Category: S

Lat In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM.

Seamen; mariners.

One penny paid at the feast day of St. Martin, by the tenants of some manors, as a commutation for the service of carrying their lord’s salt from market to his larder.

Lat. In feudal law. A redemption by villeins, of their blood or tenure, in order to become freemen. Sanguinis conjnnctio benevolent.ia de- vincit homines et caritate. A tie of blood overcomes men

Lat. In the civil law. Security given by a party to an action, as by a defendant, to pay what might be adjudged agaiust him. Inst. 4, 11; 3 Rl. Comm. 201.

At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell.

In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff.

In English law. Assessments by commissioners of sewers.

A writ that anciently lay against tenants by knight’s service to serve in the wars, or send sufficient persons, or pay a certain sum. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 83.

A search-warrant is an order in writing, issued by a justice or other magistrate, in the name of the state, directed to a sheriff, constable, or other officer, commanding him to search

In text-books, codes, statutes, and other juridical writings, the smallest distinct and numbered subdivisions are commonly called “sections,” sometimes “arti- cles,” and occasionally “paragraphs.”

Lat The see being filled. A phrase used when a bishop’s see is not vacant.

In old English law. Seised; possessed.

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

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

Lat. In old conveyancing. Severally. A word which made a several covenant 5 Coke, 23a.

Lat. In the Civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of Q the controversy.

In Scotch practice. To render a verdict or decision in favor of a person claiming to be an heir; to declare the fact of his heirship judicially. A jury are said to

In English law. A tax, rate, or assessment.

The grantor or donor In a deed of settlement.