Smith
96 Mich. 347, 55 N. W. 999, 35 Am. St.
Terms beginning with "S" (870 total)
Smith (C. C.) 18 Fed
180; Larkin v. Hapgood, 56 Vt. 601; Sterrett v. Third Nat Bank, 46 Hun (N. Y.) 26; Reid v. Lloyd, 52 Mo.
Smith N.Y. Smith’s Reports, vols
15-27 and 147-162 New York Court of Appeals.
Smith Oil Co
v. Slover, 58 Ark. 168. 24 S. W. 106; State v. Prater, 52 W. Va. 132, 43 S. EL 230; Davids v. People, 192 Ill. 176, 61 N. E. §37; Hall v. State. 48 Ga. 607; Railway Co. v. Moore, 24 Tex. Civ. App. 489, 59 8. W. 282. —...
Smith v. Barron County Sup’rs, 44 Wis
691.— Forced sale. A.sale made without the consent or concurrence of the owner of the property, but by virtue of judicial process, such as a writ of execution or an order under a decree of foreclosure.—Fraudulent sal...
Smith v. Bradstreet, 16 Pick
(Mass.) 264; Bryant v. Allen, 6 N. H. 116; Wiggin v.
Smith v. Cockrell, 66 Ala
75.—Equity of partners. A term used to designate the right of each of them to have the firm’s property applied to the payment of the firm’s debts. Colwell v. Bank, 16 R. I. 288, 17 Atl. 913.—Equity of redemption....
Smith v. Junction Ry. Co., 29 Ind
551.—Fictitious mame. A counterfeit, feigned, or pretended name taken by a person, differing in some essential particular from his true name, (consisting of Christian name and patronymic,) with the implication that it ...
Smith v. Rodecap, 5 Ind. App
78. 81.N. B. 479; Bacon v. Railroad Co., 66 Mich. 166, 33 N. W. 181.—MaHsce prepense. Malice aforethought ; bet a a bad malice. 2 Rolle, 461.—Partic malice. Malice directed agairst a particular individual; ill will; ...
Smith v. Shelden, 35 Mich
42, 24 Am. Rep. 529. And see Young v. McFadden, 125 Ind. 254, 25 N. E. 284; Wise v. Miller, 45 Ohio
Smith v. Smith, 1 Tex
628, 46 Am. Dec. 121.
Smith v. Stewart, 21 La. Ann
67, 99 Am. Dec. 700; Williams v. Bruffy, 96 U. 8S. 176, 24 L.
Smith vy. Railroad Co., 115 Cal
584, 47 Pac. 582, 35 L. R. A. 809, 56 Am. St. Rep. 119;
Smith vy. West, 108 I)]
337; Hawley v. James, 5 Paige (N. Y.) 466; Gates v. Seibert, 157 Mo. 24, 57 S. V e 1065, 8O Am, St. Kep. 625.— Vested in possession. A legal term applied to a right of present enjoyment actually existing.—Vested inte...
Smith, 1 Litt
(Ky.) 331; State v. County
Smith, 138 Cal
216, 71 Pac. 180, 94 Am. St.
Smith, 24 Conn
310, 63 Am. Dec. 168: Dodge v. Mastin (C. C.) 17 Fed. 663.—Failing of record, When an action is brought against a person who alleges in his plea matter of record in bar of the action, and avers to prove it by the recor...
Smith, 26 Wash
439, 67 Pac. 246, 58 L. RB. A.
Smith, 5 Wheat
160, 5 L. Ed. 57; Walters v.
Smith, 82 Minn
342, 85 N. W. 12. Also an émblem, pictorial representation, or distinguishing mark or sign of any kind; as in the idws prohibiting the marking of ballots used in public elections 'with “any device.” Baxter v. Ellis,...
Smith, Ch. Pr
655.—Supplemental comlaint. Under the codes of practice obtaining hn some of the states, this name is given to a complaint filed in an action, for the purpose of supplying some defect or omission in the original compla...
Smith. Lead. Cas
179. By this phrase, in the rulé under which courts of equity allow set-off in cases of mutual credit. we are to understand a knowledge on both sides of an existing debt due to one party, and a credit by the other party...
Smith’s Reports, vols
2-4 Dakota;— J. P. Smith’s English King’s Bench Reports; — Smith, in continuation of Fox & Smith;— Smith, English Registration;—P. F. Smith’s Pennsylvania State Reports;— E. P. Smith’s 1-11
Smy
(or Smythe). Smythe's Irish Con
Snider v. St. Paul, 51 Minn
466, 53 N. W. 768, 18 L. R. A. 151.
Snodgrass
17 W. Va. 768; Kirkley v. Lacey, 7 Houst. (Del.) 213, 30 Atl. 994; Phelps v. Samson, 118 Iowa, 145, 84 N. W. 1051.
Snow, 187 I]]
181, 58 N. E. 403; Deeley v. Heintz, 169 N. Y. 129, 62 N. E. 158; Stults v. Forst, 1385 Ind. 207, 34 N. EB. 1125; Williams v. Finks, 156 Mo. 597, 57 S. W. 72. A peremptory nonsuit is a compulsory or involuntary nonsuit, ...
SO N. Y. 211
PERAMBULATION. The act of walking over the boundaries of a district or piece of land, either for the purpose of determining them or of preserving evidence of them. Thus, in many parishes in England, it ts the custom for ...
So. Aus
L. R. South Australian Law Re ports.
So. Oar
L.J. South Carolina Law Journal, Columbia.
SOANDALOUS MATTER
pleading. See ScANDAL.
SOANDALUM MAGNATUM. In Eng
lish law. Scandal or slander of great men or nobles. Words spoken in derogation of a peer, a judge, or other great officer of the realm, for which an action lies, though it is now rarely resorted to. 8 Bl. Comm. 123; 3 S...
SOBRINI and SOBRINZ
Lat. In the civil law. The children of cousins german in general. /
Soc
v. Brennan (Sup.) 24 N. Y. Supp. 788; Pierce v. Keator, 70 N. Y. 447, 26 Am. Rep. 612. They are also either continuous or diacontinuous. An easement of the former kind is one that is self-perpetuating, independent of hum...
Soc. Sess. Cas
Scotch Court of Session Cases. :
Soc., ete
162 N. ¥. 429, 56 N. BE. 1004: In re Vineland Ffistorical, etce., Soc.. 66 N. J.
SOCAGIUM IDEM EST
chargeable upon them. It may be committed indifferently either upon the excise or customs revenue. Wharton.
SOCAVAGE, SCHEVAGE, SOHEWAGE
or SHEWAGE. A kind of toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc, of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19 Hen. VII. c 7% Cowell. ‘
Society for Savings, 64 Conn
362, 30 Atl: 189, 42 Am. St. Rep. 198; Manning v. Spry, 121 Iowa, 191, 96 N. W. 873; Frisbie v. U.
SOCIUS
Lat. In the civil law. A partner.
SOCUTIFER
the same as “armiger.”
SODOMY
ed together for any mutual or common purpose. In a wider sense, the community or public; the people in general. See New York County Medical Ass’n v. New York, 32 Misc.
SODS8
ARRENDAMIENTO. In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land, (heredad.) White, Recop. b. 2, tit. 14, c«. 1. :
SOHAR-PENNY, SCHARN-PENNY, or
SOHORN-PENNY. <A small duty or compensation. Cowell.
SOIENDUM EST
Lat. It is to be known; be it remarked. In the books of the ceivil law, this phrase is often found at the beginning of a chapter or paragraph, by way
SOIL
SOIL. The surface, or surface-covering of the land, not including minerals beneath it or grass or plants growing upon it. But in a wider (and more usual) sense, the term is equivalent to “land,” and includes all that...
SOINTILLA
Lat. <A spark; a remaining particle; the least particle.
SOIT
Fr. Let it be;*be it so. A term
SOLARIUM
Lat. In the civil law. A rent paid for the ground, where a person built on the public land. A ground rent. Spelman; Calvin.
SOLDIER
4A military man; in the army.