Tag: TO
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To Stultify
English Law: To Stultify in the Past To make or declare insane. It is a general rule in the English law, that a man must not be permitted to stultify himself; that is, he must not be allowed to plead his insanity to avoid a contract. 2 Bl. Com. 291; Fonbl. Eq. b. 1, c.…
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Town
Meaning of Town; Township The following is an old definition of Town; Township [1]: Town is from the Anglo-Saxon tun, an inolosure: a garden inclosed by a hedge, or a collection of houses inclosed by a wall. Its customary usage in England denoting a collection of houses or a hamlet, between a […]
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Ton
Meaning of Ton The following is an old definition of Ton [1]: In weight: sometimes two thousand pounds avoirdupois; sometimes two thousand two hundred pounds. In measurement: forty cubic feet. Tonnage. (1) A custom or impost paid to the king for merchandise carried out or brought in in ships, […]
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Townshend Acts
Summary of Townshend Acts: (1767) In relation to the legal history of the United States and the United Kingdom: A series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an effort to declare its right of colonial authority through suspension of a representative assembly and through strict […]
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Townshend Acts
Summary of Townshend Acts: (1767) In relation to the legal history of the United States and the United Kingdom: A series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an effort to declare its right of colonial authority through suspension of a representative assembly and through strict […]
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Torture
Torture and Medieval Law Torture and Legal History Resources See Also Medieval Legal History (in this legal Encyclopedia) Family Settlements (in this legal Encyclopedia) Status (in this legal Encyclopedia) Pleading (in this legal Encyclopedia) Bibliographies of English Law History […]
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Toilet
Toilet in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Toilet in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: an enclosed part of a storey which contains a watercloset, a waterless closet or a urinal, which are properly installed for use.
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Toll
Concept of Toll The following is an old definition of Toll [1], a term which has several meanings:1, (verb) To bar, defeat, take away: as, to toll an entry into lands; entry tolls the statute of limitations. Tolled: removed, barred. Alternative Meaning (Noun)A Saxon word, originally signifying […]
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Topical Questions
Topical Questions Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament Topical questions in the House of Commons are the supplementary questions that may be asked by Members of the Parliament during the last 15 minutes of most ministerial question sessions. They allow Members of the Parliament to ask a […]
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Tories
Tories Meaning in Politics Description of Tories published by Mona Chalabi: These days, the Conservatives are often referred to as the Tories (it's a nickname that's neither affectionate nor insulting), but technically speaking, the Tories were dissolved in the 1830s and succeeded by […]
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Tort
Lifting or piercing the corporate veil Actions in tort Find under this subsection information about Actions in tort in relation to Lifting or piercing the corporate veil. Definition of Tort Derived from the latin word tortus meaning wrong. In french, 'tort' means a wrong.
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Tortfeasor
Definition of Tortfeasor The person who commits a tort is called a tortfeasor.
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Tony Benn
Tony Benn History Left-wing Labour politician. Served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Resigned as an MP when his father Baron Stangate died in 1960. Campaigned for the Peerage Act (1963), allowing peers to renounce their title. Cabinet Minister under Wilson and […]
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Tourism
Resources See Also Further Reading Tourism in the Encyclopedia of Britain Tourism in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Tourism in the Halsbury's Laws of England Tourism in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Tourism in the Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law […]
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Town Green
Town and Village Green Town And Village Green Defined Case Law A selected English Real Property Law Case in relation with town and village green defined may be: R (Newhaven Port & Properties) v East Sussex CC [2012] EWHC 647, [2012] 14 EG 63 Year of the above case: 2012