Category: S

The son of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife.

In English law. Limit; a limited number. Used as descriptive of a species of common. See COMMON SANS NOMBRE.

In the civil law. Compen- satiou or set-oil.

See BAIL.

The disbarring ol an attorney or solicitor.

Lat. Under; upon.

To propound; as an advocate submits a proposition for the approval of the court. Applied to a controversy, it means to place it before a tribunal for determination.

The act of writing oue’s name under a written instrument; the affixing one’s signature to any document, whether for the puriiose of authenticating or attesting it, of adopting its terms as one’s

An under-tenant; one who leases all or a part of the rented premises from the original lessee for a term less than that held by the latter. Forrest v. Duruell, 86 Tex.

A recovery was effected by the party wishing to convey the land suffering a fictitious action to be brought against him by the party to whom the land was to be conveyed,

A party to a suit or action in court. In its ancient sense, “suitor” meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta.

Officers who assisted in collecting the revenues by citing the defaulters therein into the court of exchequer.

Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

Tlie actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right.

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions “sur” was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a

In pleading. The plaintiff’s answer of fact to the defendant’s rebutter. Steph. PI. 59.

In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made.

Comprehensive; including in its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection.

Formerly an inn of chancery.

As an abbreviation, this letter stands for “section,” “statute,” and various other words of which it is the initial.