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In Scotch law, an action of transumpt is an action competent to any one having a partial Interest in a writing, or immediate use for it, to support his title or defenses in other actions. It is directed against the custodier of the writing calling upon him to exhibit it In order that a transumpt, ie: a copy, may be judicially made and delivered to the pursuer. … [Read more...] about TRANSUMPTS

The change of venue, usually referring to the transfer of a case from a state to a federal court. … [Read more...] about TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION

Latin, meaning The land passes with its burden … [Read more...] about TRANSIT TERRA CUM ONERE

In England, a shop deeper; a small shop keeper. In the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind, whose livelihood depends un on the labor of his hands. Richie v. M& Cauley, 4 Pa. 472. "Primarily the words trader' and 'tradesman' mean one who trades, and they have been treated by the courts in many instances as synonymous. But, in their general application and … [Read more...] about TRADESMAN

pleadings. This is a technical word, which is essential in an indictment for treason in order to charge the crime, and which cannot be supplied by any other word, or any kind of circumlocution. Having been well laid in the statement of the treason itself, it is not necessary to state every overt act to have been traitorously committed. … [Read more...] about TRAITOROUSLY