Law Dictionary Definitions

tacere per quadriennium utile (t<>-seer-ee p<>r kwod-ree-en-ee-<>m yoo-t<>-lee). [Law Latin] Hist. To be silent throughout the four years after majority. • A person is estopped from challenging a deed made when that person was a minor if the right is not exercised within the four years after the person reaches the age of majority. [Blacks…

T-account. An accounting form shaped like the letter T, with the account’s name above the horizontal line, debits listed to the left of the vertical line, and credits to the right. [Blacks Law 8th]

tabulis exhibendis.See DE TABULIS EXHIBENDIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

tabular form.See SUBPARAGRAPH FORM [Blacks Law 8th]

tabula rasa (tab-y<>-l<> rah-s<> or -z<>). [Latin “scraped tablet”] A blank tablet ready for writing; a clean slate. Pl. tabulae rasae (tab-y<>-lee-rahs-I). [Blacks Law 8th]

tabula in naufragio.[Latin “the last plank from the shipwreck”] Something added to a lawsuit, often on appeal, as a last-ditch argument or as an afterthought. [Blacks Law 8th]

Tablets of Amalfi.See AMALPHITAN CODE. [Blacks Law 8th]

table of cases. 1. An alphabetical list of the cases cited in a brief or lawbook, usu. prefixed or appended to it, with one or more page or section numbers showing where in the text each case is cited. 2.INDEX OF AUTHORITIES . [Blacks Law 8th]

table of authorities.See INDEX OF AUTHORITIES. [Blacks Law 8th]

tableaux vivants.Copyright. A performance by actors dressed as characters in a painting and acting out the event portrayed in the painting. [Blacks Law 8th]