TREBLE COSTS

remedies. By treble costs, in the English law, is understood, 1st. The usual taxed costs. 2d. Half thereof. 3d. Half the latter; so that in effect the treble costs amount only to the taxed costs, and three-fourths thereof. 2. Treble costs are sometimes given by statutes, and this is the construction put upon them. 3. In Pennsylvania the rule is different; when an act of … [Read more...] about TREBLE COSTS

Triple, three times an amount. … [Read more...] about TREBLE

"In consequence of this article, the trebel lanlc portion of the civil law-that is to say, the portion of the property of the testator which the instituted heir had a right to detain when he was charged with a fldei commissa or fiduciary bequest-is no longer a part of our law. Civ. Code La. art. 1520, par. 3. … [Read more...] about TREBELLANIC PORTION

A treaty of peace is an agreement or contract made by belligerent powers, in which they agree to lay down their arms, and by which they stipulate the conditions of peace, and regulate the manner in which it is to be restored and supported Vatt. lib. 4, c. 2, Section 9. … [Read more...] about TREATY OF PEACE

international law. A treaty is a compact made between two or more independent nations with a view to the public welfare treaties are for a perpetuity, or for a considerable time. Those matters which are accomplished by a single act, and are at once perfected in their execution, are called agreements, conventions and pactions. 2. On the part of the United States, treaties are … [Read more...] about TREATY