Law Dictionary

Scilicet, which see.

Commonly used for "Sunday." Though such use is incorrect, it is sanctioned by usage. See 64 N. C. 591.

Violation of penal laws regulating the observance of the Sabbath.

The Sabbath; also peace. Domesday Book.

A gravel pit, or liberty to dig gravel and sand; money paid for the same. Cowell.

L In old English law. Having men; rich men. The same with fcesting-men, q. v.

A sect of lawyers whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second Caelius Sabinus, from whom they derived their name. Clef des Lois Rom.

A school or sect of Roman jurists, under the early empire, founded by Ateius Capito, who was succeeded by M. Sabinus, from whom the name.

The heraldic term for black. It is called "Saturn" by those who blazon by planets, and "diamond" by those who use the names of jewels. Engravers commonly represent it by numerous p

Lat. To suborn. Subornare est quasi subtus in aure ipsum male ornare: to suborn is to instruct one privily, as by whispering in his ear, with a bad design.

intentional and unlawful damage, injury or destruction of real or personal property

intentional and unlawful damage, injury or destruction of real or personal property.

To write under; to write at the of instrument; to write the name under.

L. Lat. In old maritime law. Ballast.

or SAK (Law Lat. saca, sacha; from Saxon, sac, a cause, sake). In old English and Scotch law. The cognizance tenants. The privilege which a lord had, within his manor, of holding p

or SACABERE (from sac, cause, and hurth, pledge. He that is robbed and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit. Britton, c. 15, 29; Bracton, lib. 3, c. 32; Cowell.

In old English law. He that is robbed or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puis in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit. Bract, fol. 154b.

SACABURTH, or SACABERE. In old English law. He that is robbed and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit.

In old English law. Relief (or succor) is given. Succurritur minori; facilis est lapsus juventutis: a minor is [to be] aided; a mistake of youth is easy [youth is liable to err].

(Civil Law) Cutpurses. See 4 Bl. Comm. 242.

I. In the civil law. Persons who cheated in wares or money, by means of sacks or bags which they carried with them.

L. Lat. In old English law. A sack. A quantity of wool weighing thirty or twenty-eight stone. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 79, § 10.

In old English law. A service or tenure of finding a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the sovereign for the use of the army. Bracton, lib. 2, c. 16.

I. fr. Knowingly; willingly.

I. fr. Let them know; a word used in the commencement of deeds and charters. Sachent a toutz ceux que icy soant, et a toutz ceux que avener sount: know all those who are here, and

fr. To know. Sachent: let them know. Sachez:

A corruption fund. See 99 Cal. 431, 37 Am. St. Rep. 70, 34 Pac. 128.

I. fr. To know. Saches, sachez, sachiez: know; know ye Saches touts geus: know all people.

In maritime law. The name of an ancient officer, whose business was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or fish, to prevent the ship's crew defrauding tfte merchant b

The right of a Roman to join in sacred celebrations.

Compurgators, which see.

In the Roman law. General legis actio, to which resort might be had failing a right to use any of the four shorter forms of action. SACRAMENTUM (Law Lat.) In Civil Law. A gage in m

In old English law. The oath of fealty. Reg. Orig. 303. SACRAMENTUIVI HABET IN SE TRES comltes, veritatem, justitiam et judicium; Veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et justici

An oath.

(Civil Law) Same as Decisive oath.

Oath of fealty. See Fealty .

An oath has in it three concomitants, truth, justice, judgment; truth in the person swearing, and justice and judgment in the judge.

An oatb has in it three component parts,—truth, justice, and judgment; truth in the party swearing; justice and judgment in the judge administering the oath. 3 Inst. 160.

licet falsum, tamen non commlttit perjurlum. A foolish oath, though false, makes not perjury. 2 Inst. 167. SACRILEGE (from Lat. sacrilegium, from sacra, sacred things, or sacrum, s

A foolish oath, although false does not convict one of perjury.

2 Inst. 167. A foolish oath, though false, makes not perjury.

The destruction of property to save other property from impending peril. See 46 Fed. (U. S.) 297.

The larceny of sacred things.

Sacrilege, which see.

4 Coke, 106. A sacrilegious person transcends the cupidity and wickedness of all other robbers.

A sacrilegious man.

A sacrilegious man exceeds the cupidity and wickedness of all robbers.

A sexton, anciently called sagerson, or sagiston; the keeper of things belonging to divine worship.

A denomination of part of the county palatine of Durham. Camd. Brit.

A mental disease in which the sexual instinct is abnormal or perverted. See 32 Nev. 384, Ann. Cas. 1912D, 223, 108 Pac. 934.

flagellation or torture by or upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the pa

An umpire, or arbitrator. Anc. Inst. Eng.

RES INter alios judicatas aliis non praejudicare. It has often been settled that matters adjudged between others ought not to prejudice those who were not parties. Dig. 42. 1. 63.

It has often deen decided that a thing adjudged as between others does not prejudice (still) others.

Very often when tho propriety of language is given attention, the true meaning is lost.

Often the new road, not the old, deceives the traveler.

Often requested.

Cruelty.

Such a bill as would be honored and paid by the drawee on using proper diligence. See 1 N. J. L. 84.

A passport or permission from a neutral state to persons who are thus authorized to go and return in safety, and, sometimes, to carry away certain things in safety. According to co

[L. Lat. conservator indi Lciarum et salvorum regis conductuum.'\ An officer anciently appointed in every port in*England, whose duty was to inquire of all ofifences done against t

Safe custody is as mach the duty of the carrier as due transport and right delivery

A company which maintains vaults for the deposit and safe-keeping of valuables in which compartments or boxes are rented to customers who have exclusive access thereto, subject to

A protection of the king to one who is a stranger, who fears violence from some of his subjects for seeking his right by course of law. Reg. Orig. 26.

The term is held to imply a special deposit. See 62 Ala. 340, 34 Am. Rep. 24. See, also, Special deposit.

the rule ceases to be operative whenever, and as long as, the place is closed against the servant... The master who furnishes the place may, of course, abandon or suspend its use,

A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bracton, lib. 4, c. 1. SAGES DE LA LEY (Law Fr.) Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chan

One which a vessel may enter or depart from without legal restraint and without incurring more than the ordinary perils of the sea. See 2 Ben. 381; 2 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 78.

See Police, 2; Welfare. SAID; AFORESAID. As employed in legal writings, convey certainty of reference. When a name, once introduced into a pleading, is repeated, the repetition mus

The question whether the defective condition of the ladder was due to defendant's negligence is immaterial, since the statute imposes an absolute and unqualified duty to maintain t

By this legislation the qualified duty of the common law is expanded into an absolute duty with respect to car couplers, and if the defendant railroad companies used cars which did

A failure of equipment to perform as required by the Safety Appliance Act is in itself an actionable wrong, in no way dependent upon negligence and for the proximate results of whi

The Safety Appliance Acts impose an absolute duty upon an employer and prescribe penal sanctions for breach. ... The Safety Appliance Acts modify the enforcement, by civil action,

[T]he Safety Appliance Acts do not give a right of action for their breach, but leave the genesis and regulation of such action to the law of the states.

These acts do not create, prescribe the measure, or govern the enforcement of, the liability arising from the breach.

when one union disclaims the work, § 10(k) proceedings terminate, not because all 'parties' to the dispute have settled or agreed to settle within the meaning of the statute, but o

A tale-teller; a secret accuser.

Persons learned in the law.

In old European law. A judge or justice; literally, a man of causes or having charge or supervision of causes. One who administered justice and decided causes in the mallum or publ

Before mentioned. A word of reference to what has been already spoken of or specified. 172 111. 465. In contracts and pleadings it is usual and proper, when it is desired to speak

In old European law. A German coin of the value of a penny or of three pence.

In Insurance law. To move, on the prosecution of a voyage; to make a movement for the purpose of proceeding to sea. Cowen, J., 3 Hill (N. Y.) 126; Lord Denman, C. J., 1 Cromp., M.

It is sometimes important, in the construction of a charter party, or marine insurance policy, to know when a vessel commenced her voyage, and to this end to determine what constit

In maritime 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 they are enabled to und

In both cases, the allied armies were to be supplied, not by sales made directly to their agents, (for this is not required by either,) but by carrying supplies to the Peninsula, w

all the judges who concurred in those decisions were of opinion, that the mere sailing under an enemy's license, without regard to the object of the voyage, or the port of destinat

the general rule is, for a sailing vessel, meeting a steamer, to keep her course, while the steamer takes the necessary measures to avoid a collision. And though this rule should n

Seamen; mariners. See "Seaman."

The welfare of the people is the supreme law. Bac. Max. reg. 12; Broom, Max. 1-10; Montesq. Esprit des Lois, lib. 26, c. 23; 13 Coke, 139.

COURT of. A writ of error formerly lay from the sheriff's courts in the city of London to the court of hustings, before the mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, and thence to justices ap

In old English law. Holy things; gospels on which oaths were taken.

An elaborate form of noncommunistic socialism. It is a scheme which does not contemplate an equal, but an unequal, division of the produce. It does not propose that all should be o

A tip-staff or sergeant-at-arms. Cowell; Cunningham. SAISI E-AR R £t. In French Law. An attachment of property in the hands of a third person.

An oath.

Fr. In French law. A judicial seizure or sequestration of property, of which there are several varieties. See infra. —Saisie-arret. An attachment of property in the possession of a

In French law. An attachment of property in the possession of a third person.

In French law. A writ of execution by which the creditor places under the custody of the law the movables of his debtor, which are liable to seizure, in order that out of them he m

A writ resembling that of fieri facia; defined as that species of execution by which a creditor places under the hand of justice (custody of the law) his debtor's movable property

In French law. A permission given by the proper judicial officer Inhabits. Dalloz. It has the effect of an attachment of property, which is applied to the payment of the debt due.

In 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 leased, and on which he has a li