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  • STULTILOQUIUM
    Lat In old English law. Vicious pleading, for which a fine was imposed by King John, supposed to be the origin of the fines for beau-pleader. Crabb, Eng. Law, 135
  • STUMPAGE
    The sum agreed to he paid to an owner of land for trees standing (or lying) upon his land, the purchaser being permitted to enter upon the land and to cut down and remove the trees; in other words, it is the price paid for a license to cut Blood More...
  • STUPRUM
    Lat In the civil law. Unlawful intercourse with a woman. Distinguished from adultery as being, committed with a virgin or widow. Dig. 48, 5, 6.
  • STURGEON
    A royal fish which, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast is the property of the sovereign. 2 Steph. Comm. 19n, 540.
  • STYLE
    As a verb, to call, name, or entitle one; as a noun, the title or appellation of a person.
  • SUA SPONTE
    Lat. Of his or its own will or motion; voluntarily; without prompting or suggestion.
  • SUABLE
    That which may be sued.
  • SUAPTE NATURA
    Lat. In its own nature. Buapte natura sterilis, barren in its own nature and quality; intrinsically barren. 5 Maule A S. 170.
  • SUB
    Lat. Under; upon. -Sub colore Juris. Under color of right; under a show or appearance of right or rightful power.-Sub conditione. Upon condition. The proper words to express a condition in a conveyance, and to create an estate upon condition. Graves v. Deterling, 120 N. Y. 447, 24 N. EL More...
  • SUB-BALLIVUS
    In old English law. An under-balliff; a sheriff's deputy. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 68. 2.
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