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Slang for a newspaper advertisement for the sale or offering of stock, said to resemble the general appearance of a tombstone. … [Read more...] about TOMBSTONE AD

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

Twenty hundred weight, each hundred weight being one hundred and twelve pounds avoirdupois. … [Read more...] about TON

In English law. An officer appointed by the marshal of the king's bench to attend upon the judges with a kind of rod or staff tipped with silver, who take into their custody all prisoners, either committed or turned over by the judges at their chambers, etc. Jacob. In American law. An ofllcer appointed by the court whose duty is to wait upon the court when it is in session, … [Read more...] about TIPSTAFF

pleading. At the top of every declaration the name of the court is usually stated, with the term of which the declaration is filed, and in the margin the venue, namely, the city or county where the cause is intended to be tried is set down. The first two of these compose what is called the title of the declaration. … [Read more...] about TITLE OF A DECLARATION