Justices of trail-bas-ton were Justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Hollingshed, for trailing or drawing the staff of justice. Their office was to make inquisition, throughout the kingdom, of all officers and others, touching extortion, bribery, and such like grievances, of … [Read more...]

The militia; the part of a community trained to martial exercises. … [Read more...]

In old Scotch law. ; A roll containing the particular dittay taken up on malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be attached, conform to the dittay contained in the traistis. So called, 'because committed to the traist, [trust,] faith, and credit of the … [Read more...]

crimes. One guilty of treason. 2. The punishment of a traitor is death. … [Read more...]

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...]