Saratoga, 1 Gall
174, Fed. Cas. No. 12,355; Arthur v. The Cassius, 2 Story, 99, Fed. Cas.
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
SARCULATURA
L. Lat. In old ree ords. Weeding corn. A tenant’s service of weeding for the lord. Cowell.
Sarlis v. U. §., 152 U. 8
570, 14 Sup. Ct. 720, 38 L. Ed. 556.—Malt mulma. A quern or malt-mill.—_Malt-shot, or malt-scot. <A certain payment for making malt. Somner.— Malt-taxz. An excise duty upon malt in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 313; 2 Steph...
Sarlis, 135 Ind
195, 34 N. E. 1129; Hopkins v. Cromwell, 89 App. Div. 481, 85 N. Y. Supp.
Sarlls v. U. S., 152 U. 8S
570, 14 Sup. Ct. 20, 388 LL Ed. 556.— ex. Bvery per-:
Sat da of Henry III
2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 91, —Capitalis justiciarius banci. Chief justice of the bench. The title of the chief justice of the (now) court of common pleas, first mentioned in the first year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 48....
SATISDARE
Lat. In the civil law. To
SATISDATIO
Lat.- In the civil law. Security given by a party to an action, as by a defendant, to pay what might be adjudged against him. Inst. 4, 11; 3 Bl. Comm. 291.
SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
SASINE. In Scotch law. The symbolical delivery of land, answering to the livery of seisin of the old English law. 4
SATISFIED THERM
SATISFIED TERM. A term of years
Saunders v. U. S. (D. C.) 73 Fed
786; Scott v. Spiegel, 67 Conn. 349, 35 Atl. 262.
SAUNKEFIN
L. Fr. End of blood; failure of the direct line in successions. Spelman; Cowell.
SAUVAGINE
L. Fr. Wild animals.
SAUVEMENT. UL
Fr. Safely. Satvement gardes, safely kept. Britt. c. 87.
Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Topeka, 20 Wall
666, 22 L. Ed. 455.—General credit. The character of a witness as one generally worthy of credit. According to Bouvier, there is a distinction between this and “particular credit,” which may be affected by proof of...
Sav. Bank
8% Fed. 276, 80 C. C. A. 38, 49
SAVER DEFAULT
lish practice. To excuse a default. de la Ley.
SAVING THE STATUTE OF LIMITA
TIONS. A creditor is said to “save the statute of limitations” when he saves or preserves his debt from being barred by the operation of the statute. Thus, in the case of a simple contract debt, if a creditor commenc...
Saw
(or Sawy.). Sawyer's United States Circuit Court Reports.
Sawy
472, Fed. Cas. No. 15,254.
Sawyer, 94. Me
243, 47 Atl. 523: Wilson v.
Sax
98; 3 Steph. Comm. 173, note #. See 197, (1849.) (or Saxt.). Saxton’s New Jersey Chancery Reports.
Saxon law. One bound by oath, g
d. “‘oathtied.” From ath, oath, and tied. Id.
Sc
167; Hand v. Cole, 88 Tenn. 400, 12
SCANDAL
SAVOUR. To partake the nature of; to bear affinity to.
SCANDALOUS MATTER
6568, 29 0. C A. 14; Burden v. Burden (C.
SCAPHA
Lat. In Roman law. A boat; a lighter. A ship’s boat.
SCAVAIDUS
the scavage money. Cowell.
SCEATTA
ination than a ‘shilling.
Schmidt, 154 Ind
196, 56 N. E. 450. As applied to a person, it commonly means that he is grossly negligent or in willful default in regard to his pecuniary obligations, or even that he is dishonest and unworthy of credit. Boyce v. Ewart,...
Schmunk, 207 Pa
544, 56 Atl. 1088,.90 Am.
SCHOOL
ing the management or distribution of property, or for making an arrangement between persons having conflicting rights. Thus, in the practice of the chancery division, where the execution of a charitable trust in the man...
School Dist., 45 Conn
59; Dullard v. Phelan, 83 Iowa, 471, 50 N. W. 204; Lamson v.
Schott v. Harvey, 105 Pa
227, 51 Am. Rep. 201; Franklin F. Ins. Co. v. Brock, 57 Pa. 82.
Schrack v. McKnight, 84 Pa
30.—Proof of debt. The formal establishment by a creditor of his debt or claim, in some prescribed manner, (as, by his affidavit or otherwise.) as a preliminary to its allowance, along with others, against an estate or...
Schuchardt y. People, 99 Ill
501, 39 Am. Rep. 34.—Master in lunacy. In English law. The masters in-lunacy are judicial officers appointed by the lord chancellor for the purpose of conducting inquiries into the state of mind of persons alleged to b...
Schultz v. State, 32 Ohio St
281; State v. Rozum, 8 N. D. 548, 80 N. W. 481; Fishel) v. Morris, 57 Conn. 547, 18 Atl. 717, 6 L. R.
Sci
fa. ad dis. deb. probandum debitum.
SCIENCE
. COURT OF CONVOCATION. In English ecclesiastical law. A court, or assembly,
SCIENDUM
Lat. In English law. The name given to a clause {nserted in the record by which it is made “known that the justice here in court, in this same term, delivered a writ thereupon to the deputy-sheriff of the county afores...
SCIENTER
Lat. Knowingly. The term is used in pleading to signify an allegation (or that part of the declarution or indictment which contains it) setting out the defendant’s previous knowledge of the cause which led to the injur...
SCILICET
Lat. To-wit; that is to say. A word used in pleadings and other instruments, a8 introductory to a more particular statement of matters previously mentioned in general terms. Hob. 171, 172.
SCIRE FACIAS
of introduction to some explanation, or directing attention to some particular rule. requiring the person against whom it is brought to show cause why the. party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or ...
SCIRE FAOCIAS
Lat. In practice. A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and
SCIRE FECI
Lat. In practice. The name given to the sheriff’s return to a writ of scire facias that he has caused notice to be given to the party or parties against whom the writ was issued. 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 98, 99.
SCISSIO
Lat. In old English law. A cutting. Scissio auricularum, cropping of the ears. An old punishment. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, y 10.
SCOTCH PEERS
‘SCIRE FIERI INQUIRY. In English law. The name of a writ formerly used to recover the amount of a judgment from an executor.
SCOTS
SCOTS. In English law. Assessments by commissioners of sewers.
Scott v. Railroad Co., 93 Md
475, 49 Atl. 327; Jones v. Railroad Co., 67 N. H. 234, 30 Atl. 614, 68 -Am. St. Rep. 650; Lockhart v. Van
SCRIBA
Lat. A scribe; a secretury. Soritda regis, a king’s secretary; a chancellor. Spelman.