SERVITIUM
another, for the acquittal of such services. Lat. In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and performance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord, by reason of his fee. Spel- ‘man.
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SERVITUDE
1. The condition of being bound to service; the state of a person ‘who is subjected, voluntarily or otherwise, to another person as his servant. ~Involuntary servitude. See INVOLUN- ‘TARY.—Penal servitude. In English criminal law, a punishment ...
Severson, 100 Tenn
572, 72 S. W. 967.—Presumptive cry are A term occasionully used as the equivalent of “exemplary” or “punitive’ damages. Murphy v. Hobbs, 7 Colv. 841, 5 Pac. 119, 49 Am. Rep. 366.—Prospective damages. Damages which are expected to follow f...
Sexton, 32 Mich
413, 20 Am. Rep. 654; State vy. Auditor of State, 15 Ohio St. 482.—8tate trial. <A trial for a political offense. —State Trials. A work in thirty-three volumes octavo, containing all English trials for offenses against
SHIP
BONO ET MALO. A special writ of jail delivery, which formerly issued of course for each particular prisoner. 4 BL tion less than a dollar. Webster. See Madigon Ins. Co. v. Forsythe, 2 Ind. 483.
SI ACTIO
Lat. The conclusion of a Plea to an action when the defendant demands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete.
SI FECERIT TE SECURUM. Iat. If
{he} make you secure. In practice. The initial and emphatic words of that description of original writ which directs the sheriff to cause the defendant to appear in court, ‘without any option given him, provided the plaintiff gives the sheriff secu...
SIMUL CUM
Lat. Together with. In actions of tort and in prosecutions, where several persons united in committing the act complained of, some of whom are known and others not, it is usual to allege in the declaration or: indictment that the persons therein name...
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; a grudge; a desire to be reven...
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 record, but the plaintiff saith nul...
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 Steph. Comm. 473. This offense ...
SONTICUS
Lat. In the civil law. Hurt; ful; ftnjurious; hindertng; excusing. or jus; tifyng delay. Morbus sonticus is any illness pf so serious a nature as to prevent a defendant from appearing in court and ‘to give him a valid excuse. ae eR
SORTITIO
Lat. In the civil law. A drawing of lots. Sortitio judicum was the process of selecting a number of judges, for a criminal trial, by drawing lots.
SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR. A
method of compounding an offense, allowed in the English practice, where the court permits a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor to speak with the prosecutor before judgment is pronounced; if the prosecutor declares himself satisfied, the court may ...
Speer v. State, 4 Tex. App
479. An stmplied confession is where the defendant, in a case not capital, does not plead guilty but indirectly admits his guilt by placing himself at the mercy of the court and asking for a light sentence. 2 Hawk. P. C. p. 439; State v. Conway, 20 ...
St
405, 47 N. E. 587; In re Welch, 108 Wis. 387, 84 N. W. 550; Smith v. Westerfield, SS at Large, 118. Carstens vy. McReavy, 1 648. See APPURTENANCE. 481; Williams v. Millington, 1 H. BI. 83; Russell v. Miner, 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 539. 27 Hen. VI. c. 2. ...
St. Rep
STARE IN JUDICIO
Lat. To appear before a tribunal, elther as plaintiff or defendant.
State v. Chambers, 22 W. Va
786, 46 Am. 786, 46 Am. Rep. 050.—Grand larceny. In criminal law.
State v. Davis, 55 Ohio St
15, 44 N. BE. 511. A law, framed in general terms, restricted to no locality, and operating aoe upon all of a group of objects, which, having regard to the purpose. of the legislation, are distinguished y characteristics spfficiently marked and impor...
State v. Hays, 23 Mo
287.—Principal challenge. <A challenge of a juror for a cause which carries with it, prima facie, evident marks of suspicion either of malice or favor; as that a juror is of kin to either party within the ninth degree; that he has an interest in th...
State v. Long, 117 N. C. 701
23 S. BE. 431.— Preconceived malice. Malice prepense or aforethought. See State v. Reidell, Houst. (Del 470, 14 Atl, 550.—Premeditated malee. An intention to kill unlawfully, deliberately formed in the mind as the result of a determination medita...
State, 1 Ind
184.—Suppletory oath. In the civil and ecclesiastical law. The testimony of a single witness to a fact is called ‘half-proof,” on which no sentence can be founded; in order to supply the other half of proof, the party himself (plaintiff or defe...
State, 134 Ind
46, 32 N. E. 780.—A tive relief. Relief, benefit, or compensation which may be granted to the defendant in a judgment or decree in accordance with the facts established in his favor; such as may Drover: be given within the issues made by the pleadi...
States
6 Fed. Cas. 8982; Daniel v. Vaccaro. 41 Ark. 320.—Excessive damages. Damages awarded by a jury which are grossly in excess of the amount warranted by law on the facts and circumstances of the case; unreasonable or outrageous damages. A verdict givi...
STATISTICS
presented a petition for liquidation or composition must produce at the first meeting of creditors a statement of his affairs, giving a list of his creditors, secured and unsecured, with the value of the securities, a list of bills discounted, and a ...
Stead. Ch. Pr
528.—Bill in nature of a bill of review. A bill in equity, to obtain a re-examination and reversal of a decree, filed by one who was not aA per to the original suit, nor bound by the decree.—Bill in mature of a bill of revivor. Where, on the abat...
Steph. Comm
361; 2 Salk. 458. 422, 255. The escape from custody of a person lawfully arrested on criminal process.—-Breach of privilege. An act or default in violation of the privilege of either house of parliament, of congress, or of a state legislature—B...
Steph. Crim. Dig
208; 2 Russ. Crimes, 78. And see, further, State v. Osborne, 116 Iowa, 479, 89 N. W. 1077; In re Coffey, 128
SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. In
criminal law. The offense of procuring another to take such a false oath as would constitute perjury in the principal. See Stone v. State, 118 Ga. 705, 45 S. E. 630, 98 Am.