TERMINUM. In the civil law, says Spelman, this word signifies a day set to the defendant¹, and, in that sense, Bracton, Glanville and some others sometimes use it. Reliquiae Spelmanianae, p. 71; Beames' Gl. 27 n.

TERMINUS A QUO. The starting point of a private way is so called. Hamm. N. P. 196.

TERMINUS AD QUEM. The point of termination of a private way is so called.

TERMOR. One who holds lands and tenements² for a term of years or, life. Litt. sect³. 100; 4 Tyr. 561.

TERRE-TENANT, or improperly⁴ terre-tenant. One who has the actual possession of land; but in a more technical sense, he who is seised of the land; and, in the latter sense the owner of the land, or the person seised, is the terre-tenant, and not the lessee⁵. 4 W. & S. 256; Bac. Ab. Uses and Trusts, in pr. It has been holden that mere⁶ occupiers of the land are not terre-tenants⁷. Bee 16 S. & R, 432; 3 Penna. 229; 2 Saund. 7, n. 4; 2 Bl. Com. 91, 328.

TERRIER, Engl. Iaw. A roll, catalogue or survey of lands, belonging either to a single person or a town, in which are stated the quantity of, acres, the names of the tenants, and the like.

2. By the ecclesiastical law an inquiry⁸ is directed to be made from time to time, of the temporal rights of the clergyman of every parish, and to be returned into the registry of the bishop⁹: this return is denominated a terrier. 1 Phil. & Am. Ev. 602, 603.

TERRITORIAL¹⁰ COURTS. The courts established in the territories of the United States. Vide Courts of the United States.