12. (Law)
Defn: In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Note: Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to quarter
days in England and Ireland. There are two legal terms — Whitsunday,
May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms —
Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. Mozley & W.
13. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
J. Knowels. In term, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
I can not speak in term. Chaucer.
— Term fee (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or
by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term
it is in court.
— Terms of a proportion (Math.), the four members of which it is
composed.
— To bring to terms, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit;
to force (one) to come to terms.
— To make terms, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree.
Syn. — Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word; expression. — Term, Word. These are more frequently interchanged than almost any other vocables that occur of the language. There is, however, a difference between them which is worthy of being kept in mind. Word is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings. Term originally denoted one of the two essential members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects. Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical term, and of stating things in distinct terms. Thus we say, "the term minister literally denotes servant;" "an exact definition of terms is essential to clearness of thought;" "no term of reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;" "every art has its peculiar and distinctive terms," etc. So also we say, "purity of style depends on the choice of words, and precision of style on a clear understanding of the terms used." Term is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but simply as words.
TERM
Term, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Termed; p. pr. & vb. n. Terming.] Etym:
[See Term, n., and cf. Terminate.]
Defn: To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space."
Locke.
TERMA
Ter"ma, n. Etym: [NL. See Term, n.] (Anat.)
Defn: The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.