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  • SIEN
    An obsolete form of the word "scion," meaning offspring or descendant Co. Litt 123o.
  • SIERVO
    Span. In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt. 4, tit. 21, 1. 1.
  • SIETE PARTIDAS
    Span. Seven parts. See LAS PARTIDAS.
  • SIGHT
    When a bill of exchange is exrpressed to be payable "at sight" it means on presentment to the drawee. See Campbell v. French, 6 Term, 212.
  • SIGIL
    In old English law, a seal, or a contracted or abbreviated signature used aa a seal.
  • SIGULLUM
    Lat In old English law. A seal; originally and properly a seal impressed upon wax. Sigillnm est oera impressa, qnia oersv sine impressions non est sigillnm. A* seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal. 3 Inst. 169.
  • SIGLA
    Lat. In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13.
  • SIGN
    To affix one's name to a writing or instrument, for the purpose of authenticating it or to give it effect as one's act. To "sign" is merely to write one's name on paper, or declare assent or attestation by some sign or mark, and does not, like "subscribe,** require that More...
  • SIGN-MANUAL
    In English law. The signature or subscription of the king is termed his "sign-manual." There is this difference between what the sovereign does under the sign manual and what he or she does under the great seal, viz., that the former la' done as a personal act of the sovereign; More...
  • SIGNATORIUS ANNULUS
    Lat In the civil law. A signet-ring; a seal-rlngi Dig. 50, 16" 74.
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