Read more...]

remedies. By treble costs, in the English law, is understood, 1st. The usual taxed costs. 2d. Half thereof. 3d. Half the latter; so that in effect the treble costs amount only to the taxed costs, and three-fourths thereof. 2. Treble costs are sometimes given by statutes, and this is the construction put upon them. 3. In Pennsylvania the rule is different; when an act of … [Read more...]