Stew
(N. J.). Stewart’s New Jersey Equ!- ty Reports.
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
Stew. Eq. Stewart's Reports, vols
ria New Jersey Equity. Stew.N.8c. Stewart's Admiralty Re
Stewart, 71 Pa
170. Formerly, however, there was a more substantial distinction between them. An action was considered as terminating with the giving of judgment, and the execution formed no part of it. (Litt. § 504; Co. Litt. 289a.) ...
STICKLER
(1) An inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of (larendon. Cowell]. (2) An arbitrator. (8) An obstinate contender about anything.
Stieglitz v. Mercantile Co., 76 Mo. App
280; (Ohio) 40.—Book debt. In Pennsylvania actice. The act of 28th March, 1805. § 2, in using the words, “book debt” and “book entries,” refers to their usual signification, which includes goods sold and deliv...
STILLICIDIUM
Lat. In the civil law. The drip of water from the eaves of a house. The servitude stillicidii consists in the right to have the water drip from one's eaves upon the house or ground of another. The term “flumen” desig...
Stim. Gloss
(or Stim. Law Gloss.). Stimson’s Law Glossary.
Stim. Gloss. See 2 Bl. Comm
67.—Ward fm chivalry. An incident to the tenure of knight-servicec—Wardship in copyholds. The lord is guardian of his infant tenant by special custom.
Stim. Gloss. See Wright v. Marvin, 59 Vt
437, 9 Atl. 601. TRESTORNARE. In old English law..
STIPEND
4A salary; settled pay. Mangam v. Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 587, 50 Am. Rep. 705.
STIPENDIUM
Lat. In the civil law. The pay of a soldier; wages; stipend. Calvin. .
STIPES
Lat. In old English law. Stock; a stock; a source of descent or title. Communis stipes, the common stock. Fleta, lib. 6, cc. 2.
STIPULATIO
they are apparently born alive, if they do not in fact survive so long as to rebut this presumption of law, they cannot inherit, so as to transmit the property to others. Marsellis v. Thalhimer, 2 Paige (N. Y.) 41, 21 Am...
STIPULATION
or, with a view to their being released or discharged by an eccopriets: that mode of discharge being applicable only to the verbal contract. Brown.
STIRPS
Lat. A root or stock of descent or title. Taking property by right of representation is called “succession per stirpes,” in opposition to taking in one’s own right, or as a principal, which is termed “taking per ...
STITUTES
INSTRUCT. To convey information ag a client to an attorney, or as an attorney to a counsel; to authorize one to appear as advocate; to give a case in charge to the jury.
STITUTION
In public and international law. A pact or agreement between states or nations in the nature of a treaty; usually applied (a) to agreements or arrangements preliminary to a formal treaty or to serve as its basis, or (b) ...
Sto
(or Sto. C. C.). Story’s United States Circuit Court Reports. _. Stock. Stockton’s New Jersey Equity Reports ;—-Stockton, New Brunswick (same as Berton’s Reports).
STOCK
discharged. If there is a class of “preferred” stock, the common stock may in this sense be said to be “deferred,” and the term i8 sometimes used as equivalent to “common” stock. But it is not impossible that...
Stockett. Stockett’s Reports, vols
27-79 Maryland. ,, Stockt. Oh. Stockton’s New J ersey Chantery Reports. ' Story. Story’s United States Circuit Court Reports. See, also, Sto. Story, Ag. Story on Agency. Story, Bailm. Story on Bailments. Story, Bills...
Stockton v. Williams, 1 Doug
(Mich.) 570; People v. Kraft, 91 Hun, 474, 36 N. Y. Supp. 1034.
Stoddard, 161 Pa, 259, 28 Atl
1111.—For that. In pleading. Words used to introduce the allegations of a declaration. “For that” is a positive allegation; ‘For that whereas” is a recital. Ham. N. 9.—For that whereas. In pleading. Formal wo...
Stoetzel v. Jackson, 105 Pa
567: mayen v. Daily, 6 Watts (Pa.) 272; Coal . Fales, 55 Pa. 98.—Swamyp and pvortiowes lands. Lands unfit for cultivation by reason of their swampy character and requiring drainage or reclamation to render them availab...
Stoker, 127 Mo
471, 30 S. W. 182; Bradford v. Randall, 5 Pick. (Mass.) 497; Osborn v. Kistler, 35 Ohio St. 102; Hopewell Tp. v. Amwell Tp., 6 N. J. Law, 175; Jones v.
Storer v
Freeman, 6 Mass. 435, 4 Am. Dec.
Story, Ag. § 35: 3 Kent, Comm
151; Web ster v. The Andes, 18 Ohio, 187; Muldon v.
Story, Bailm
4§ 370, 457.—Locatio rel. A letting of a thing to hire. 2 Kent, Comm. 586. The bailment or letting of a thing to be used by the bailee for a compensation to be paid by him. Story, Bailm. § 370.
Story, Bailm. § 7; Civ. Code La
art. 3133; 2 Kent, Comm. 577; Stearns v. Marsh,..4
Story, Const. &-792; State v. Clarke
21 Nev. 333, 31 Pac. 545, 18 L. R. A. 313. 37 Am. St.
Story, Eq. Jur
343; 2 Hill, Abr. 421.
Story, Eq. Pl
(Sth Ed.) § 311; Wright v. Superior Court, 139 Cal. 469, 73 Pac. 145; Lverson v. Assur. Co. (C. C.) 68 Fed. 258; State v. Savings Co., 28 Or. 410, 43 Pac. 163—Bill of information. Where a suit is instituted on behalf ...
Stouffer v. Harlan, 68 Kan
135, 74 Pac. 610, 64
Stout, 186 Ind
53, 35 N. BE. 683, 22 L. RB. A, 898; Waller v. Arnold, 71 Ill. 353; Kane v.
STOUTHRIEFF
STOCKHOLDER. A person: whd owns shares of stock in a corporation ‘or. jointstock company. See Mills v. Stewart, 41 N. Y. 386; Ross v. Knapp, etc., Co., 77 IH. App. 424; Corwith v. Culyer, 69 Ill. 502; Hirshfeld v. Bopp...
STOWAGE
violent depredation on the highway, or accompanied by house-breaking. Alis. Prin. Scotch Law, 227.
Stowe v. Thomas, 23 Fed. Cas
207; White v. Geroch, 2 Barn. & Ald. 301; Brightley v. Littleton (C. C.) 37 Fed. 104: Holmes v. Hurst, 174 U. S. 82, 19 Sup. Ct. 606, 43
Str. Cas. Ev
(or Str. Sve.). Strange’s ‘Cases of Evidence (“Octavo Strange”). Str.N.C. Sir T. Strange’s Notes of Cases, Madras. : Stra. Strange.
STRAMINEUS HOMO
L. Lat. A man of straw, one ‘of no substance, put forward as bail or surety.
Stranding. Emerig. Tr
des Ass. c. 12, s. 18, no. 1.
STRATAGEM
aA deception either by words or actions, in times of war, in order to obtain an advantage over an enemy.
STREIGHTEN
narrow or restrict. not streighten the devise.”
STREPITUS
also said to be strangers to the covenant. Brown. See Robblns v. Chicago, 4 Wall. 672, 18 L. Ed. 427; O’Donnell v. Mcintyre, 118 N. Y. 156, 23 N. E. 4355; Bennett v.
STREPITUS JUDICIALIS
STREPITUS JUDIOCIALIS. Turbulent conduct in a court of justice. Jacob.
Stricklett, 40 Neb
792, 59 N. W. 550; Chicago v. Ward, 169 Ill. 392, 48 N. B. 927, 38
STRICTISSIMI JURIS
Lat. Of the strictest right or law. “Licenses being matter of special indulgence, the application of them was formerly strictissimi juris.” 1
STRICTO JURE
Lat. In strictlaw. 1
STRIOTI JURIS
Lat. Of strict right or law; according to strict law. “A license is a thing stricti juris; a privilege which « man does not possess by his own right, but it is conceded to him as an indulgence, and ’ therefore it is...
STRIOTUM JUS
Lat. Strict right or law; the rigor of the law as distinguished from equity.
Strob
(S. C.) 876.—Domus procerum. The house of lords, abbreviated into Dom. Proc., or (S. C.) 462, 49 Am. Dec. 604. Also, in the law of torts and of landlord and tenant, an eviction or forcible putting out. See Ex- (S. C....
Stroup y. Raymond, 183 Pa
279, 38 Atl. 626, 63 Am. St. Rep. 758; Day v. Donohue, 62 N.