Sine

Lat Without.

— Sine animo revertendi. Without the intention of refurning. 1 Kent, Comm. 78.

— Sine assensu capituli. Without the consent of the chapter. In old English practice. A writ which lay where a dean, bishop, prebendary, abbot, prior, or master of a hospital aliened the lands holden in the right of his house, abbey, or priory, without the consent of the chapter; in which case his successor might have this writ. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 194. I; Cowell.

— Siue consideratione curiae. Without the judgment of the court Fleta, lib. 2, c 47, J 13.

— Siue decreto. Without authority of a judge. 2 Kames, Eq. 115.

— Sine die. Without day; without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing. Hence, a final adjournment; final dismissal of a cause. Quod eat sine die, that he go without day ; the old form of a judgment for the defendant, i.e., a judgment discharging the defendant from any further appearance in court.

— Siue hoc quod. Without this, that. A technical phrase in old pleading, of the same import with the phrase "absque hoo quod,"

— Siue numero. Without stint or limit. A term applied to common. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 8.

— Siue prole. Without issue. Used in genealogical tables, and often abbreviated into p."

— Sine qua non. Without which not. That without which the thing cannot be. An indispensable requisite or condition.