Lat. In the civil law. Punishment; corporal punishment for crime. Death was called “ultimum supplicium,” the last or extreme penalty.

In English law. The “supplies” in parliamentary proceedings signify the sums of money which are annually voted by the house of commons for the maintenance of tlie crown and the various public

In English law. All bills which relate to the public income or expenditure must originate with the house of commons, aud all bills authorizing expenditure of the public money are based upon

To support a rule or order is to argue in answer to the arguments of the party who has shown cause agaiust a rule or order nisi.

The right of support is an easement consisting in the privilege of resting the joists or beams of one’s house upon, or inserting their ends into, the wall of an adjoining house

Lat Suppression or concealment of the truth. “It is a rule of equity, as well as of law, that a suppressio veri is equivalent to a suggestio falsi; and where either the

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

A court of high powers and extensive jurisdiction, existing in most of the states. In some it is the official style of the chief appellate court or court of last resort. In

The highest authority in a state, all other powers in it being inferior thereto.

Lat Last; the last Supremus est quem nemo sequitur. He is last whom no one follows. Dig. 50, 16, 92.

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions “sur” was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thus, a real action brought by the owner of a

An overcharge; an exaction, impost, or incumbrance beyond what Is just and right, or beyond one’s authority or power. “Surcharge” may mean a second or further mortgage. Wharton.

To put more cattle upon a common than the herbage will sustain or than the party has a right to do. 3 Bl. Comm. 237. In equity practice. To show that a

Lat. In the civil law. Deaf; a deaf person. Inst. 2, 12, 3. Surdus et mutus, a deaf and dumb person.

In French law. A party desirous of repurchasing property at auction before the court, can, by offering one- tenth or one-sixth, according to the case, in addition to the price realized at

A surety is one who at the request of another, and for the purpose or se- curing to him a benefit, becomes responsible for the performance by the latter of some act

The contract of suretyship is that whereby one obligates himself to pay the debt of another in consideration of credit or indulgence, or other benefit given to his principal, the principal remaining

See WATER.

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders, whether by manual operation, or

Formerly where a defendant pleaded a local custom, for instance, a cus- tom of the city of London, it was necessary for him to “surmise,” that is, to suggest that such custom