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A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]

in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil. Bouvier. Wharton.

tives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. Wharton.

A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded. Wharton.

ten also tappis, tappish, tappice.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. Chapman.

A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. Burrill.

er; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.

c era. (b) The rock formation of that period; -- called also Tertiary formation. See the Chart of Geology. -- Tertiary syphilis (Med.), the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.

in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.

used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

cutor de son tort. See under Executor. -- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.

le water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. Nares. Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1.…

tones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology.

Three united; state of being three. [R.] H. Wharton.

perfect words, with childish trips. Milton. Each seeming trip, and each digressive start. Harte.

ers remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.

etland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character.

ase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.

A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it. Wharton.