Category: S

In Hindu law. The iustrument of government or instruction; any book of instructions, particularly containing Divine ordinances. Wharton.

A word used by the authorities of the Roman Church, to specify contemptuously the technical parts of the law, as administered by non-clerical lawyers. Wharton.

A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 041, 3 S.

Lat. 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

An abbreviation for “sub voce,” under the word; used in references to dic- tionaries, and other works arranged alphabetically.

A sexton, anciently called “sagerson,” or “sagiston;” the keeper of things belonging to divine worship.

In old English law. A lord’s right of amercing his tenants in his court. Keilw. 145. Acquittance of suit at county courts and hundred courts. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 47,

Lat Saving; excepting; without prejudice to. Salvo me et hccredibus meis, except me and my heirs. Salvo jure eujuslibet, without prejudice to the rights of any one.

Fr. Without expense. See RETOUH SANS 1’I:OT

L. Fr. Safely. Sauve- mcnt yardes, safely kept Britt c. 87.

In equity pleading. See SCANDAL.

Lat. To-wit; that is to say. A word used in pleadings and other instru- ments, as introductory to a more particular statement of matters previously mentioned in general terms. Hob. 171, 172.

Lat. A scribe; a secretary. Scriba regis, a king’s secretary; a chancellor. Spelman. Scribere est agere. To write Is to act. Treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of

In old English law. Shire; county; the inhabitants of a county.

This adjective, applied to a vessel, signifies that she is properly con- structed. prepared, manned, equip]>ed, and provided, for the voyage intended. See SEAWORTHINESS.

gats et probata. According to what is alleged and proved; according to the allegations and proofs. 15 East, 81; Cloutman v. Tunison, 1 Sumn. 375, Fed. Cas. No. 2,907.

An insurrectionary movement tending towards treason, but wanting an overt act; attempts made by meetings or speeches, or by publications, to disturb the tranquillity of the state. The distinction between “sedition” and

See SEISIN.

Lat. In the civil law. A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6.

In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward in England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants of the