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2881 Etymology dictionary, p. tablet (n.).3
… ; ballot, legal paper," and this sometimes was used in English in the pharmacological sense (1690s).
2882 Etymology dictionary, p. tail (n.2).2
… ," a legal term, early 14c. in Anglo-French; late 13c. in Anglo-Latin, in most cases a shortened form of entail. Also compare Old French taille "a cut, a cutting, division …
2883 Etymology dictionary, p. taint (v.).3
… a legal sense (see attain (v.)).
2884 Etymology dictionary, p. team (n.).3
It was applied in Old English to groups working together for some purpose, such as "set of draft animals yoked together," in early Middle English especially as a legal term, "group of people acting together to bring suit."
2885 Etymology dictionary, p. technical (adj.).4
… to legal procedure.
2886 Etymology dictionary, p. tender (n.2).2
… ," a legal word, 1540s, from tender (v.). The specific sense of "money (or other thing) offered as payment" is from 1740, in legal tender "currency which by law must be accepted …
2887 Etymology dictionary, p. term (v.).2
1550s, "give a particular name to, denominate," from term (n.). Related: Termed; termer; terming. Earlier as "bring a legal dispute to an end" (late 15c.); "bring (life) to an end" (c. 1500), senses now in terminate .
2888 Etymology dictionary, p. terminer (n.).2
… ," a legal term, especially in reference to judicial proceedings under special circumstances, early 15c., from French terminer "to end," in Old French "decide, rule …
2889 Etymology dictionary, p. testis (n.).3
… the legal sense of parastates "supporter, defender" and suggests instead parastatai in the sense of twin "supporting pillars, props of a mast," etc. Or it might …
2890 Etymology dictionary, p. testify (v.).2
… , "give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;" of things, c. 1400, "serve as evidence of," from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari "bear witness …
2891 Etymology dictionary, p. testimony (n.).2
… 15c., "legal testimony, sworn statement of a witness," from Old North French testimonie (Old French testimoine 11c.), from Latin testimonium "evidence, proof, witness …
2892 Etymology dictionary, p. title (n.).2
… ; position; legal permit" (12c., Modern French titre, by dissimilation), and in part from Old English titul, both from Latin titulus "inscription, label, ticket, placard …
2893 Etymology dictionary, p. tort (n.).2
… twist"). Legal sense of "breach of a duty, whereby someone acquires a right of action for damages" is first recorded 1580s.
2894 Etymology dictionary, p. trust (n.).5
It is recorded from early 15c. in the legal sense of "confidence placed in a one who holds or enjoys the use of property entrusted to him by its legal owner;" and by mid-15c. as "condition of being legally entrusted."
2895 Etymology dictionary, p. -ty (1).5
… Germanic legal texts distinguished a "common hundred" (100) from a "great hundred" (120). This duodecimal system is "perhaps due to contact with Babylonia" [Lass …
2896 Etymology dictionary, p. tyrant (n.).2
… without legal right; "cruel, oppressive ruler," from Old French tiran, tyrant (12c.), from Latin tyrannus "lord, master, monarch, despot," especially "arbitrary ruler …
2897 Etymology dictionary, p. ultra vires.2
Latin, literally "beyond powers," from ultra "beyond" (see ultra- ) + vires "strength, force, vigor, power," plural of vis (see vim ). Usually "beyond the legal or constitutional power of a court, etc."
2898 Etymology dictionary, p. umpire (n.).2
… . Originally legal, the gaming sense first recorded 1714 (in wrestling).
2899 Etymology dictionary, p. unilateral (adj.).2
… the legal sense of "made or entered into by one party." Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929.
2900 Etymology dictionary, p. untouchable (adj.).2
… "that legally cannot be interfered with" is recorded from 1734. Meaning "too loathsome or defiling to be touched" is recorded from 1873. The noun, in reference …