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SUPELLEX
Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10.

Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10. Less...
SUMMONS
In practice. A writ directed to the sheriff or other proper oflfier, requiring him to notify the person named that an action has been commenced against him in the court whence the writ issues, and that he is required to appear, on a day named, and answer the complaint in More...

In practice. A writ directed to the sheriff or other proper oflfier, requiring him to notify the person named that an action has been commenced against him in the court whence the writ issues, and that he is required to appear, on a day named, and answer the complaint in such action. Whitney v. Blackburn, 17 Or. 564, 21 Pac. 874, 11 Am. St. Rep. 857; Horton v. Railway Co., 26 Mo. App. 358; Piano Mfg. Co. v. Kau fert 86 Minn. 13, 89 N. W. 1124. Civil actions in the courts of record of this state shall be commenced by the service of a summons. Code N. Y. | 127. In Scotch law. A writ passing under the royal signet signed by a writer to the signet, and containing the grounds and conclusions of the action, with the warrant for citing the defender. This writ corresponds to the writ of summons in English procedure. Bell; Paters. Comp. ----Summons and order. In English practice. In this phrase the summons is the application to a common-law judge at chambers is reference to a pending action, and upon it the judge or master makes the order. Mozley & Whitleyv----Summons and severance. The proper name of what is distinguished in the books by the name of "summons and severance" is "severance;" for the summons is only a process which must, in certain cases, issue before judgment of severance can be given; while severance is a judgment by which, where two or more are joined in an action, one or more of these is enabled to proceed in such action without the other or others. Jacob. Less...
SUPER
Lat. Upon; above; over. ------Super altum mare. On the high sea. Hob. 212; 2 Ld. Raym. 1453.--------Super praero-gativa regis. A writ which formerly lay against the king's tenant's widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 174.----------Super statuto. A writ upon the statute 1 Edw. III. c. 12, More...

Lat. Upon; above; over. ------Super altum mare. On the high sea. Hob. 212; 2 Ld. Raym. 1453.--------Super praero-gativa regis. A writ which formerly lay against the king's tenant's widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 174.----------Super statuto. A writ upon the statute 1 Edw. III. c. 12, that lay against the king's tenant holding in chief, who aliened the king's land without his license.---------Super statuto de articulis cleri. A writ which lay against a sheriff or other officer who distrained in the king's highway, or on lands anciently belonging to the church.-Super statuto facto pour seneschal et marshal de roy, etc. A writ which lay against a steward or marshal for holding plea in his court, or for trespass or contracts not made or arising within the king's household. Wharton.-------Super statnto versus servantes et laboratores. A writ which lay against him who kept any servants who had left the service of another contrary to law.-----Super visum oorporis. Upon view of the body. When an inquest is held over a body found dead, it must be super visum corporis. Super fldem ohartarum, mortnis testis bus, exit ad patriam do necessitate re-eurrendum. Co. Litt 6. The truth of charters is necessarily to be referred to a jury, when the witnesses are dead. Less...
SUPER-JURARE
Over-swearing. A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so plain and notorious that he was convicted on the oaths of many more witnesses. Wharton.

Over-swearing. A term anciently used when a criminal endeavored to excuse himself by his own oath or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so plain and notorious that he was convicted on the oaths of many more witnesses. Wharton. Less...
SUPERARE RATIONES
In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one's expenses exceed the receipts.

In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one's expenses exceed the receipts. Less...
SUPERCARGO
An agent of the owner of goods shipped as cargo on a vessel, who has charge of the cargo on board, sells the same to the best advantage in the foreign market, buys a cargo to be brought back on the return voyage of the ship, and comes home with More...

An agent of the owner of goods shipped as cargo on a vessel, who has charge of the cargo on board, sells the same to the best advantage in the foreign market, buys a cargo to be brought back on the return voyage of the ship, and comes home with it. Less...
SUPERFICIARIES
Lat. In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18, 1. In other words, a tenant on ground-rent

Lat. In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18, 1. In other words, a tenant on ground-rent Less...
SUPERFICIES
Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also a building or erection. Sandars' Just Inst (5th Ed.) 133. Superflua non nocent. Superfluities do not prejudice. Jenk. More...

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also a building or erection. Sandars' Just Inst (5th Ed.) 133. Superflua non nocent. Superfluities do not prejudice. Jenk. Cent 184. Surplusage does not vitiate. Less...
SUPERFLUOUS LANDS
In English law, are lands acquired by a railway company under its statutory powers, and not required for the purposes of its undertaking. The company is bound within a certain time to sell such lands, and, if it does not, they vest in and become the property of the owners, More...

In English law, are lands acquired by a railway company under its statutory powers, and not required for the purposes of its undertaking. The company is bound within a certain time to sell such lands, and, if it does not, they vest in and become the property of the owners, of the adjoining lands. Sweet Less...
SUPERFETATION, SUPERFOETATION
In medical Jurisprudence. The formation of a fetus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster.

In medical Jurisprudence. The formation of a fetus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster. Less...

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