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| SABBATH | | The same as Sunday. (q. v.)
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| SABINIANS | | A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and ... |
| SACQUIER | | maritime law. The same of an ancient officer, whose business "was ... |
| SACRAMENTUM | | . An oath; as, qui dicunt supra sacramentum suum. ... |
| SACRILEGE | | . The act of stealing from the temples or churches dedicated ... |
| SAEVETIA | | . Cruelty. (q. v.) It is required in order to ... |
| SAFE PLEDGE, | | salvus-plegius. A surety given that a man shall appear upon a ... |
| SAFE-CONDUCT, | | comm. law, war. A passport or permission from a neutral state ... |
| SAID | | Before mentioned.
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| SAILING INSTRUCTIONS, | | mar. law. Written or printed directions, delivered by the commanding officer ... |
| SAILORS | | Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles.
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| SAISIE-EXECUTION, | | French law. This term is used in Louisiana. It is a ... |
| SAISIE-FORAINE | | A term used in Louisiana and in the French law; this ... |
| SAISIE-GAGERIE, | | French law. A conservatory act of execution, by which the owner, ... |
| SAISIE-IMMOBILIERE | | A writ by which the creditor puts in the custody of ... |
| SALARY | | A reward or recompense for services performed.
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| SALE AND RETURN | | When goods are sent from a manufacturer or wholesale dealer to ... |
| SALE NOTE | | A memorandum given by a broker to a seller or ... |
| SALE, | | contracts. An agreement by which one of the contracting parties, called ... |
| SALIQUE LAW | | The name of a code of laws so called from ... |
| SALVAGE CHARGES | | The expenses incurred to remunerate services rendered to a ship and ... |
| SALVAGE LOSS | | By salvage loss is understood the difference between the amount of ... |
| SALVAGE, | | maritime law. This term originally meant the thing or goods saved ... |
| SALVORS, | | mar. law. When a ship and cargo, or any part ... |
| SAMPLE, | | contracts. A small quantity of any commodity or merchandise, exhibited as ... |
| SANCTION | | That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for ... |
| SANCTUARY | | A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot ... |
| SANE MEMORY | | By this is meant that understanding which enables a man to ... |
| SANG or SANC | | Blood. These words are nearly obsolete.
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| SANITY, | | med. jur. The state of a person who has a ... |
| SANS CEO QUE | | The same as Absque hoc. (q. v.)
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| SANS NOMBRE | | This is a French phrase, which signifies without number. ... |
| SANS RECOURS | | Without recourse.
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| SATISDACTION, | | civil law. This word is derived from the same root as ... |
| SATISFACTION PIECE, | | Eng. practice. An instrument of writing in which it is declared ... |
| SATISFACTION, | | practice. An entry made on the record, by which a party ... |
| SATISFACTION, | | construction by courts of equity. Satisfaction is defined to be the ... |
| SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE | | That which is sufficient to induce a belief that the thing ... |
| SCANDAL | | A scandalous verbal report or rumor respecting some person. ... |
| SCANDALUM MAGNATUM | | Great scandal or slander. In England it. is the slander of ... |
| SCHEDULE, | | practice. When an indictment is returned, from au inferior court in ... |
| SCHOOLMASTER | | One employed in teaching a school.
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| SCIENDUM, | | Eng. law. The name given to a clause inserted in ... |
| SCIENTER, | | knowingly.
2. A man may do many ... |
| SCILICET | | A Latin adverb, signifying that is to say; to wit; namely. ... |
| SCINTILLA JURIS, | | estates; A spark of right. A legal fiction, resorted to for ... |
| SCIRE FACIAS AD AUDIENDUM ERRORES | | The name of a writ which is sued out after the ... |
| SCIRE FACIAS AD DISPROBANDUM DEBTTUM | | The name of a writ in use in Pennsylvania, which lies ... |
| SCIRE FACIAS, | | remedies, practice. The name of a judicial writ, founded upon some ... |
| SCIRE FECI, | | practice. The return of the sheriff, or other proper officer, to ... |
| SCIRE FIERI INQUIRY, | | Eng. law. The name of a writ, the history of the ... |
| SCITE | | The setting or standing of may place. The seat or situation ... |
| SCOLD | | A woman who by her habit of scolding becomes a ... |
| SCOT AND LOT | | Eng. law. The name of a customary contribution, laid upon all ... |
| SCOUNDREL | | An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General ... |
| SCRIPT, | | conv. The original or principal instrument, where there are part and ... |
| SCRIVENER | | A person whose, business it is to write deeds and other ... |
| SCROLL | | . A mark which is to supply the place of ... |
| SCUTAGE, | | old Eng. law. The name of a tax or contribution ... |
| SCYREGEMOTE | | . The name of a court among the Saxons. It ... |
| SE DEFENDENDO, | | criminal law. Defending himself.
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| SEA | | . The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds ... |
| SEA LETTER OR SEA BRIEF, | | maritime law. A document which should be found on board of ... |
| SEA SHORE, | | property. That space of land, on the border of the sea, ... |
| SEA WEED | | A species of grass which grows in the sea. ... |
| SEA WORTHINESS, | | mer. law. The ability of a ship or other vessel to ... |
| SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES, | | government. The seal used by the United States in congress assembled, ... |
| SEAL-OFFICE, | | English practice. The office at which certain judicial writs are sealed ... |
| SEALING OF A VERDICT, | | practice. The putting a verdict in writing, and placing it in ... |
| SEAMAN | | A sailor; a mariner; one whose business is navigation. 2 Boulay ... |
| SEAMEN'S FUND | | By the act of July 16, 1798, a provision is ... |
| SEARCH WARRANT, | | crim. law, practice. A warrant (q. v.) requiring the officer to ... |
| SEARCH, | | crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, ... |
| SEARCH, | | practice. An examination made in the proper lien office for mortgages, ... |
| SEARCH, RIGHT OF, | | mar. law. The right existing in a belligerent to examine and ... |
| SEARCHER, | | Eng. law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it ... |
| SECK | | This word has two significations. 1. It means a warrant ... |
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| SECOND DELIVERANCE, | | practice. The name of a writ given by statute of Westminster ... |
| SECOND SURCHARGE, WRIT OF | | The name of a writ issued in England against a commoner ... |
| SECONDARY EVIDENCE | | That species of proof which is admissible on the loss of ... |
| SECONDARY, | | construction. That which comes after the first, which is primary: as, ... |
| SECONDARY, | | English law. An officer who is second or next to ... |
| SECONDS, | | crim. law. Those persons who assist, direct and support others engaged ... |
| SECRET | | That which is not to be revealed.
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| SECRET, | | rights. A knowledge of something which is unknown to orthers, out ... |
| SECRETARY | | An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and ... |
| SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR, | | government. This officer is appointed by the president. He is required ... |
| SECRETARY OF EMBASSY or OF LEGATION | | An officer appointed by the sovereign power, to accompany a minister ... |
| SECRETARY OF LEGATION | | An officer employed to attend a foreign mission, and to perform ... |
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