The same as Sunday. (q. v.) ...
A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second, Caelius Sabiaus, from whom they derived their name. Clef des Lois Rom. h. t. ...
An oath; as, qui dicunt supra sacramentum suum. ...
maritime law. The same of an ancient officer, whose business "was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or fish, to prevent the ship~s cre...
The act of stealing from the temples or churches dedicated to the worship of God, articles consecrated to divine uses. Pen. Code of China, B. 1, s. 2,...
Cruelty. (q. v.) It is required in order to constitute saevetia that there should exist such a degree of cruelty as to endanger the party~s suffering ...
comm. law, war. A passport or permission from a neutral state to persons who are thus authorized to go and return in safety, and, sometimes, to carry ...
salvus-plegius. A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bract. lib. 4, c. 1. ...
Before mentioned. 2. In contracts and pleadings it is usual and proper when it is desired to speak of a person or thing before mentioned, to designat...
mar. law. Written or printed directions, delivered by the commanding officer of a convoy to the several masters of the ships under his care, by which ...
Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. ...
French law. This term is used in Louisiana. It is a writ of execution by which the creditor places under the custody of the law, the movables, which a...
A term used in Louisiana and in the French law; this is a permission given by the proper judicial officer, to authorize a creditor to seize the proper...
French law. A conservatory act of execution, by which the owner, or principal lessor of a house or farm, causes the furniture of the house or farm lea...
A writ by which the creditor puts in the custody of the law the immovables of his debtor, that out of the proceeds of their sale, he may be paid his d...
A reward or recompense for services performed. 2. It is usually applied to the reward paid to a public officer for the performance of his official du...
contracts. An agreement by which one of the contracting parties, called the seller, gives a thing and passes the title to it, in exchange for a certai...
A memorandum given by a broker to a seller or buyer of goods, stating the fact that certain goods have been sold by him on account of a person called ...
When goods are sent from a manufacturer or wholesale dealer to a retail trader, in the hope that he may purchase them, with the understanding that wha...
The name of a code of laws so called from the Salians, a people of Germany, who settled in Gaul under their king Phararaond. 2. The most remarkable l...
maritime law. This term originally meant the thing or goods saved from shipwreck or other loss; and in that sense it is generally to be understood in ...
The expenses incurred to remunerate services rendered to a ship and cargo, which have prevented its being a total loss. Stev. on Av. c. 2, s. 1. ...
By salvage loss is understood the difference between the amount of salvage, after deducting the charges, and the original value of the property. Stev....
mar. law. When a ship and cargo, or any part thereof, are saved at sea by the exertions of any person from impending perils, or are recovered after an...
contracts. A small quantity of any commodity or merchandise, exhibited as a specimen of a larger quantity called the bulk. (q. v.) 2. When a sale is ...
That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or bestows a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which redress...
A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civil. The former were very comm...
By this is meant that understanding which enables a man to make contracts and his will, and to perform such other acts as are authorized by law; Vide ...
Blood. These words are nearly obsolete. ...
med. jur. The state of a person who has a sound understanding; the reverse of insanity. 2. The sanity of an individual is always presumed. 5 John. R....
The same as Absque hoc. (q. v.) ...
This is a French phrase, which signifies without number. 2. In England it is used in relation to the right of putting animals on a common. The term c...
Without recourse. 2. These words are sometimes put on a bill before the payee endorses it; they have the effect of transferring the bill without resp...
civil law. This word is derived from the same root as satisfaction; for, in the same manner that to fulfil the demand which is made upon us, is called...
practice. An entry made on the record, by which a party in whose favor a judgment was rendered, declares that he has been satisfied and paid. 2. In A...
construction by courts of equity. Satisfaction is defined to be the donation of a thing, with the intention, express or implied, that such donation is...
Eng. practice. An instrument of writing in which it is declared that, satisfaction is acknowledged between the plaintiff and defendant. It is signed b...
That which is sufficient to induce a belief that the thing is true; in other words, it is credible evidence. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3049. ...
A scandalous verbal report or rumor respecting some person. 2. The remedy is an action on the case. 3. In chancery practice, when a bill or other pl...
Great scandal or slander. In England it. is the slander of the great men, the nobility of the realm. ...
practice. When an indictment is returned, from au inferior court in obedience to a writ of certiorari, the, statement of the previous proceedings sent...
One employed in teaching a school. 2. A schoolmaster stands in loco parentis in relation to the pupils committed to his charge, while they are under ...
Eng. law. The name given to a clause inserted in the record by which it is made " known that the justice here in court, in this same term, delivered a...
knowingly. 2. A man may do many acts which are justifiable or not, as he is ignorant or not ignorant of certain facts. He may pass a counterfeit coin...
A Latin adverb, signifying that is to say; to wit; namely. 2. It is a clause to usher in the sentence of another, to particularize that which was too...
estates; A spark of right. A legal fiction, resorted to for the purpose of enabling feoffees to uses to support contingent uses when they come into ex...
remedies, practice. The name of a judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the defendant to show cause why the plaintiff should not have...
The name of a writ which is sued out after the plaintiff in error has assigned his errors. F. N. B. 20; Bac. Ab. Error F. ...
The name of a writ in use in Pennsylvania, which lies by a defendant in foreign attachment against the plaintiff, in order to enable him, within a yea...
practice. The return of the sheriff, or other proper officer, to the writ of scire facias, when it has been served; scire feci, "I have made known." ...
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