S., 162 U. S. 466, 16 Sup. Ct
859, 40 L. Ed. 1089; Stokes v. State, 18 Ga. 35; Clarke v.
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
S., 57 Fed
490, 6 ©. C. A. 459; Atlanta v, Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works, 127 Fed. 23. 61 C. C. A. 387, 64 L. R. A. 721.—FPenal bill. An instrument formerly in use, by which a party bound himself to pay a certain sum or sums ...
S., 85 Fed
205, 80 C. C. A. 74; McJunkins v.
S$UU08S H2ZRES
Lat. In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin.
S47; Hattersley v. Bissett, 51 N. J. Eq
597, 20 Atl. 187, 40 Am. St. Rep. 582; Chase v.
Saal foe 16 Mich
Saat” St. § 2387 (U
8. Comp. St. 1901, p.
SABBATUM. LL
Lat. The Sabbath; also peace. Domesday.
Sabla A Behe ae 88 Me
49, RA Make ky v. Mullin 30 A a iad, 25 L. R. A. 694.
SACCUS CUM BROCHIA
L. Lat. In old English law. <A service or tenure of finding a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the
SACCUS. IL
Lat. In old English law. A sack. A quantity of wool weighing thirty
SACRA
Lat. In Roman law. The right to participate in the sacred rites of the city. Butl. Hor. Jur. .27.
SACRAMENTALES. LIL
Lat. In feudal law. Compurgators; persons who came to purge a defendant by their oath that they believed him innocent.
SACRAMENTI ACTIO
Lat. In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager.
SACRAMENTUM
SAO. In old English law. A liberty of holding pleas; the jurisdiction of a manor court ; the privilege claimed by a lord of trying actions of trespass between his tenants, in his manor court, and imposing fines and amerc...
SACRILEGUS
Lat. In the civil and common law. <A sacrilegious person; one guilty of sacrilege.
Sage, 67 Ohio St
256, 65 N. E. 909; Power
SAGES DE LA LEY
L. Fr. Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. <A term applied to the chancellor and justices of
SAIGA
tween others ought not.to prejudice nose who were not parties. a 42, 1, 68.
SAIL
SAIL. In insurance law. To put to sea; to begin a voyage. The least locomotion, with readiness of equipment and clearance, satisfies a warranty to sail. Pittegrew Vv.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
or printed directions, delivered by the commanding officer of a convoy to the several masters of the ships under his care, by which they are enabled to understand and answer his signals, to know the place of rendezvous a...
SAINT MARTIN LE GRAND, COURT
OF. An ancient court in London, of local importance, formerly held in the church from which it took its name. ;
SAISIE
Fr. In French law. A judicial seizure or sequestration of property, of which there are several varieties. See infra.
SALARY
species of foreign attachment; that which a creditor, by the permission of the president of a tribunal of first instance or a juge de paiz, may exercise, without preliminary process, upon the effects, found within the co...
Salat Ag has the custody of the privy signet
as well for the purpose of sealing his mas private letters. as also grants which pass his majesty’s hand by bill signed; there are four of these officers. Cowell.—Olerks of indictments. Officers attached to the centr...
SALE
erty is to compromise and settle a claim, while the object of a sale is the price given.
Salene, 15 Or
208, 14 Pac. 523, a A St. Rep.
SALFORD HUNDRED COURT OF
RECORD. An inferior and local court of —
Salk
417. A phrase used in the old books when the very words themselves referred to were set forth. Id.; 1 Ld. Raym. 415. 38.
Salus ubi multi consiliaril
4 Inst. 1. Where there are many counselors, there is safety.
SALVAGE
“Saloon” has not acquired the legal signification of a house kept for retailing intoxicating liquor. It may mean a room for the reception of company, for exhibition of works of art, etc. State v. Mansker, 36 Tex. 364...
SALVO
Lat. Saving; excepting; without prejudice to. Salvo me et heredibus meis, except me and my heirs. Salvo jure cujuslidbet, without prejudice to the rights of any one.
San Antonio, 22 Tex. Civ. App
140, 54 S. W. 48; People v. Russell, 35 Misc. Rep. 765, 72
Sanders v. McAffee, 42 Ga
250. A bona fide purchaser is one. who buys property of another without notice that some third person has a right to, or interest in, such property, and pays a full and fair price for the same, at the time of such purcha...
Sanders y. Steele, 124 Ala
415. 26 South, SX2 ;
Sanders, 58 Kan
191, 86 Pac. 348, 23 L. RB. A. 608; Com. v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 Atl 277.
Sanderson v. Brown, 57 Me
312.—Ordidiligence is that degree of care which men of common prudence generally exercise in their affairs, in the country and the age in which they live. Erie Bank v. Smith. 3 Brewst.
Sanford v. Prentice, 28 Wis
358.—Qualifi fee. See Free.—Qualified indorsement. Se INDORSEMENT.—Quahfied oath. See OATH. ed privilege. In the law of libel and slander, the same as conditional privilege. See PRIVILEGE.—Qualified property. See...
Sanford v. Wheelan, 12 Or
301. 7 Pac. 324 -—Covenant for further assurance. An undertaking, in the form of a covenant, on the
Sangster v. Kay, 5 Exch
386; Lawson v. Stat 55 Ala. 118; Abel v. State, 90 Ala. 633,
SANIS
said to have a sanction when there is a state which will intervene if it is disobeyed or disregarded. Therefore international law has. no legal sanction. Sweet. ;
SANITARY AUTHORITIES
SANITARY AUTHORITIES. In Enzglish law. Bodies having jurisdiction over their respective districts in regard to sewerage, drainage, scavenging, the supply of water, the prevention of nulsances and offensive trades, etc., ...
SANITY
DEM. An abbreviation for “‘demise;” c. g., Doe dem. Smith, Doe, on the demise of Smith. IRREVOCABLE. Which cannot be revoked or recalled. . MADE KNOWN. Where a writ of scire facias has been actually gerved upon a...
SANOTIO
Lat. In the civil law. That part of a law by which a.penalty was ordained against those who should violate it.
SANS CEO QUE
L. Fr. Without this.
SANS FRAIS
Fr. Without expense. See Retour Sans PRoTET,
SANS IMPEACHMENT DE WAST
- ZL. Fr. Without impeachment of waste. Litt. § 152. See ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI.
SANS JOUR
Fr. Without day; sine die.
SANS NOMBRE
Fr. A term used in relation to the right of putting animals on a common. The term “common sans nombre” does not mean that the beasts are to be innumerable, but only indefinite; not certain. Willes, 227.
Sapp v
Frazier, 51 La. Ann. 1718, 26 South.