Legal Term Dictionary

In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff.

In Dutch law. An officer of a court whose functions somewhat resemble those of a sheriff. Less...

An Institution of learning of a lower grade, below a college or a university. A place of primary instruction. The term generally refers to tbe common or public schools, maintained at the expense of tbe public See American Asylum v. Phoenix Bank, 4 Conn. 177, 10 Am. Dec. 112; In More...

An Institution of learning of a lower grade, below a college or a university. A place of primary instruction. The term generally refers to tbe common or public schools, maintained at the expense of tbe public See American Asylum v. Phoenix Bank, 4 Conn. 177, 10 Am. Dec. 112; In re Sanders, 53 Kan. 191, 36 Pac 348, 23 L. B. A. 603; Com. v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 AtL 277. -Common schools. Schools maintained at the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous education of the children of all citisens without distinction. Jenkins v. An-dover, 103 Mass. 98; People v. Board of Education, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 410; Le Coulteulx v. Buffalo, 33 N. Y. 337; Roach v. Board of Directors, 7 Mo. App. 567.-District acbooL A common or public school for the education at public expense of the children residing within a given district; a public school maintained by a "school district" See infra.-High school. A school in which higher branches of learning are taught'than in the common schools. 128 Mass. 306. A school in which such instruction is given as will prepare the students to enter a college or university. Attorney General v. Butler, 123 Mass. 306; State v. School Diet, 31 Neb. 552, 48 N. W. 393; Whitlock v. State, 30 Neb. 815, 47 N. W. 284.-Normal school. A training school for teachers; one in which instruction is given in the theory and practice of teaching; particularly, in the system of schools generally established throughout the United States, a school for the training and instruction of those who are already teachers in tbe public schools or those who desire and expect to become such. See Gordon v. Cornes, 47 N. Y. 616: Board of Regents v. Painter, 102 Mo. 464, 14 S. W. 038, 10 L. R. A. 493.-Private sebool. One maintained by private individuals or corporations, not at public expense, and open only to pupils selected and admitted by the proprietors or governors, or to pupils of a certain class or possessing certain qualifications, (racial, religious, or otherwise,) and generally supported, in part at least, by tuition fees or charges. See Suigley v. State, 5 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 638.-Pub-c schools. Schools established under the laws of the state, (and usually regulated in matters of detail by the local authorities,) in the various districts, counties, or towns, maintained at the public expense by taxation, and open without charge to the children of all the residents of the town or other district. Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 97; St. Joseph's Church v. Assessors of Taxes, 12 R. I. 19, 34 Am. Rep. 597; Merrick v. Amherst, 12 Allen (Mass.) 506, A public school is one belonging to the public and established and conducted under public authority; not one owned and conducted by private parties, though it may be open to the public generally and though tuition may be free. Gerke v. Purcell, 25 Ohio St. 229.-School board. A board of municipal officers charged with the administration of the affairs of the public schools. They are commonly organized under the general laws of the state, and fall within the class of quasi corporations, sometimes coterminous with a county or borough, but not necessarily so. The members of the school board are sometimes termed "school directors," or the official style may be "the board of school directors." The circuit of their territorial jurisdiction is called a "school district," and each school district is usually a separate taxing district for school purposes.-School directors. See SCHOOL Bo ABD.-Sebool district. A public and quasi municipal corporation, organized by legislative authority or direction, comprising a defined territory, for the erection, maintenance, government, and support of the public schools within its territory in accordance with and in subordination to the general school laws of the state, invested, for these purposes only, with powers of local self-government and generally of local taxation, and administered by a board of officers, usually elected by the voters of the district, who are variously styled "school directors," or "trustees," "commissioners," or "supervisors" of schools. See Hamilton v. San TMego County, 108 Cal. 273, 41 Pac. 305; Landis v. Ashworth, 57 N. J. Law, 509, 31 Atl. 1017; Travelers' Ins. Co. v. Oaweeo Tp., 59 Fed. 64, 7 C. C. A. 669; Board of Education v. Sinton, 41 Ohio St. 511.-School lands. See LAND.- School-master. One employed in teaching a school. Less...

An abbreviation for "scire facias, (q. v.)

An abbreviation for "scire facias, (q. v.) Less...

Lat In English law. The name given to a clause inserted in the record by which it is made "known that the justice here in court in this same term, delivered a writ thereupon to the deputy-sheriff of the county aforesaid, to be executed in due form of law." Lee, More...

Lat In English law. The name given to a clause inserted in the record by which it is made "known that the justice here in court in this same term, delivered a writ thereupon to the deputy-sheriff of the county aforesaid, to be executed in due form of law." Lee, Diet "Record." Less...

Lat It is to be known; be it remarked. In the books of the civil law, this phrase is often found at the beginning of a chapter or paragraph, by way of introduction to some explanation, or directing attention to some particular rule.

Lat It is to be known; be it remarked. In the books of the civil law, this phrase is often found at the beginning of a chapter or paragraph, by way of introduction to some explanation, or directing attention to some particular rule. Less...

Lat Knowingly. The term is used in pleading to signify an allegation (or that part of the declaration or indictment which contains it) setting out the defendant's previous knowledge of the cause which led to the injury complained of, or rather his previous knowledge of a state of facts which More...

Lat Knowingly. The term is used in pleading to signify an allegation (or that part of the declaration or indictment which contains it) setting out the defendant's previous knowledge of the cause which led to the injury complained of, or rather his previous knowledge of a state of facts which it was his duty to guard against, and his omission to do which has led to the injury complained of. The insertion of such an allegation is called "laying the action (or indictment) with a scienter" And the term is frequently used to signify the defendant's guilty knowledge. Scienti et volenti non fit injuria. Bract fol. 20. An Injury is not done to one who knows and wills it Soientia sciolorum est mixta ignorantia.. 8 Coke, 159. The knowledge of smat-terers is diluted ignorance. Soientia utrimque par pares oontra-hentes faoit. Equal knowledge on both sides makes contracting parties equal. 3 Burrows, 1905. An insured need not mention what the underwriter knows, or what he ought to know. Broom, Max. 772. Less...

Lat. To-wit; that is to say. A word used in pleadings and other instruments, as introductory to a more particular statement of matters previously mentioned in general terms. Hob. 171, 172.

Lat. To-wit; that is to say. A word used in pleadings and other instruments, as introductory to a more particular statement of matters previously mentioned in general terms. Hob. 171, 172. Less...

Lat. A spark; a remaining particle; the least particle. -Scintilla Juris. In real property law. A spark of right or interest. By this figurative expression was denoted the small particle of interest which, by a fiction of law, was supposed to remain in a feoffee to uses, sufficient to support More...

Lat. A spark; a remaining particle; the least particle. -Scintilla Juris. In real property law. A spark of right or interest. By this figurative expression was denoted the small particle of interest which, by a fiction of law, was supposed to remain in a feoffee to uses, sufficient to support contingent uses afterwards coming into existence, and thereby enable the statute of uses (27 Hen. VIII. c. 10) to execute them. See 2 Washb. Real Prop. 125; 4 Kent Comm. 23a -Scintilla of evidenoe. A spark, glimmer, or faint show of evidence. A metaphorical expression to describe a very insignificant or tri-ing item or particle of evidence; used in the statement of the common-law rule that if there is any evidence at all in a case, even a mere scintilla, tending to support a material issue, the case cannot be taken from the jury, but must be left to their decision. See Offutt v. World's Columbian Exposition, 175 111. 472, 51 N. E. 651. Scire deboa cam quo eontrabis. You ought to know with whom you deal. 11 Mees. A W. 405, 632; 13 Mees. & W. 171. Scire et scire debere ssquiparantur in Jnre. To know a thing, and to be bound to know it are regarded in law as equivalent Tray. Leg. Max. 551. Less...

Lat. In practice. The name given to the sheriff's return to a writ of scire facias that he has caused notice to be given to the party or parties against whom the writ was issued. 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 98, 99.

Lat. In practice. The name given to the sheriff's return to a writ of scire facias that he has caused notice to be given to the party or parties against whom the writ was issued. 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 98, 99. Less...

In English law. The name of a writ formerly used to recover the amount of a judgment from an executor. Scire legos non boe est verba earunt tenere, sed vim ac potostatem. To know the laws is not to observe their mere words, but their force and power; [that is, More...

In English law. The name of a writ formerly used to recover the amount of a judgment from an executor. Scire legos non boe est verba earunt tenere, sed vim ac potostatem. To know the laws is not to observe their mere words, but their force and power; [that is, the essential meaning in which their efficacy resides.} Dig. 1, 3, 17; 1 Kent Comm. 462. Scire proprio est rem ratione ot per eansam oognosoero. To know properly ia to know a thing Jin its reason, and by ita cause. We are truly said to know anything, where we know the true cause thereof. Co. Litt 183b. Less...