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SHEEP-SKIN

A deed; so called from the parchment it was written on.

SHIP, n

A vessel of any kind employed in navigation. In a more restricted and more technical sense, a three-masted vessel navigated with sails. The term “ship” or “shipping,” when used in tills Code,

SHOW

Although the words “show” and “indicate” are sometimes interchangeable in popular use, they are not always so. To “show” is to make apparent or clear by evi- dence; to prove; while an

SIB

Sax. A relative or kinsman. Used In the Scotch tongue, but not now In English.

SUNT MINORIS CULPE

Quae ad nmm fj~nem loquuta rant, non debent ad alium detorqneri. 4 Coke, 14. Those words which are spoken to one end ought not to be perverted to another. Quae coherent personae

SACQUIER

In maritime law. The name of an ancient officer, whose business was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or fish, to prevent the ship’s crew defrauding the merchant by

SAIL

In insurance law. To put to sea; to begin a voyage. The least locomotion, with readiness of equipment and clearance, satisfies a warranty to sail. Pittegrew v. I’ringle, 3 Barn. & Adol.

SALIC LAW

A body of law framed by the Salian Franks, after their settlement In Gaul under their king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the

SANCTUARY

In old English law. A consecrated place which had certain privileges annexed to it, and to which offenders were accustomed to resort for refuge, because they could not be arrested there, nor

SASSE

In old English law. A kind of wear with flood-gates, most commonly in cut rivers, for the shutting up and letting out of water, as occasion required, for the more ready passing

SAYER

In Hindu law. Variable imposts distinct from laud, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, ba- zaars, etc. Wharton.

SCHIRRENS-GELD

In Saxon law. A tax paid to sheriffs for keeping the shire or county court. Cowell.

SCOT

In old English law. A tax, or tribute; one’s share of a contribution.

SCUSSUS

In old European law. Shaken or beaten out; threshed, as grain. Spelman.

SEAMEN

Sailors; mariners; persons whose business is navigating ships. Commonly exclusive of the officers of a ship.

SECT

“A religious sect is a body or number of persons united in tenets, but con- stituting a distinct organization or party, by holding sentiments or doctrines different from those of other sects

SED QUAERE

Lat But inquire; examine this further. A remark indicating, briefly, that the particular statement or rule laid down is doubted or challenged in respect to its correctness. SED VIDE 1067 SEISED IN

SELF-REGARDING EVIDENCE

Evidence which either serves or disserves the party is so called. This species of evidence is either self-serving (which is not in general receivable) or self-disserving, which is Invariably receivable, as being

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