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SAILING

When a vessel quits her moorings, in complete readiness for sea, and it is the actual and real intention of the master to proceed on the voyage, and she is afterwards stopped

SALOON

does not necessarily import a place to sell liquors. It may mean a place for the sale of general refreshments. Kitson v. Ann Arbor, 26 Mich. 325. “Saloon” has not acquired the

SAND-GAVEL

In old English law. A payment due to the lord of the manor of Rodley, In the county of Gloucester, for liberty granted to the tenants to dig sand for their common

SASSONS

The corruption of Saxons. A name of contempt formerly given to the English, while tlicy affected to be called “Angles;” they are still so called by the Welsh.

SCABINI

In old European law. The judges or assessors of the judges in the court held by the count Assistants or associates of the count; officers under the count The permanent selected judges

SCHISM

In ecclesiastical law. A division or separation in a church or denomination of Christians, occasioned by a diversity of faith, creed, or religious opinions. Nelson v. Benson, 69 111. 29; McKinney v.

SCOTAL

In old English law. An extortionate practice by officers of the forest who kept ale-houses, and compelled the people to drink at their houses for fear of their displeasure. Prohibited by the

SCUTAGE

In feudal law. A tax or contribution raised by those that held lands by knight’s service, towards furnishing the king’s army, at the rate of one, two or three marks for every

SECTA

In old English law. Suit; attendance at court; the plaintiff’s suit or following, i. e., the witnesses whom he was required, in the ancient practice, to bring with him and produce in

SED VIDE

Eat. But see. This remark, tollowed by a citation, directs the reader’s attention to an authority or a statement which conflicts with or contradicts the state- ment or principle laid down.

SEIGNIORY

In English law. A lordship ; a manor. The rights of a lord, as such, in lands.

SELION OF LAND

In old English law. A ridge of ground rising between two furrows, containing no certain quantity, but sometimes more and sometimes less. Termes de la Ley.

SENATUS

Lat. In Roman law. The senate; the great national council of the Roman people. The place where the senate met. Calvin.

SEPARALITER

Lat. Separately. Used in indictments to indicate that two or more defendants were charged separately, and not jointly, with the commission of tlie offense in question. State v. Edwards, 00 Mo. 490.

SEQUESTER, v

In the civil law. To renounce or disclaim, etc. As when a widow came into court and disclaimed having anything to do with her deceased husband’s estate, she was said to sequester.

SERVANT

A servant is one who is employed to render personal services to his employer, otherwise than in the pursuit of an independent calling, and who in such service remains entirely under the

SERVITUS

Lat In the civil law. Slavery ; bondage; the state of service. Defined as “an institution of tlie conventional Olaw of nations, by which one person is subjected to the dominion of

SETTLEMENT

In conveyancing. A disposition of property by deed, usually through the medium of a trustee, by which its enjoyment is limited to several persons in succession, as a wife, children, or other

SHACK

In English law. The straying and escaping of cattle out of the lands of their owners into other uninclosed laud; an intercommoning of cattle. 2 H. Bl. 416. It sometimes happens that

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