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  • SEMI-MATRIMONIUM
    Lat In Roman law. Half-marriage. Concubinage was so called. Tayl. CivH Law, 4W3. .
  • SEMI-PLENA PROBATIO
    Lat. In the civil law. Half-full proof; half-proof. 3 Bl. Comm. .370. See HALF-PROOF.
  • SEMINARIUM
    Lat. In the civil law. A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6.
  • SEMINARY
    A place of education. Any school, academy, college, or university in which young persons are Instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments. Webster. The word is said to have acquired no fixed and definite legal meaning. See Chegaray v. New York, 13 More...
  • SEMINAUFRAGIUM
    Lat In maritime law. Half-shipwreck, as where goods are cast overboard in a storm; also where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than her worth. Wharton.
  • SEMITA
    In old English law. A path. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 52, ? 20.
  • SEMPER
    Lat Always. A word which introduces several Latin maxims, of which some are also used without this prefix. Semper in dnbiis benigniora praefe-renda snnt. In doubtful cases, the more favorable constructions are always to be preferred. Dig. 50, 17, 56. Semper in dnbiis id agendum est, nt qnam tntissimo looo More...
  • SEMPER PARATUS
    Lat Always ready. The name of a plea by which the defendant alleges that he has always been ready to perform what is demanded of him. 3 Bl. Comm. 303. Semper prsftsumitur pro logitimationo puerorum* The presumption always Is In favor of the legitimacy of children. 5 Coke, 986; Co. More...
  • SEN
    This is said to be an ancient word, which signified "justice." Co. Litt 61a.
  • SENAGE
    Money paid for synodala.
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