Category: S

A tale-teller; a secret accuser.

St 617; Benedict v. U. S.. 176 U. S. 357, 20 Sup. Ct. 458, 44 L. Ed. 503; People v. Myers (Sup.) 11 N. Y. Supp. 217.

A specimen; a small quantity of any commodity, presented for inspection or examination as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat

L Lat. In old records. Weeding corn. A tenant’s service of weeding for the lord. Cowell.

To partake the nature of; to bear affinity to.

A small duty or compensation. Cowell.

In English law. The name of a writ formerly used to recover the amount of a judgment from an executor. Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem.

A writer; scribe; conveyancer. One whose occupation is to draw contracts, write deeds and mortgages, and prepare other species of written instruments. Also an agent to whom property is intrusted by others

An impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed. Allen v. Sullivan R. Co., 32 N. H. 449; Solon v. Williamsburgh Sav. Rank, 114 N. Y. 132,

In criminal law. Those persons who assist, direct, and support others eugaged in fighting a duel.

Protection; assurance; Indemnification. The term is usually applied to an obligation, pledge, mortgage, deposit, lien, etc., given by a debtor in order to make sure the payment or performance of his debt,

The circuit of a bishop’s jurisdiction ; or his office or dignity, as being bishop of a given diocese.

Lat. In Roman law. Judges who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the prsetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged, and sworn. 3 Bl. Comm. 3G6.

This is said to be an ancient word, which signified “justice.” Co. Litt. 61a.

Incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the intellectual faculties by old age.

A grave or tomb. The place of interment of a dead human body. The violation of sepulchres is a misdemeanor at common law.

A species of tenure by knight service, which was due to the king only, and was distinguished into grand and petit serjeanty. The tenant holding by grand serjeanty was bound, instead of

Serving; subject to a service or servitude. A servient estate is one which is burdened with a servitude.

In pleading. To recite or narrate facts or circumstances; to allege or aver; to describe or to incorporate; as, to set out a deed or contract. First Nat. Bank v. Eugelbercht, 5S

In Saxon law. The middle thanes, valued at 000s.