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.

Petty officers, who cite and warn persons to appear in any court. Fleta, lib. 9.

L. Lat In old English practice. A summoning or summons; a writ by which a party was summoned to appear in court of which there were various kinds. Spelman. Summonitiones aut citationes

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

Eat Strict right; extreme right The extremity or rigor of the law. Summnm jns, summa injuria; summa lex, summa crux. Extreme law (rigor of law) Is’ the greatest Injury; strict law is

See SOMPNOUB.

Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extrav- agance, particularly against inordinate expenditures in the matter of apparel, food, furniture, etc.