Retrieve info from a taxonomy

Hi,

I want to retrieve some info from a taxonomy that I created at back-end. When the value of that taxonomy isn’t filled, appears something like ‘Not defined’. For me, just appears if I fill it (I want to have always the defined space for it).

I can retrieve $term->name for example, but I want to do some verification like: if $term->name is empty appears a message in the same place. I’ve tried some ways, but till now without success. Or check if is empty..

There is some way to call the taxonomy for the attribute name ? As $term->taxonomy(‘attribute_name’) ?

I appreciate your help.
Thanks.