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A species of feigned disease, in which disease is actually present, but where the symptoms are falsely aggravated, and greater sickness is pretended than really exists. Beck, Med.

In the civil law. Misrepresentation or concealment of the truth; as where parties pretend to perform a transaction different from that in which they really are engaged. Mackeld. Ro

Together with.

Lat Together and at'one time.

Together and simultaneously.

A. natural power of the soul, set in the highest part thercof, moving and stirring it to good, and adborring evll. And therefore sinderesis never slnneth nor erreth. And this sinde

Without.

Without intent to remain.

Without the intention of returning. SINE ASSENSU CAPITULI (Lat. without the consent of the chapter). In old English practice. A writ which lay where a dean, bishop, prebendary, abb

A writ for a church corporation to recover its lands wrongfully conveyed.

Without being passed upon by the court.

Charged with no duty.

In ecclesiastical law. A term used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure. In common parlance, it means the receipt of a salary for an office when th

Without any judicial sanction.

Without day, finally.

A phrase formerly used in pleading as equivalent to absque hoc ( q. v.).

Without this, that.

Without children.

Without number or limit.

There can be no prescription without possession.

Without possession prescription cannot exist.

Without Issue. Used in genealogical tables.

Without which not; an indispensable requisite.

Without force or fraud.

The term “SING” means the Spallation Neutron Source Instruments Next Generation major item of equipment.

The terms “single” and “single family” when used in connection with “house” or “residential property” shall include each separate unit of a residential structure which the Commissi

That committed by an unmarried person with a married one. See 1 Pinn. (Wis.) 91, 39 Am. Dec. 277.

The term “single asset real estate” means real property constituting a single property or project, other than residential real property with fewer than 4 residential units, which g

“single audit” means an audit, as described under section 7502(d), of a non-Federal entity that includes the entity's financial statements and Federal awards;

One without any condition, and which does not depend upon any future event to give it validity. 5 111. 483.

A bond without a condition.

TRIA^ BY. See "Battel."

The one agreement cannot be taken to be several agreements and hence several conspiracies because it envisages the violation of several statutes rather than one.

A declaration in ejectment might contain either one demise or several. When it contained only one, it was called a "declaration with a single demise."

The controlling criteria, set out and elaborated in Board decisions, are interrelation of operations, common management, centralized control of labor relations and common ownership

For purposes of this section, the term “single-employer plan” means a plan which is not a multiemployer plan. / The term “single-employer plan” means an employee benefit plan other

The reversion of a person’s movables to the crown because of his being declared a rebel.

The terms “single” and “single family” when used in connection with “house” or “residential property” shall include each separate unit of a residential structure which the Commissi

Where the Secretary has approved a plan of family unit ownership, the terms “single-family dwelling”, “single-family dwellings”, “individual dwelling”, and “individual dwellings” s

Where the Secretary has approved a plan of family unit ownership, the terms “single-family dwelling”, “single-family dwellings”, “individual dwelling”, and “individual dwellings” s

The term “single family housing” means a residence consisting of 1 to 4 dwelling units.

the term “single-family mortgage” means a mortgage that covers property on which is located a 1-to-4 family residence. / The term "single family mortgage" means a mortgag

The term “single family property” means a 1- to 4-family residence, including a manufactured home. / The term “single family property” means a 1- to 4-family residence.

For purposes of this section, the term “single family residence” includes any manufactured home which has a minimum of 400 square feet of living space and a minimum width in excess

a single action by the shooter to initiate a firing sequence, including pulling a trigger and pushing forward on a bump-stock-equipped semiautomatic rifle.

Single Line Rate Defined.—In this section, the term “single line rate” means a rate, charge, or allowance proposed by a single motor carrier that is applicable only over its line a

those applicable over 'single lines of railway or over two or more lines under the same general management and control'.

An original instrument which is not executed in duplicate.

The term “single package vertical air conditioner” means air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that— (A) is factory-assembled as a single package tha

The term “single package vertical heat pump” means a single package vertical air conditioner that— (A) uses reverse cycle refrigeration as its primary heat source; and (B) may incl

The term “single parent” means an individual who— (i) is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse; and (ii) (I) has 1 or more minor children for whom the individual has custody

The term “single purpose agricultural or horticultural structure” means— (i) a single purpose livestock structure, and (ii) a single purpose horticultural structure.

The term “single purpose horticultural structure” means— (I) a greenhouse specifically designed, constructed, and used for the commercial production of plants, and (II) a structure

The term “single purpose livestock structure” means any enclosure or structure specifically designed, constructed, and used— (I) for housing, raising, and feeding a particular type

The term “single-purpose research facility” means— (A) any of the primarily single-purpose entities owned by the Department; or (B) any other organization of the Department designa

the term “single, shared system of elements to assure safe use” means a single, shared system of elements to assure safe use under section 355–1(f) of this title ; and

The term “single source drug” means a covered outpatient drug, including a drug product approved for marketing as a non-prescription drug that is regarded as a covered outpatient d

The term “single source drug or biological” means— (i) a biological; or (ii) a drug which is not a multiple source drug and which is produced or distributed under a new drug applic

The term “single-use device” means a device that is intended for one use, or on a single patient during a single procedure.

Permits for a single visit to any designated unit shall be made available by the Secretary of the Interior for a reasonable fee, but not to exceed $3 for individuals or $7.50 per v

In grammar, the singular is used to express only one; not plural. Johnson. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to “my nearest relation,” for example, wil

Singly.

A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting a person who succeeds to the rights of a former owner in a single article of property, (as by purchase,) as distinguished from a univer

A purchaser is so termed in the Scotch law, in contradistinction to the heir of the landed proprietor, who succeeds to the whole heritage by regular title of succession, whereas th

The title by which a party acquires property as a singular successor.

Each is bound for the whole. 6 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 242, 252.

A fund arising from particular taxes, imposts, or duties, which is appropriated towards the payment of the interest due on a public loan, and for the gradual payment of the princip

If it does not appear what was agreed upon, the consequence wlll be that we must follow that which ls the usage of the place where the agreement was made. Dig. 50, 17, 34.

If it is not apparent what was done, the consequence will be that we shall follow that which is commonly done in the locality in which it was done.

A writ to assemble the justices whereunder two or more can act, if all are not present.

If there be no inference which leads to a different result, words are to he understood according to their proper meaning, not in a grammatical, but in a popular and ordinary, sense

If there is no conjecture which leads to a different conclusion, words are to be understood according to their proper sense; not according to a grammatical usage but according to a

In American Law. A court of criminal jurisdiction, so-called in many states. In English Law. A court of criminal jurisdiction, in England, held in each county once in every quarter

Lat If it appears. In Roman law. Words used in the formula by which the prætor appointed a Judge, and instructed him how to decide the cause.

“SIPC” means Securities Investor Protection Corporation. / The term “SIPC” means the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

An old writ which lay to seize goods in the hands ofa party during the pendency of @ suit, to prevent their being made away with. Reg. Orig. 126. DE ARRESTANDO IPSUM QUI PE-

In old English law. A franchise, llberty or hundred.

If several conditions of a gift are written in the conjunctive, they must all be performed, and as to their truth, it is required that each part shall be true taken jointly; if the

quodque erunt numero, singuli In solidum tenentur. If there are more sureties than one, how many soever they shall be, they shall each be held for the whole. Inst, 3. 21. 4; Id. 4.

If there are more sureties than one, how many soever they shall be, they shall each be held for the whole. Inst. 3, 20, 4.

If there are many sureties, however great their number, each one is jointly bound.

If before.

COGNOMINE, praenomine, agnomine legatarii erraverit; cum de persona constat, nihilominus valet legatum. If the testator has erred in the name, cognomen, praenomen, or title of the

If any testator has erred in the name, cognomen, praenomen or title of a legatee, the legacy will nevertheless be valid when the person intended is made clear.

Although a testator may have mistaken the nomen, cognomen or prœnomen of a legatee, yet, lf it be certain who is the person meant, the legacy is valid. Inst. 2, 20, 29; Broom, Max.

If anything is owed to a corporation, it is not owed to the individuals, nor do the individuals owe that which the corporation owes.

If anything be owing to an entire body, It is not owing to the individual members; nor do the individuals owe that which is owing by the entire body. Dig. 8, 4, 7, 1.

If anyone.

Jenk. Cent. 39. If a guardlan do fraud to his ward, he shall be removed from his guardianship.

If anyone sue for a part when he should have sued for the whole, the judgment is res adjudicata. See 2 Mart. O. S. (La.) 83.

If any guardian commits a fraud against his ward, he should be removed from his guardianship.

3 Inst. 51. If a man klll one, meaning to kill another, he is held gullty of felony.

If anyone has left his wife pregnant, he is not deemed to have died without children.

If anyone shall have died without issue.

CUM alium percutere vellet, in felonia tenetur. If a man kill one, meaning to kill another, he is held guilty of felony, 3 Inst, 51, SI RECOGNOSCAT (Lat. if he acknowledge). In old

If anyone kill one man when he intended to kill another, he is held for felony.

Lat. If he acknowledge, In old practice. A writ which lay for a creditor against his debtor for money numbered . (pecunia numerata) or counted; that ls, a specific sum of money, wh

The author of a treatise on tenures written about 1470, the basis of Coke’s Commentaries. See Institutes of Coke .

Lat. Of those who are to be put on assises. The title of a statute passed 21 Edward I., defining the qualifications of jurors. Cra Ws Hist. Eng. Law, 1 67, 1 89. 2 Beeves' Hist 184

The term "Sisk Act" means Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the "Sisk Act") (16 U.S.C. 484a).