٢٠٠ Stay of proceedings.—v. Adjournment on account of lis pendens.

٢٠١ Stolen object.—v. Theft (Proof of—).

٢٠٢ Stolen object (Property).—v. Prescription in criminal cause.

٢٠٣ Striking and wounding.—v. Assault (Adjournment of prosecution proceedings).

٢٠٤ Substantial nullity of judgment.—v. Cassation (Substantial nullity of judgment).

٢٠٥ Substantial nullity of procedure.—v. Cassation (Substantial nullity of procedure).

٢٠٦ Summary Tribunal.—v. Jurisdiction of Summary Tribunal.

٢٠٨ Surety.—v. Claim (New), Jurisdiction (Domicil of defendant).

٢٠٩ Surety (Discharge).—v. Lease (Constructive renewal.)

٢١٠ Testament.—v. Will (Proof revocation).

٢١١ Theft.—v. Prescription in criminal cause.

٢١٢ Theft (Attempted).—v. Recidivism.

٢١٣ Theft (Proof of—).—A person accused of the theft of an object of which he is found in possession is entitled to the benefit of the presumption that the possessor of a movable thing is the owner thereof. The fact of his having given an untruthful account of the manner in which he came into possession of the thing is not sufficient to rebut this presumption, especially if the thing is one of which he might reasonably be supposed to be the owner. (Trib. Cairo, 25 September 1905; No. 9, p. 3.)

٢١٤ Theft by night.—Night, within the meaning of art. 274 P.C., is the period of total darkness. A theft which occurred during twilight is consequently not deemed to have been committed by night. (Sum. Trib. Dishna, 17 July 1904 ; No. 31, p, 19.)

٢١٥ Theft of crops.—v. Jurisdiction of Markaz Tribunals.

٢١٦ Third party (Intervention).—v. Intervention.

٢١٨ Time (Limited).—v. Appeal (Time for—), 1°.

٢١٩ Time limited (Extension).—v. Cassation (Substantial nullity of procedure), 2°.

٢١٧ Time of appeal expired.—v. Appeal (Dismissal " motu proprio ").

٢٢٠ Title, just.—v. Prescription quinquennial acquisitive.

٢٢١ Tomb (Defilement of—).—A person is rightly found guilty of defiling a tomb or place of sepulture, although there is no proof of criminal intention, if he has wilfully committed therein an act which he knew to be likely to wound the feelings of others. It is not necessary in order that the act should amount to defilement that it consist in a physical injury done to a tomb or to a dead body. (Cass. 30 September 1905; No. 15, p. 10.)

٢٢٢ Train.—An electric tramcar which has a speed of 30 kilometres an hour, carries goods and runs on rails similar to those of a railway, is a "train" within the meaning of art. 147 P.C. (Sum. Trib. Gizeh, 21 May, 1905 ; No. 23, p. 12.)

٢٢٣ Tramcar.—v. Train.

٢٢٤ Transcription (Bad faith).—When land has been sold successively to two purchasers, and the second has caused the document of sale to him to be transcribed, he is not entitled to set up default of transcription as against the first, if it be shewn that he acted mala fide and that the sale to him was of a collusive nature. (App. 12 May 1906 ; No. 112, p. 75.)

٢٢٥ Trial.—v. Judgment by default, 1°.

٢٢٧ Trial "in camera".—It is not necessary that an order of the Court directing the case to be heard in camera should be made by a formal judgment. The mention of the order and of its grounds in the record of the sitting is sufficient. (Cass. 3 June 1905 ; No. 13, I, p. 9.)

٢٢٦ Trial (New).—v. New trial after cassation.

٢٢٨ Tribunal.—v. Jurisdiction, Pre-emption, 1°.

٢٢٩ Tribunal (Constitution of—).—v. New trial after cassation.

٢٣٠ Tribunal (Native, Jurisdiction).—v. Pre-emption, 1°.

٢٣١ Twilight.—v. Theft by night.

٢٣٢ Urgency.—v. Jurisdiction of Summary Tribunal.

٢٣٣ Usury.—The Court has jurisdiction to determine the real nature of a document relied on by one of the parties and to decide that an alleged contract of sale is, in reality, a contract of loan bearing a prohibited rate of interest. In the event of its so deciding, the Court will reduce the amount agreed to be paid, so that the lender will not receive more than the maximum rate of conventional interest. (Sum. Trib. Isna, 11 April 1905; No. 41, p. 26.)

٢٣٤ Uttering a forgery.—v. Forgery, 1°.

٢٣٥ Vagabonds.—v. Vagrancy.

٢٣٦ Vagrancy.—Since banishment is not one of the penalties enumerated in the new Penal Code it is doubtful whether offenders can any longer be sentenced to this penalty. It is, perhaps, therefore advisable in convicting under art. 2, parag. 4 of the Vagrancy Decree (13 July 1891) to pass sentence of imprisonment only. (Cir. No. 6, 21 March 1905 ; No. 58, p. 36.)

٢٣٧ Value of claim.—v. Claim (Value of—).

٢٣٨ Vendor (Joinder in pre-emption suit).—v. Pre-emption, 1°.

٢٣٩ Verification of documents.—Where in the course of an action, the defendant, without adducing any evidence in support of his allegation, denies the seal of a private document on which the plaintiff relies, the Court may, if satisfied that the document is genuine, refuse to order its verification and enter judgment on the merits. (Sum. Trib. Maghagha, 5 December 1905; No. 43, p. 27)

٢٤١ Visiting Card.—v. Forgery, 2°.