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A saving clause in a statute is an exception of a special thing out of the general things mentioned in the statute ; it is ordinarily a restriction in a repealing act,

A Saxon cojn of less denomination than a shilling. Spelman.

requiring the person against whom it is brought to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (in the case of a scire facias to

Where instruments are executed in part and counterpart, the original or principal is so called. In English probate practice. A will, codicil, draft of will or codicil, or written instructions for the

Lat. In defending himself; in self-defense. Homicide committed se defendcndo is excusable.

This term, as used in law, may denote either sequence in point of time or inferiority or postponement iu respect to rank, lien, order, or privilege. As to second “Cousin,” “Deliverance,” “Distress,”

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

An injury for which a master may have an action on the case.

of restitution pronounces upon the act as having been not a valid act of capture, but an act of temporary seizure only. Appleton v. Crown- inshield, 3 Mass. 443. In the law

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.

In old records. Widowhood. Cowell.

Lat In Roman law. An inclosure; tin inclosed place where the people voted;’ otherwise called “ovile.” In old English law. An inclosure or close. Cowell.

Important; weighty; moment- ‘ ous, and not trifling; as in the phrases “serious bodily harm,” “serious personal injury,” etc. Lawlor v. People, 74 111. 231; Union Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Wilkinson,

In old English practice. Serjeant at law.

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively “first of exchange,” “second of exchange,” etc., and these parts together constitute a “set

The distinction between male and female; or the property or character by which an animal is male or female. Webster.

Soldiers. Cowell.

Changing; varying; passing from one person to another by substitution. “Shifting the burden of proof” is transferring it from one party to the other, or from one side of the case to

A cause which is not likely to occupy n great portion of the time of the court, and which may be entered on the list of “short causes.” upon the application of

grammatical, but In a popular and ordinary, sense. 2 Kent, Comm. 555.