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TIMBERLODE

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A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord's house. Cowell … [Read more...]

TINEMAN

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Sax. In old forest law. A petty oflicer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night and performed other servile duties. … [Read more...]

THREATENING LETTERS

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Sending threatening letters is the name of the offense of sending letters containing threats of the kinds recognized by the statute as criminal. See People v. Griffin, 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 429. … [Read more...]

TIDE

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The ebb and flow of the sea. 2. Arms of the sea, bays, creeks, coves, or rivers, where the tide ebbs and flows, are public, and all persons may use the same for the purposes of navigation and for fishing, unless restrained by law. To give these rights at common law, the tide must ebb and flow: the flowing of the waters of a lake into a river, and their reflowing, being not the … [Read more...]

THREE STRIKES

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Statutes (typically criminal) that require harsher punishment for repeat offenses, especially a third felony conviction. … [Read more...]

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