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  • STICK
    In the old books, to stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance, "The court stuck a little at this exception." 2 Show. 401.
  • STICKLER
    (1) An Inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbitrator. (3) An obstinate contender about anything.
  • STIFLING A PROSECUTION
    Agreeing, in consideration of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prosecuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy; e. g., perjury. Sweet
  • STILLBORN
    A stillborn child is one born dead or in such an early stage of pregnancy as to be incapable of living, though not actually dead at the time of birth. Children born within the flrst six months after conception are considered by the civil law as incapable of living, and More...
  • STILLICIDIUM
    Lat In the civil law. The drip of water from the eaves of a house The servitude stillicidii consists in the right to have the water drip from one's eaves upon the house or ground of another. The term "flumen'" designated the rain-water collected from the roof, and carried off More...
  • STINT
    In English law. Limit; a limited number. Used as descriptive of a species of common. See COMMON SANS NOMBRE
  • STIPEND
    A salary; settled pay. Mangam v. Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 597, 50 Am. Rep. 705. In English and Scotch law. A provision made for the support of the clergy.
  • STIPENDIARY ESTATES
    Estates granted in return for services, generally of a military kind. 1 Steph. Comm. 174.
  • STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES
    In English law. Paid magistrates; appointed in London and some other cities and boroughs, and having In general the powers and jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
  • STIPENDIUM
    Lat In the civil law. The pay of a soldier; wages; stipend. Calvin.
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