Category: S

In forest law. One of the four evidences or presumptions whereby a man was convicted of an intent to steal the king’s deer in the forest. This was when a man was

Lat. To stand by decided cases; to uphold precedents; to maintain former adjudications. 1 Kent, Comm. 477.

In English law. A government office established as a department of the treasury, for the purpose of supplying government offices with stationery and books, and of printing and publishing government papers.

In Scotch law. The crime of aliening the same subject to different persons. 2 Karnes, Eq. 40.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Lat At his own peril or risk.

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

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

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;

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

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