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  • SAVOY
    One of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n.
  • SAXON LAGE
    The laws of the West Saxons. Cowell.
  • SAY ABOUT
    This phrase, like "more' or less," is frequently introduced into conveyances or contracts of sale, to indicate that the quantity of the subject-matter is uncertain, and Is only estimated, and to guard the vendor against the implication of having warranted the quantity.
  • SAYER
    In Hindu law. Variable imposts distinct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, bazaars, etc. Wharton.
  • SC.
    An abbreviation for "scilicet," that is to say"
  • SCABINI
    In old European law. The. judges or assessors of the judges In the court held by the count Assistants or assoeiatesi of the count; officers under the count The permanent selected judges of the Franks. Judges among the Germans, Franks, and Lombards, who were held in peculiar esteem. Spelman.
  • SCACCARIUM
    A chequered cloth resembling a chess-board, which covered the table , in the exchequer, and on which, when, certain of the king's accounts were made up, the sums were marked and scored with counters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia scuccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44.
  • SCALAM
    At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell.
  • SCALE
    In early American law. To adjust graduate, or value according to a scale. Walden v. Payne, 2 Wash. (Va.) 5, 6
  • SCAMNUM CADUCUM
    In old records, the cucking-stool, (q. v.) Cowell.
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