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  • SUNDAY
    The flrst day of the week is designated by this name; also as the "Lord's Day," and as the "Sabbath."
  • SUO NOMINE
    Lat. In his own name.
  • SUO PERICULO
    Lat. At his own peril or risk.
  • SUPELLEX
    Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • SUPERARE RATIONES
    In old Scotch law. To have a balance of account due to one; to have one's expenses exceed the receipts.
  • 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...
  • 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
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