Syndicate

A university committee

A combination of persons or firms united for the purpose of enterprises too large for individuals to undertake; or a group of financiers who buy up the shares of a company in order to sell them at a profit by creating a scarcity. Moz. & W. An association of individuals, formed for the purpose of conducting and carrying out some particular business- transaction, ordinarily of a financial character, in which the members are mutually interested.

Hamble* ton v. Rhind, 84 Md. 456, 36 Atl. 597, 40 L. It. A. 216.

It is said to be, as respects the persons composing it, a partnership. Id. But this is rather too broadly expressed. It would seem rather a joint adventure, which see.

See 40 L. R. A. (Md.) 216; Promoters. SYNDIC US (Gr. oin>, with, 6'uaj, cause).

One chosen by a university, municipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calv. Lex.

See Syndic.

SYN GRAPH (Gr. abv, with, yp6<f>o, to write).

A deed, bond, er other instrument of writing, under the hand and seal of all the parties. It was so called because the parties xorote together. Formerly such writings were attested by the subscription and crosses of the witnesses; afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealments, they made deeds of mutual covenant in a script and rescript, or in a part and counterpart, and in the middle between the tw T o copies they wrote the word syngraphus in large letters, which, being cut through the parchment and one being delivered to each party, on being afterwards put together proved their authenticity. Deeds thus made were denominated synr graphs by the canonists, and by the commonlawyers chirographs.

2 Bla. Com. 296.