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SUNDAY

The first day of the week is designated by this name; also as the “Lord’s Day,” and as the “Sabbath.”

SUPEIIEX,

Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10.

SUPER-JURARE

Over-swearing. A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so

SUPERARE RATIONES

In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one’s expenses exceed the receipts.

SUPERCARGO

An agent of the owner of goods shipped as cargo on a vessel, who has charge of the cargo on board, sells the same to the best advantage in the foreign market,

SUPERFICIARIES

Lat In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18,

SUPERFICIES

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also

SUPERFCETATION

In medical jurisprudence. The formation of a fcrtus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster.

SUPERINDUCTIO

Lat. In the civil law. A species of obliteration. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

SUPER INSTITUTION

The institution of one in an office to which another has been 8UPERINSTITUTI0N 1124

SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR

In English law. An ofiicer who superintends the registers of births, deaths, and marriages. There is one in every poor-law union in England and Wales.

SUPERIOR

Higher; more elevated in rank or office. Possessing larger power. Entitled to command, Influence, or coutrol over another. In estates, some are superior to others. An estate entitled to a servitude or

SUPERIORITY

In Scotch law. The dominium directum of lands, without the profit. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 97.

SUPERNUMERARY

Lat In Roman law. Advocates who were not registered or enrolled and did not belong to the college of advocates. They were not attached to any local jurisdiction. See STATUTI.

SUPERONERATIO

Lat. Surcharging a common; i. e., putting in beasts of a num ber or kind other than the right of common allows.

SUPERPLUSAGIUM

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

SUPERSEDE

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent, or that the

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