Category: S

Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

In English law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king’s bench or chancery for taking sureties of the peace. It is commonly directed to the justices of the peace,

A surety is one who at the request of another, and for the purpose or se- curing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of some act

L. Fr. In old English law. Neglect; omission; default; cessation.

L. Fr. In French and feudal law. The immediate vassal of the king; a crown vassal.

A head-note; a note prefixed to the rei>ort of an adjudged case, con- taining an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided in

In medical jurisprudence. A loathsome venereal disease

L. Lat In old maritime law. Ballast

A tale-teller; a secret accuser.

St 617; Benedict v. U. S.. 176 U. S. 357, 20 Sup. Ct. 458, 44 L. Ed. 503; People v. Myers (Sup.) 11 N. Y. Supp. 217.

A specimen; a small quantity of any commodity, presented for inspection or examination as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat

L Lat. In old records. Weeding corn. A tenant’s service of weeding for the lord. Cowell.

To partake the nature of; to bear affinity to.

A small duty or compensation. Cowell.

In English law. The name of a writ formerly used to recover the amount of a judgment from an executor. Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem.

A writer; scribe; conveyancer. One whose occupation is to draw contracts, write deeds and mortgages, and prepare other species of written instruments. Also an agent to whom property is intrusted by others

An impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed. Allen v. Sullivan R. Co., 32 N. H. 449; Solon v. Williamsburgh Sav. Rank, 114 N. Y. 132,

In criminal law. Those persons who assist, direct, and support others eugaged in fighting a duel.

Protection; assurance; Indemnification. The term is usually applied to an obligation, pledge, mortgage, deposit, lien, etc., given by a debtor in order to make sure the payment or performance of his debt,

The circuit of a bishop’s jurisdiction ; or his office or dignity, as being bishop of a given diocese.