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temporary restraining order Judge's order forbidding certain actions until a full hearing can be held to determine whether injunction should be issued. Often referred to as TRO. Compare preliminary injunction.tenancy by the entirety See joint1 tenancy.tenancy in common Form of legal co-ownership of property in which survivors2, when one of the owners dies, do not have rights to decedent's shares of the property. Compare joint tenancy.testamentary capacity Mental ability an inpidual must have to make a will.testamentary trust Trust set up by a will. Compare living trust.testator Person who makes a will. testimony3 Evidence given by witness under oath at trial or via affidavit4 or deposition5.theft See larceny6.third party Person, business or government agency, etc., not actively7 involved in a legal proceeding8, agreement or transaction, but who is somehow involved.third party Person, business or government agency, etc., not actively involved in a legal proceeding, agreement or transaction, but who is somehow involved.third party Person, business or government agency, etc., not actively involved in a legal proceeding, agreement or transaction, but who is somehow involved.title Legal ownership of property.tort Injury or wrong committed on a person or property of another for which remedy can be sought in civil court, except that which involves a contract.tortfeasor One who commits a tort; a wrong doer.transcript9 Official record of all testimony and events that occur during a trial or hearing.transfer hearing Hearing in juvenile10 court to determine whether jurisdiction11 over a juvenile case should remain in juvenile court or be transferred to adult court.trial de novo A new trial.TRO Temporary Restraining Ordertrue bill Indictment12 by grand jury. Notation13 on indictment that charge should go to court. Compare no bill.trust Legal device used to manage real or personal property, established by one person for the benefit of another . A third person or the grantor manages the trust.trust agreement or declaration Legal document that sets up a trust.trustee Person or institution that manages a trust.turncoat witness Witness whose testimony was expected to be favorable, but who later becomes an adverse14 witness.