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In the civil law. To spoil; to rob or plunder. Applied to inheritances. Dig.47, 19; Cod. 9, 32.
In the civil law. The offense of unlawfully appropriating goods belongingto a succession. It is not technically theft (furtum) because such property no longerbelongs to the decedent, nor to the lieir, since
The same court is sometimes said to have different sides; that Is, different provinces or fields of jurisdiction. Thus, an admiralty court may have an “instance side,” distinct from its powers as
In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. They
A term sometimes applied to unofficial volumes or series of reports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court, or to collections of cases omitted from tbe official
In ecclesiastical law. These were originally persons whom, in the ancient episcopal synods, the bishops were wont to summon out of each parish to give informa- tion of the disorders of the
A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road. See Kohlhof v. Chicago, 192 111. 249, 01 N. E. 440, S5 Am. St. Rep. 335 ; Challiss v.
An obsolete form of the word “scion,” meaning offspring or descendant Co. Litt 123a.
Span. In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt 4, tit. 21, 1. 1.
Span. Seven parts. See LAS PARTIDAS.
When a bill of exchange is expressed to be payable “at sight,” It means on presentment to the drawee. See Campbell v. French, 0 Term, 212.
In old English law, a seal, or a contracted or abbreviated signature used as a seal.
Lat. In old English law. , A seal; originally and properly a seal impressed upon wax. Sigillum est cera impressa, quia cera sine impressione non est sigillum. A seal is a piece
Lat. In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13.
To affix one’s name to a writing or instrument, for the purpose of authenti- cating it, or to give it effect as one’s act To “sign” is merely to write one’s name
In English law. The signature or subscription of the king is termed his “sign-manual.” There is this difference between what the sovereign does under the sign manual and what he or she
Lat. In the civil law. A signet-ring; a seal-ring. Dig. 50, 16, 74.
In ecclesiastical law. The name of a sort of rescript, without seal, containing the supplication, the signature of the pope or his delegate, and the grant of a pardon. In contracts. The
A seal commonly used for the sign manual of the sovereign. Wharton. The signet is also used for the purpose of civil justice in Scotland. Bell.