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  • 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.
  • SCANDAL
    Defamatory reports or ru-* mors; aspersion or slanderous talk, uttered recklessly or maliciously. In pleading. "Scandal consists In the allegation of anything which is unbecoming the dignity of the court to hear, or is con7 trary to good manners, or which charges some person with a crime not necessary to More...
  • SCANDALOUS MATTER
    In equity pleading. See SCANDAL.
  • SCANDALUM MAGNATUM
    In English law. Scandal or slander of great men or nobles. Words* spoken in derogation of a peer, a judge, or other great ofllcer of the realm, for which an action lies, though it is now rarely resorted to. 8 Bl. Comm. 123; 3 Steph. Comm. 473. This offense has More...
  • SCAPELLARE
    In old European law. To chop; to chip or haggle. Spelman.
  • SCAPHA
    Lat. In Roman law. A boat; a lighter. A ship's boat.
  • SCAVAGE, SCHEVAGE, SCHEWAGE, OR SHEWAGE
    A kind of toil or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc, of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19 Hen. VIL c 7. CowelL
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