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  • 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
  • SCAVAIDUS
    The officer who collected the scavage money. CowelL
  • SCEATTA
    A Saxon coin of less denomination than a shilling. Spelman.
  • SCEPPA SALIS.
    An ancient measure of salt, the quantity of which is now not known. Wharton
  • SCHAR-PENNY, SCHARN-PENNY, OR SHORN-PENNY
    A small duty or compensation. Cowell
  • SCHEDULE
    A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer in equity, deposition, or other instrument exhibiting in detail the matters mentioned or referred to in the principal document A list or inventory; the paper containing an inventory. In practice. When an indictment is returned from an Inferior More...
  • SCHEME
    In English law, a scheme is a document containing provisions for regulating the management or distribution of property, or for making an arrangement between persons having conflicting rights. Thus, In the practice of the chancery division, where the execution of a charitable trust in tbe manner directed by the founder More...
  • SCHETES
    Usury. CowelL
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