The Bible or Old Testament, the Hebrew word for law. Also known as The Five Books of Moses that comprise the fundamental tenets of Jewish law. … [Read more...] about TORAH
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TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
When all the factors surrounding an event are taken into account, usually to determine whether there has been a violation of a person's constitutional rights. … [Read more...] about TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
TOGATI
Rom. civ, law. Under the empire, when the toga had ceased to be the usual costume of the Romans, advocates were nevertheless obliged to wear it whenever they pleaded a cause. Hence they were called togati. This denomination received an official or legal sense in the imperial constitutions of the fifth and sixth centuries, and the words togati, consortium (corpus, ordo, … [Read more...] about TOGATI
TON
Twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois. … [Read more...] about TON
TOKEN
(A) contracts, crimes. A document or sign of the existence of a fact. 2. Tokens are either public or general, or privy tokens. They are true or false. When a token is false and indicates a general intent to defraud, and it is used for that purpose, it will render the offender guilty of the crime of cheating; but if it is a mere privy token, as counterfeiting a letter in another … [Read more...] about TOKEN