Lat In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously issued. It directs the officer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another

In English law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods, or chattels are given, secured, or appointed for and towards the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass, for the maintenance of

cuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon

Something added to supply defects in the thing to which it is added, or in aid of which it is made.

See OATH.

Tlie actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right.

Lat. In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to “duplicatio,” which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin.

In English law. The name of a writ issuing out of the king’s bench or chancery for taking sureties of the peace. It is commonly directed to the justices of the peace,

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.