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  • SINECURE
    In ecclesiastical law. When a rector of a parish neither resides nor performs duty at his benefice, but has a vicar under him. endowed and charged with the cure thereof, this is termed a "sinecure." Brown. An ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls. In popular usage, the term denotes an More...
  • SINGLE
    Unitary; detached; individual; affecting only one person; containing only one part, article, condition, or covenant As to single "Adultery," "Bill," "Bond," "Combat" "Demise," "Entry," "Escheat" and "Original," see those titles.
  • SINGULAR
    Each; as in the expression "all and singular." Also, individual. As to singular "Successor," and "Title," see those titles.
  • SINKING FUND
    See FUND.
  • SIPESSOCUA
    In old English law. A franchise, liberty, or hundred.
  • SIST
    v. In Scotch practice. To stay proceedings. Bell.
  • SIST
    n. In Scotch practice. A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. BelL
  • SISTER
    A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. The word is the correlative of "brother."
  • SIT
    To hold a session, as of a court, grand Jury, legislative body, etc. To be formally organized and proceeding with the transaction of business. See Allen v. State, 102 Ga. 019, 29 S. E. 470; Cock v. State, 8 Tex. App. 659.
  • SITHCUNDMAM
    In Saxon law. The high constable of a hundred.
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