Category: S

21 S. W. 907, 37 Am. St Rep. 374; Murray v. Dvviglit, 1G1 N. Y. 301, 55 N. E. 901, 48 L. R. A. 073; Ginter v. Shelton, 102 Va. 185, 45

Lat In the civil and old English law. A slave; a bondman. Inst. 1, 3, pr.; Bract fol. 46.

A person who, for the purpose of acquiring a pre-emption right, has gone upon the laud in question, and is actually resident there. See llume v. Gracy, 86 Tex. 671, 27 S.

As used in statutes and similar instruments, this word is generally imperative or mandatory; but it may be construed as merely permissive or directory, (as equivalent to “may,”) to carry out the

A court held before the lord warden of the Cinque Ports. A writ of error lay from the mayor and Jurats of each port to the lord warden in this court, and

ters and mariners; and the law relating to ship-brokers, ship-agents, pilots, etc.

A “pettifogging shyster” is an unscrupulous practitioner who disgraces his profession by doing mean work, and resorts to sharp practice to do it. Bailey v. Kalamazoo Pub. Co., 40 Mich. 251. See,

A little current of water, which is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. Cowell.

An abbreviation for “same case.” Inserted between two citations, it indicates that the same case is reported in both places. It is also an abbreviation for “supreme court,” and for “select cases;”

Lat In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM.

Seamen; mariners.

One penny paid at the feast day of St. Martin, by the tenants of some manors, as a commutation for the service of carrying their lord’s salt from market to his larder.

Lat. In feudal law. A redemption by villeins, of their blood or tenure, in order to become freemen. Sanguinis conjnnctio benevolent.ia de- vincit homines et caritate. A tie of blood overcomes men

Lat. In the civil law. Security given by a party to an action, as by a defendant, to pay what might be adjudged agaiust him. Inst. 4, 11; 3 Rl. Comm. 201.

At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell.

In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff.

In English law. Assessments by commissioners of sewers.

A writ that anciently lay against tenants by knight’s service to serve in the wars, or send sufficient persons, or pay a certain sum. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 83.

A search-warrant is an order in writing, issued by a justice or other magistrate, in the name of the state, directed to a sheriff, constable, or other officer, commanding him to search

In text-books, codes, statutes, and other juridical writings, the smallest distinct and numbered subdivisions are commonly called “sections,” sometimes “arti- cles,” and occasionally “paragraphs.”