TOP ANNUAL

In Scotch law. An annual rent out of a house built in a burgh. Whishaw. A duty which, from the act 1551, c. 30, appears to have been due from certain lands in Edinburgh, the nature of which is not now known. Bell. … [Read more...] about TOP ANNUAL

The tools which a person uses in performing work for his or her occupation, e.g. an electrician would have pliers, electrical tape, etc. Such tools of the trade are exempt property for bankruptcy purposes. … [Read more...] about TOOLS OF THE TRADE

The Massachusetts act of assembly of 1805, c. 100, which provided that the tools of any debtor necessary for his trade and occupation, should be exempted from execution, was held to designate those implements which are commonly used by the hand of one man, in some manual labor necessary for his subsistence. The apparatus of a printing office, such as types, presses are not … [Read more...] about TOOLS

The usual meaning of the word 'tool' is "an instrument of manual operation ;" that is, an instrument to be used and managed by the hand instead of being moved and controlled by machinery. Lovewell v; Westchester F. Ins. Co., 124 Mass. 420, 26 Am, Rep. 671. … [Read more...] about TOOL

pleadings. In an indictment for simple larceny, the words feloniously took and carried away the goods stolen, are indispensable. Technical words necessary in an indictment for simple larceny. … [Read more...] about TOOK AND CARRIED AWAY