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SUPERPLUSAGIUM
In old English law. Overplus; surplus; residue or balance. Bract foL 301; Spelman.

In old English law. Overplus; surplus; residue or balance. Bract foL 301; Spelman. Less...
SUPERSEDE
To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent or that the court would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued. Brown.

To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent or that the court would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued. Brown. Less...
SUPERSEDEAS
Lat In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously Issued. It directs the ofllcer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another writ which is in his hands or may come to him. By a conventional extension of the term More...

Lat In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously Issued. It directs the ofllcer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another writ which is in his hands or may come to him. By a conventional extension of the term it has come to be used as a designation of the effect of any proceeding or act in a cause which, of its own force, causes a suspension or stay of proceedings. Thus, when we say that a writ of error is a supersedeas, we merely mean that it has the same effect of suspending proceedings in the court below, which would have been produced by writ of supersedeas. See Tyler v. Presley, 72 Cal. 290, 13 Pac. 856; Woolfolk v. Brims, 45 Minn. 96, 47 N. W. 460; Hovey v. McDonald, 100 U. S. 150, 3 Sup. Ct. 136, 27 U Ed. 888; Runyon v. Bennett 4 Dana (Ky.) 599, 29 Am. Dec. 431. Less...
SUPERSTITIOUS USE
In English law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods, or chattels are given, secured, or appointed for and towards the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass, for the maintenance of a priest or other man to pray for the soul of any dead man in such a church More...

In English law. When lands, tenements, rents, goods, or chattels are given, secured, or appointed for and towards the maintenance of a priest or chaplain to say mass, for the maintenance of a priest or other man to pray for the soul of any dead man in such a church or elsewhere, to have and maintain perpetual obits, lamps, torches, etc., to be used at certain times to help to save the souls of men out of purgatory, in such cases the king, by force of several statutes, is authorized to direct and appoint all such uses to such purposes as are truly charitable. Bac. Abr. "Charitable Uses." See Methodist Church v. Remington, 1 Watts (Pa.) 225, 26 Am. Dec 61; Harrison v. Brophy, 59 Kan. 1, 51 Pac 883, 40 L. R. A. 721. Less...
SUPERVISOR
A surveyor or overseer; a highway officer. Also, in some state the chief officer of a town; one of a board of county officers. -Supervisors of election. Persons appointed and commissioned by the judge of the Circuit Court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, More...

A surveyor or overseer; a highway officer. Also, in some state the chief officer of a town; one of a board of county officers. -Supervisors of election. Persons appointed and commissioned by the judge of the Circuit Court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon that of ten citizens, to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters for representatives and delegates in congress, and supervise the registry and mark the list of voters in such manner as will in their judgment detect and expose the improper removal or addition of any name. Rev. St. U. 8. f 2011, et seq. Less...
SUPPLEMENT, LETTERS OF
In Scotch practice. A process by which a party not residing within the jurisdiction of an inferior court may be cited to appear before it. Bell.

In Scotch practice. A process by which a party not residing within the jurisdiction of an inferior court may be cited to appear before it. Bell. Less...
SUPPLEMENTAL
Something added to supply defects in the thing to which it is added, or in aid of which it is made. -Supplemental affidavit. An affidavit made in addition to a previous one, in order to supply some deficiency in it Gallan v. Lukens, 89 Pa. 136.-Supplemental answer. One which was More...

Something added to supply defects in the thing to which it is added, or in aid of which it is made. -Supplemental affidavit. An affidavit made in addition to a previous one, in order to supply some deficiency in it Gallan v. Lukens, 89 Pa. 136.-Supplemental answer. One which was filed in chancery for the purpose of correcting, adding to, and explaining an answer already filed. Smith, Ch. Pr. 334. French v. Edwards, 9 Fed. Cas. 780.-Supplemental bill. In equity pleading. A bill filed in addition to an original bill, in order to supply some defect in its original frame or structure. It is the appropriate remedy where the matter sought to he supplied cannot be introduced by amendment. Story, Eq. PI. ?? 332-338; Bloxham v. Railroad Co., 39 Fla. 243, 22 South. 697; Schwab v. Schwab. 93 Md. 382, 49 Atl. 331, 52 L. R. A. 414; Thompson v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 119 Fed. 634; Butler v. Cunningham, 1 Barb. (N. Y.) 87; Bowie v. Minter, 2 Ala. 411.-Supplemental claim. A further claim which was filed when further relief was sought after the bringing of a claim. Smith, Ch. Pr. 055.-Supplemental complaint. Under the codes of practice obtaining in some of the states, this name is given to a complaint filed in an action, for the purpose of supplying some defect or omission in the original complaint, or of adding something to it which could not properly be introduced by amendment. See Pouder v. Tate, 132 Ind. 327, 30 N. E. 880; Plumer v. McDonald Lumber Co., 74 Wis. 137, 42 N. W. 250. Less...
SUPPLETORY OATH
See OATH

See OATH Less...
SUPPLIANT
The actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right

The actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right Less...
SUPPLICATIO
Lat In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to "duplication which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin.

Lat In the civil law. A petition for pardon of a first offense; also a petition for reversal of judgment; also equivalent to "duplication which corresponds to the common law rejoinder. Calvin. Less...

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