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failure of good behavior.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure of proof.See FAILURE.[Blacks Law 8th]

failure. 1. Deficiency; lack; want. 2. An omission of an expected action, occurrence, or performance. See LAPSE(2). failure of a condition.The nonoccurrence of an event that has been made a condition of the contract. • The usual result is that one or both of the parties do not have to perform because of the failure…

teller vote.See lobby vote under VOTE(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

tellers committee.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

teller’s check.See CHECK. [Blacks Law 8th]

Teller in Parliament.One of the members of the British House of Commons — two from government and two from the opposition — appointed by the Speaker to count votes. [Blacks Law 8th]

teller. 1. A bank clerk who deals directly with customers by receiving and paying out money. 2.Parliamentary law. A member of a tellers committee; esp., a vote-counter at an election. See tellers committee under COMMITTEE. [Cases: Elections 126(3), 209. C.J.S. Elections §§ 116, 192.] [Blacks Law 8th]

telecopier. See FAX(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

teleological interpretation.See purposive construction under CONSTRUCTION [Blacks Law 8th]