1. A chart, a list of items that summarizes a larger amount of information. 2. To delay, postpone, to shelf for later consideration.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
A synopsis or condensed statement bringing together numerous items or details so as to be comprehended in a single view; as genealogical tables, exhibiting the names and relationships of all the persona composing a family; life and annuity tables, used by actuaries; interest tables, etc. Table de Marbre. Fr. In old French law. Table of Marble; a principal seat of the admiralty, so called. These Tables de Marbre are frequently mentioned in the Ordonnance of the Marine. Burrill. Table or cases. An alphabetical list of the adjudged cases cited, referred to, or digested in a legal text-book, volume of reports, or digest, with references to the sections, pages, or paragraphs where they are respectively cited, etc., which is commonly either prefixed or appended to the volume. Table rents. In English law. Payments which used to be made to bishops, etc, reserved and appropriated to their table or housekeeping. Wharton.