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STICKLER

(1) An inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbitrator. (3) An obstinate contender about anything.

STOCKHOLDER

A person who owns shares of stock in a corporation or joint- stock company. See Mills v. Stewart, 41 N. Y. 3S0; Boss v. Knapp, etc., Co., 77 111. App. 424; Corwith

STRATAGEM

A deception either by words or actions, iu times of war, in order to obtain au advantage over an enemy.

STRIKING A DOCKET

In English practice. The flrst step in the proceedings in bankruptcy, which consists in making affidavit of the debt and giving a bond to follow up the proceediugs with effect. 2 Steph.

SUAPTE NATURA

Lat. In its own nature. Suaptc natura sterilis, barren in its own nature and quality; intrinsically barren. 5 Maule & S. 170.

SUBMISSION

A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the laws; a child to his parents. In practice. A submission Is a covenant by which persons who have a lawsuit

SUBSCBIPTION

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

SUCCESSIO

Lat. In the civil law. A coming in place of another, on his decease; a coming into the estate which a deceased person had at the time of his death. This was

SUFFRAGIUM

Lat. In Roman law. A vote; the right of voting iu the assemblies of the people. Aid or influence used or promised to obtain some honor or office; the purchase of oilice.

SULLERY

In old English law. A plow- land. 1 Inst. 5.

SUPERPLUSAGIUM

In old English law. Overplus ; surplus; residue or balance. Bract, fol. 301; Spelman.

SURCHARGE

Suprema potestas seipsam dissolvere potest. Supreme power can dissolve itself. Bac. Max.

SURPLUS

That which remains of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose; the remainder of a thing; the overplus; the residue. See People’s F. Ius. Co. v. Parker, 35 N. J. Law, 577;

SUSPEND

To interrupt; to cause to cease for a time; to stay, delay, or hinder; to discontinue temporarily, but with an expectation or purpose of resumption. To forbid a public officer, attorney, or

SWEIN

In old English law. A freeman or freeholder within the forest.

SYNALLAGMATIC CONTRACT

In the civil law. A bilateral or reciprocal contract, in which the parties expressly enter into mutual engagements, each binding himself to the other. Poth. Obi. no. 9.

SIGEA

Lat. In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13.

SIMILAR

This word is often used to deuote a partial resemblance only; but it is also often used to denote sameness in all essential particulars. Thus, a statutory provision in relation to “previous

SIPESSOCUA

In old English law. A franchise, liberty, or hundred.

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