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TRADE UNION
A combination or association of men employed in the same trade, (usually a manual or mechanical trade,) united for the purpose of regulating the customs and standards of their trade, fixing prices or hours of labor, influencing the relations of employer and employed, enlarging or maintaining their rights and privileges, and other similar objects. Trade-union act. The statute 34 … [Read more...] about TRADE UNION
TRADE USAGE
The manner and custom that is commonly practiced and generally accepted and used by others in a trade. … [Read more...] about TRADE USAGE
TOUR D’ECHELLE
In French law. An easement consisting of the right to rest ladders upon the adjoining estate, when necessary in order to repair a party-wall or buildings supported by it. Also the vacant space surrounding a building left unoccupied In order to facilitate its reparation when necessary. Herl. Repert. … [Read more...] about TOUR D’ECHELLE
TOXICATE
To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself." Intoxication. The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. This term is popularly used as equivalent to "drunkenness, which, however, is more accurately described as "alcoholic … [Read more...] about TOXICATE
