See Wilmington City Ry. Co
v. Wilmington & B.S. Ry. Co., 8 Del. Ch. 468 46 Atl. 12.
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
See Young v. U. 8., 97 U. 8
62, 24 L. Bd 992; U. 8. v. Bollman, 1 Cranch, C. C. 373,
See Zabriskie v. Wood
23 N. J. Eq. 544; Duffy v. Jarvis (C. C.) 84 Fed. 733; Hampton v. ther, 80 Miss. 203; Hancock v. Butler, 21 ex. 807 s Rogers v. Rogers, 3 Wend. 511. 20
See Zulich v. Bowman, 42 Pa
87.—Stated term. A regular or ordinary term or session of n court for the dispatch of its general business, held at the time fixed by law or rule; as distinguished from a special term, held out of the due order or for ...
See, also, Dunn v. People, 40 Ill
467; Chavannah vy. State, 49 Ala. 397; Stearnes v.
See: Rackliff v. Greenbush, 98 Me
90, 44 Atl. 375; Maynard v. Mechanics’ Nat. Bank, 1
SEISED IN DEMESNE
a precise and determinate signification, and “ew vt termini” implies the commission of fornication. An information for the crime of seduction need not charge the offense in any other words.
SEISED IN DEMESNE AS OF FEE
This is the strict technical expression ased to describe the ownership in “an estate in fee-simple in possession in a corporeal here ditament.” The word “seised” is used te express the “seisin” or owner’s p...
SEISI
the subject is incorporeal, or the estate expectant on a precedent freehold, the words ‘in his demesne” are omitted. (Co. Litt. lia; Fleta, l. 5, c. 5, § 18; Bract. 1. 4, tr. 5, c. 2, § 2.) Brown.
SEIZURE
of restitution pronounces upon the act as hav-.
Sel. Cas
t. Br. tempore Brougham.
Seld. Selden’s Reports, vol
5-10. New York Court of Appeals.
SELF-REGARDING EVIDENCE. Evi
Mience.which either serves: or disserves the ‘party is so called. This species of evidence is either self-serving (which is not in general -réeéivable) or self-disserving, which is invariably receivable, as being an ...
SEMBLE
L. Fr. It seems; it would appear. This expression is often used in the reports to preface a statement by the court upon a point of law which is not directly decided, when such statement is intended as an intimation of wh...
SEMI-MATRIMONIUM
Lat. tn Reaman law. Half-marriage. ger aaa was = called. Tayl. Civil Law, RRB. rat
SEMINARIUM
Lat. In the civil lazy. -A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6.
SEMINAUFRAGIUM
Lat. In maritime law. Half-shipwreck, as where goods are cast overboard in a storm; also where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than her worth. Wharton.
SEMITA
SEMAYNE’S CASE. This case decided, in 1604, that “every man’s house (meaning his dwelling-house only) is his castle,” and that an officer executing civil process may not break open outer doors in general, but onl...
SEMPER
Lat. Always. A word which introduces several Latin maxims, of which some are also used without this prefix.
SEMPER PARATUS
Lat. Always ready. The name of a plea by which the defendant alleges that he has always been ready to perform what is demanded of him. 3 Bl. Comm. 303.
SENATORS OF THE OCOLLEGE OF
JUSTICE. The judges of the court of session in Scotland are called “Senators of the College of Justice.”
SENATUS
Lat. In Roman law. The senate; the great national council of the Roman people. ; ‘
SENATUS CONSULTUM
enacted In the consulship of Pegasus and Pusio, in the reign of Vespasian, by which an heir, who was requested to restore an inheritance, was allowed to retain one-fourth of it for himself. Inst. 2, 23, 5.—Sematus cons...
SENATUS DECRETA
Lat. In the civil law. Decisions of the senate. Private acts concerning particular persons merely.
SENEOTUS
Lat. Old age. In the Roman law, the period of senectus, which re- Meved one from the charge of public office, was Officially reckoned as beginning with the <ompletion of the seventieth year. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 138.
SENESCALLUS
A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fieta, 1. 2, c 72.
SENSUS
Lat. Sense, meaning, significa-
Sensus verborum cst anima legis
5 Coke, 2. The meaning of the words is the spirit of the law.
SENTENCE
tence is one which puts an end to the suit, and regards the principal matter in question. An interlocutory sentence determines only some incidental matter in the proceedings. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1260.
SENTENOE
SENILITY. Incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the intellectual faculties by old age.
SEOCUS
Lat. Otherwise; to the contrary. This word is used in the books to indicate the converse of a foregoing proposition, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an exception to a rule be fore stated.
SEOURITATEM INVENIENDI. An
ancient writ, lying for the sovereign, against any of his subjects, to stay them from going out of the kingdom to foreign parts; the ground whereof is that every man is bound to serve and defend the commonwealth as the c...
SEPARALITER
Lat. Separately. Used in indictments to indicate that two or more defendants were charged separately, and not jointly, with the commission of the
SEPARATE
thers, to the exclusion of the rest. In fe Lowe, 11 Nat. Bankr. Rep. 221, Fed. Cas. No. 8,564. ‘The separate estate of a married woman is that which belongs to her, and over which her ‘husband has no right in equity....
SEPARATION OF PATRIMONY. In
SEPES
Lat. In old English law. A hedge or inclosure. The inclosure of a trench or canal. Dig. 43, 21, 4.
Septemd
is the last day of August. If any number be placed with it, it signifies that day in the former month which comes so much before the month named, as the tenth calends of October is the 20th day of September; for if one r...
SEPTUM
Lat. In Roman law. An inclosure; an inclosed place where the people voted; otherwise called “ovtle.”
SEPTUNX
Lat. In Roman law. A division of the as, containing seven twncteA, or duodecimal parts; the proportion of seventwelfths. Tayl. Civil Law, 492.
SEPULTURA
Lat. An Offering to tlie
SEQUATUR SUB 8UO PERICULO. In
old English practice. A writ which issued
SEQUELA
L. Lat. In old English law.
SEQUESTER
in the custody of the court, until he purges himself of a contempt.
SEQUESTER, n
Lat. In the civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of the controversy.
SEQUESTRATIO
Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in controversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it. It is two-fold,— voluntary, done by consent of all parties; and necessary, when...
Ser
L.T. Scranton Law Times, Pennsylvania. ; ae :
Serg. Land Laws Pa
185; Cro. Eliz. 476, 665; 6 Coke, 67; Poph. 53; Co. Litt. 30.
SERGEANT
chattels of one deceased, whose estate no one will meddle with. Cowell. Or, in other words, the taking possession of the property of a deceased person, where there is no one to claim it.
SERIATIM
Lat. Severally; separately; individually; one by one.
Sermo index animi
5 Coke, 118. Speech is an index of the mind.