Lat. Of its own kind or class; i. e., the only one ot its own kind; peculiar.

Lat In the civil law. One’s own heirs; proper heirs. Inst 2, 19, 2.

Lat. Of his own right; possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one’s own affairs; not under

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life

Is a clause in an English policy of marine Insurance, generally in the following form: “In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, servants

In old English, law. The witnesses or followers of the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 295. See SECTA. Old books mention the word in many connections which are now disused,

Lat. In the civil law. The condition or quality of a suus hwres, or proper heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no. 11; Calvin.

Those persons who by his authority follow or attend an ambassador or other public minister.

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.

Formerly suitors in the English court of chancery derived no income from their cash paid iuto court, unless it was invested at their request and risk. Now, however, it is provided by

of suitors in that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton.

In old English law. A small brook or stream of water. Cowell

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

In English law. A summary or abstract; a compendium ; a collection. Several of the old law treatises are called “sums.” Lord Hale applies the term to summaries of statute law. Burrill.

Toll for carriage on horseback. Cowell. Simma caritas est facere justitiam singulis, et Omni tempore quando ne- cesse fuerit. The greatest charity is to do justice to every one, and at any

Immediate; peremptory ; off-hand; without a jury ; provisional; statutory.

A payment to the lords of the wood on the Wealds of Kent, who used to visit those places in summer, when their under-tenants were bound to prepare little summer-houses for their

on the trial of an action by a jury, is a recapitulation of the evidence adduced, in order to draw the attention of the jury to the salient points. The counsel for

In practice. To serve a summons ; to cite a defendant to appear in court to answer a suit which has been begun against him; to notify the defendant that an action

L. Lat. In old practice. A writ of summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court.