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Tangible Personal
Property Memorandum (TPPM): A legal document
that is referred to in a will and used to guide the
distribution of tangible personal property.
Temporary Relief:
Any form of action by a court granting one of the
parties an order to protect its interest pending
further action by the court.
Temporary
Restraining Order: A judge's order forbidding
certain actions until a full hearing can be held.
Usually of short duration. Often referred to as a
TRO.
Technical Errors:
Errors committed during a trial that have not
prejudiced the losing party's rights and therefore
are not grounds for reversal on appeal.
Testamentary
Capacity: The legal ability to make a will.
Testamentary
Trust: A trust set up by a will.
Testator:
Person who makes a will (female: testatrix).
Testimony:
Evidence delivered by a witness at trial either
orally at trial or in the written form of an
affidavit or deposition.
Third Party: A
person, business, or government agency not actively
involved in a legal proceeding, agreement, or
transaction.
Third Party
Benefit:. In insurance law, third party benefits
refer to the amount of available coverage that the
at-fault party has in bodily injury and property
damage.
Third Party
Lawsuit: In workers' compensation law, when an
injury is caused by the act or failure to act of a
party other than the employer, that party is the
"third party," and the injured worker may
file a lawsuit against that party. An example of a
third party lawsuit in workplace injury would be a
products liability suit against the manufacturer of
a defective tool.
Third Party
litigation: When a lawsuit is brought against a
defendant and that defendant wants to add another
party to the suit, the original defendant may file a
“third party complaint” which results in a third
party litigation or lawsuit.
Third-Party Claim:
An action by the defendant that brings a third party
into a lawsuit.
Thrombotic Stroke:
Occurs when a blood clot forms in an artery and
blocks blood flow to the brain.
Tipstaff:
Court-appointed officer whose duty it is to serve
the judge in a variety of ways while court is in
session. See bailiff.
Title: Legal
ownership of property, usually real property or
automobiles.
Tort: In civil
law, generally, a wrong or injury committed against
a person or property. A tort does not include breach
of contract.
Tort-Feasor:
One who commits a tort.
Tortious:
Having the quality of a tort; the wrongdoer.
Total Disability:
In a workers' compensation case, this is the
compensation paid when an injured employee is
totally impaired due to a work-related injury.
Benefits at the total disability rate are generally
two-thirds of wages up to a maximum compensation
rate
Transcript:
Official written copy of proceedings in a case,
including hearings, depositions, and trial. Usually
made by a court reporter.
Traumatic Brain
Injury: An insult to the brain caused by an
external physical force that may produce a
diminished or altered state of consciousness that
results in an impairment of cognitive abilities or
physical functioning and/or a disturbance of
behavioral or emotional functioning.
Trespasser: In
civil law, a person who enters land without
invitation, permission or privilege.
Trial: The
judicial examination and determination of issues
between the parties to an action.
Trial Calendar:
List maintained by the clerk of court or the trial
judge of cases awaiting trial, which includes trial
dates, names of attorneys representing parties, and
other such information.
Trial Court:
The first court to hear the case, as opposed to an
appellate court which hears appeals of decisions
made in trial courts.
Trust: A legal
device used to manage real or personal property,
established by one person (the grantor or settlor)
for the benefit of another (the beneficiary). A
third person (the trustee) or the grantor manages
the trust.
Trust Agreement or
Declaration: The legal document that sets up a
living trust. Testamentary trusts are set up in a
will.
Trustee: The
person or institution that manages the property put
in trust.
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