Sullivan, 49 La. Ann
197, 21 South. 688, 62
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
SUMMONEAS
L. Lat. In old practice. A writ of summons; a writ by which a party Was summoned to appear in court.
SUMMONITIO. LL
Lat. -In old English practice. A summoning or summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court, of which there were various kinds. Spelman.
SUMMONITORES SCACCARIT. Off
cers who assisted in collecting the revenues by citing the defaulters therein into the court of exchequer.
SUMMONS
SUMMER-HUS SILVER. A payment to the lords of the wood on the Wealds of Kent, who used to visit those places in summer, when their under-tenants were bound to prepare little summer-houses for their reception, or else pay ...
SUMMUM JUS
Lat. Strict right; extreme right. The extremity or rigor of the law.
Sumn. Ves
(or Sum. Ves.). . _ Sumner’s
SUMPTION
PRESUMPTION. An inference affirmative or disaffirmative of the truth or falsehood of any proposition or fact drawn by.a process of probable reasoning in the absence of actual certainty of its truth or falsehood, or until...
Sun Mut. Ins. Co., 104 Mass
516, 6 Am. Rep. 261.
Sun Mut. Ins. Co., 71 N. Y¥
459. PORTATIOA. In English law. The
Sun Mutual Ins. Co., 2 Cush
(Mass.) 517. —Hystero-epilepsy. A condition initiated by an apparently mild attack of convulsive hysteria. followed by an epileptiform convulsion. and succeeded by a period of “clownism” (Osler) in which the patien...
Sunday,” (g
v.) See State v. Drake, 64
Sunol v. Hepburn, 1 Cal
263; Cox v. Devinney, 65 N. J. Law, 389, 47 Atl. 570; Churchill .v. Onderdonk, 59 N. Y. 1386; Rice v. Frayser (C. C.) 24 Fed. 460; Travers v. McElvain, 181
SUO NOMINE
Lat. In his own name.
Sup. Ct
396, 36 L. Ed. 186; Ewing v. Burnet, 11 Pet. 41, 9 L. Ed. 624; St. Louis, etc., 20, 37 L. Ed. 999. 719, 48 L. Ed. 979. l 779, 35 L. kd. 473; Farmer v. Water Co., 56 Cal. 11. 396, 36 L. Ed. 186; Bouvier v. 219, 42 L....
SUPER
Lat. Upon; above; over.
Super. Ct
563.—Eirebare. A beacon or high tower by the seaside. wherein are continual lights, either to direct sailors in the night, or to give warning of the approach of an enemy. Cowell.—Eire-bote. An allowance of wood or, e...
SUPERFICIARIUS
Lat. In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent. Dig.
SUPERFIOCIES
Lat. In the civil Jaw.
SUPERINDUOTIO
Lat. In the civil law. <A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4,1, 1.
SUPERINSTITUTION
contrary to law.—Super visum corporis. Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super visum corporis. previously instituted; as where A. is admitted and instituted to a benefic...
SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR. In
English law. An officer who superintends the registers of births, deaths, and marriages. There is one in every poor-law union in England and Wales.
SUPERNUMERARIT
Lat. In Roman law. Advocates who were not registered or enrolled and did not belong to the college of advocates. They were not attached to any local jurisdiction. See StTatutTI1.
SUPERONERATIO
Lat. Surcharging a commen; 4. ccc., putting in beasts of a nuin-
SUPERSEDEAS
Lat. In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously issued. It directs the officer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another writ which is in his hands ...
SUPERVISOR
ber or kind other than the right of common allows.
Supp
526. 386; Amazon Irr. Co. v. Brieren, 1 160. 1001. 159.—Bodily heirs. Heirs begotten or borne by the person referred to; lineal descendants. ‘his term is equivalent to “heirs of the body.” ‘Turner vy. Hause...
SUPPLEMENT, LETTERS OF. In
Scotch practice. A process by which a party not residing within the jurisdiction of an inferior court may be cited to appear before it. Bell.
SUPPLICATIO
Lat. In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment: also equivalent to “duplicatio,” which corresponds to the common law rejolnder. Calvin.
SUPPLICIUM
Lat. In the civil law. Puntshment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called “ultimum supplicium,” the last or extreme penalty.
SUPPLY, COMMISSIONERS OF. Per
sons appointed to levy the land-tax in Scotland, and to cause a valuation roll to be annually made up, and to perform other duties in their respective counties. Bell.
SUPPLY, COMMITTEE OF. In Eng
lish law. All bills which relate to the public income or expenditure must originate with the house of commons, and all bills authorizing expenditure of the public money are based upon resolutions moved in a committee of ...
Support and fortify it. Co. Litt
304a. Hence a departure obviously can never take place till the replication. Steph. Pl. 410. Each subsequent pleading must pursue or support the former one; #4. 6, the replication must support the declaration, and the re...
SUPPRESSIO VERI
Lat. Suppression or concealment of the truth. “It is a' rule of equity, as well as of law, that a suppressto veri is equivalent to a suggestio falst; and where either the suppression of the truth . or the suggestion of...
SUPRA
SUPPLIES. In English law. The “supplies” in parliamentary proceedings signify the sums of money which are annually voted by the house of commons for the maintenance of the crown and the various public services. Jacob...
SUPREMA POTESTAS
Suprema potestas seipsam dissolvere potest. Supreme power can dissolve itself. Bac. Max.
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE
The court formed by the English judicature act, 1873, (as modified by the judicature act, 1875, the appellate jurisdiction act, 1876, and the judicature acts of 1877, 1879, and 1881,) in substitution for the various supe...
SUPREMUS
Lat. Last; the last.
SUR
Fr. On; upon; over. In the titiles of real actions “sur’’ was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a reversion or seigniory, in certain cases where his tenan...
SURCHARGE
courts of the’ judges or commissioners of assize ; and (2) the appellate jurisdiction of such o those courts as heard appeals from inferior courts. Judicature act, 1873, § 16.
SURDUS
114 Pa. 82, 7 Atl. 224, 60 Am. Her: 341 ; oe vy. Adickes, 37 S. C. 174, 15 S. E. Lat. In the civil law. Deaf; a deaf person. [nst. 2, 12, 3. Surdue eb mutus, a deaf and dumb person.
SURFACE WATERS. See WATER
SURGEON. One whose profession or oc cupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders, whether by manual operation, or by medication and...
SURPRISE
contract is taken unawares, by which sudden confusion or perplexity is created, which renders it proper that a court of equity should relieve the party so surprised. 2
SURROGATE
ter to the people, unless'the charter was granted under a statute, imposing indefeasible duties on the bodies to which it applies.
SURSISE
the court of ordinary, court of. probate, etc., relating to matters of probate, etc. Kent, -Comm. 409, note 6. And see Robinson v. Fair, 128 U. S. 53, 9 Sup. Ct. 30. 32 L. Ed. 415;
SURSUM REDDERE
Lat. In old conveyancing. To render up; to surrender.
SURSUMREDDITIO
Lat. A _ surrender. SURVEY. The process by which a par-
SUSPICION
by the neck. Words formerly used in England in signing judgment against.a prisoner who was to be executed; being written by the judge in the margin of the sheriff's calendar or list, opposite the prisoner’s name., 4 Bl...
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER. In the criminal laws of some of the states, a person who is known or strongly suspected to be an habitual criminal, or against whom there is reasonable cause to believe that he has committed a crime...
SUUM OUIQUE TRIBUERE
Lat. To render to every one his own. One of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian.