Law Dictionary

For purposes of this subsection, the term “S termination year” means any taxable year of a corporation (determined without regard to this subsection) in which a termination of an e

“Sternlight” means a white light placed as nearly as practicable at the stern showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 135 degrees and so fixed as to show the light

If the plaintiff in a plaint in the mayor's court of London has attached property belonging to the defendant, and obtained execution against the garnishee, the defendant, if he wis

An entry of dismissal of an action voluntarily made by the plaintiff.

A prisoner was said being arraigned for treason or felony, swered foreign to the purpose, or, refused to put himself on the country,

A person employed In loading and unloading vessels. He has no maritime lien on the ship for wages. Dunl. Adm. Prac. 98.

The libellant was injured on a ship, lying in navigable waters, and while he was engaged in the performance of a maritime service. We entertain no doubt that the service in loading

A stevedore who in person or by servants does work so indispensable is as much an agency of commerce as shipowner or master. The business of loading and unloading being interstate

The term “steward’s department” means the department that includes entertainment personnel and all service personnel, including wait staff, housekeeping staff, and galley workers,

In Old English Law. An officer who was invested with various powers; among others, to preside on the trial of peers. See Court of the

An officer who transacts all the legal and other business connected with the estate, and takes care of the court rolls. In royal manors he is appointed by patent. See 10 George IV.

An officer of the highest dignity and trust. He administered the crown revenues, superintended the affairs of the household, and possessed the privilege of holding the first place

Tn English law. <A court constituted for the trial of scholars or privileged persons connected with the university at Oxford or Cambridge who are indicted for treason, felony, or m

The term “stewardship threshold” means the level of management required, as determined by the Secretary, to conserve and improve the quality and condition of a natural resource. /

In Scotch law, is said to be equivalent to the English "county." See Brown.

A short-hand ■writer or reporter who officially takes down testimony, and the rulings and charge in a case on trial. ' 2 Bl. Com. 160. = Bunnell v. Fiske, 11 Meto. 554-65 (1846). S

In English law. Places formerly permitted in England to women of professed lewdness, and who for hire would prostitute their bodies to all comers. These places were so called becau

I In the law of divorce, cruelty bodily harm, and in that manner

<An English order of knighthood, instituted in 1818.

In the old books. To stop; to hesitate; to accede with reluctance. "The court stuck a llttle at this exception." 2 Show. 491.

A slip of paper, with the name of a person for whom a voter desires to vote printed thereon, pasted by the voter on his ballot. See J 46 Pa. St. 529, 28 Am. St. Rep. 814, 15 L. R.

(1) An inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbitrator. (3) An obstinate contender about anything.

Agreeing, in consideration of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prosecuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy, e. g., perjury. As a

A stillborn child ls one born dead or in such an early stage of pregnancy as to be incapable of living, though not actually dead at the time of birth. Children born within the firs

Born dead.

A servitude of eaves-drip. See Eaves-drip .

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not excepting that of the king himself, was esti

The weight of a past offense is never increased by a subsequent fact. Bacon.

F. J. Glossary of technical terms, phrases, and maxims of the common law. 1 vol. 12me. Boston, 1881.

The proportionable part of a man's cattle which he may keep upon the common. The general rule is that the comstock the land to which his right of common is annexed. There may be su

An undertaking in writing to do a certain act; in ad-

the term “stipend” means an award under subsection (d).

Estates granted in return for services, generally of a military kind. 1 Steph. Comm. 174.

In English law. Paid magistrates.

Lat In the civll law. The pay of a soldier; wages; stipend. Calvin.

Lat In old English law. Stock; a stock; a source of descent or title. Communis stipes, the common stock. Fleta, llb. 6, c. 2.

Relating to stirpes, roots or stocks. "Stipital distribution" of property is distribution per stirpes; that is, by right of representation.

I. In the civil laiv. In a strict sense, to ask or demand something in a certain form of words, which, upon response in a similar form, constituted a contract; in a more general se

To enter into a stipulation.

Liquidated damage. See "Damages." STIPULATip (Lat.) In Roman law. A contract made in the following manner, viz.: The person to whom the promise was to be made proposed a question t

Same as Liquidated damages.

It appears to the court that the acceptance of any part of the sum due in Amsterdam on a subsequent day, is a waiver of the claim to damages in Philadelphia on the sum so accepted,

Lat. In the Roman law, stipulatio was the verbal contract, (verbis oUigatio,) and was the most solemn and formal of all the contracts in that system of jurisprudence. It was entere

A particular application of the stipulatio, which was used to collect together into one verbal contract all the liabilities of every kind and quality of the debtor, with a view to

All writers upon commercial law use the word stipulation to denote a particular engagement, which may be insisted upon, before it can control the general operation of law, or vary

Same as Sponsalia.

Obligation of a stipulator is the same as that of a surety, and consequently his liability is limited by the terms of his contract.

Stock of descent. See Per stirpes .

The term &quot;STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework&quot; means the secure telephone identity revisited and signature-based handling of asserted information using tokens standards

In public law. The fundamental law of a nation or state, which may be written or unwritten, establishing the character and conception of government, laying the basic principles to

) New constitutions; generally translated in English, “Novels.” The Latin name of those constitulions which were issued by Justinian after the publication of his Code; most of them

* Self-killing, self-destruction; also, self-murder. The death of a person by his own voluntary act. " Dying by his own hand " translates this Anglicized Latin word. Life insurance

COURT OF. An ancient court in London, of local importance, formerly held in the church from which it took its name.

Stock is a term of the most general import: In its present extended application, it would include a great variety of subjects that never could have entered into contemplation of th

descents. This is a metaphorical expression which designates, in the genealogy of a family, the person from whom others are descended: those persons who have so descended are calle

A joint-stock company, (q. v.)

The term &quot;stockbroker&quot; means person— (A) with respect to which there is a customer, as defined in section 741 of this title; and (B) that is engaged in the business of ef

Relation of stockbroker and customer is that of principal and agent, not that of debtor and creditor; In re James Carothers & Co., 182 Fed. 501. After the purchase of stock on marg

This is a notification to all persons interested to know, that whoever in good faith buys the stock, and produces to the corporation the certificates, regularly assigned, with powe

The immediate object of sale was the certificate of stock present in New York. That document was more than evidence, it was a constituent of title.

Stock certificates of all kinds have been constructed in a way to invite the confidence of business men, so that they have become the basis of commercial transactions in all the la

One the capital stock of which is divided into shares. See 43 N. Y. 346.

A stock dividend really takes nothing from the property of the corporation, and adds nothing to the interests of the shareholders. Its property is not diminished, and their interes

Dividends consisting of the issue of certificates of stock. There is a clear distinction between a stock dividend and an extraordinary cash dividend, the latter being a disbursemen

A building or room in which stock brokers meet to transact their business of purchasing or selling stocks. An association of stock brokers for the purpose of transacting their busi

The holder of shares of stock in a corporation or joint-stock company.

the court in its discretion will permit a stockholder to become a party defendant, for the purpose of protecting his own interests against unfounded or illegal claims against the c

Whether or not a corporation shall seek to enforce in the courts a cause of action for damages is, like other business questions, ordinarily a matter of internal management, and is

to accord 'the creditor his full right of priority against the corporate assets' where the debtor is insolvent, the stockholder's participation must be based on a contribution in m

The representation which a stockholder has by virtue of his membership in the corporation is all that he is entitled to.

a stockholder who brings suit on a cause of action derived from the corporation assumes a position, not technically as a trustee perhaps, but one of a fiduciary character. He sues,

one of the remedies which equity designed for those situations where the management through fraud, neglect of duty or other cause declines to take the proper and necessary steps to

The provision is self-executing, and under it each stockholder becomes liable for the debts of the corporation in an amount measured by the par value of his stock. This liability i

The liability of the stockholder, measured by the par value of his stock, is not to the corporation, but to the creditors collectively; is not penal, but contractual; is not joint,

The tendency of the discussions and judgments of the court of chancery in Great Britain, and of the courts of this country, is to concede the existence of a distinct and positive r

The refusal of the board of directors is essential in order to give to the stockholder any standing in court, as the charter confers upon the directors representing the body of sto

Everything necessary for carrying on the business. See 17 N. Y. 194.

A dealer in stock; one who buys and sells stock on his own account on speculation. State v. Debenture Co., 51 La. Ann. 1874, 26 South. 600.

A dealer in stock; one who buys and sells stock on his own account on speculation.

A fictitious transaction in stocks by way of speculation. Also the title of an act relating to such transaction. See "Gambling Contract."

The term "stock-note" has no technical meahing, and may as well apply to a note given on the sale of stock which the bank had purchased or taken in the payment of doubtful debts as

This term has no technical meaning and may as well apply to a note given on the sale of stock which the bank had purchased or taken in the payment of doubtful debts as to a note gi

An ancestor in whom a succession of inheritance begins.

The term “stock of fish” means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fish capable of management as a unit.

The order in chancery to prevent drawing out a fund in court to the prejudice of an assignee or lienholder.

rights to acquire stock or securities." 4 S. Rep.

For purposes of subsection (a), the term “stockpile” includes— (1) a physical accumulation (at one or more locations) of the supplies described in subsection (a); or (2) a contract

For purposes of this section, the term &quot;stockpile elimination deadline&quot; means the deadline established by the Chemical Weapons Convention, but not later than December 31,

The Commission may by rule prohibit a manufacturer of a consumer product from stockpiling any product to which a consumer product safety rule applies, or to which a rule under this

Nor do we think it can make any difference that instead of resorting to a holding company, as was done in the Northern Securities Case, the controlling interest in the stock of one

In criminal law. A machine, commonly made of wood, with holes in it, in which to confine persons accused of or guilty of crime. It was used either to confine unruly offenders by wa

When any person takes stock in a railroad corporation, he has entered into a contract with the company, that his interests shall be subject to the direction and control of the prop

When used in this subchapter the term “stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit

The term “stockyard owner” means any person engaged in the business of conducting or operating a stockyard.

The business of stock Hopkins v. U. S., 171 U. S. 578, 19 Sup. Ct. 40, 43 L. Ed. 290. But In U. S. v. Stock Yard Co., 220 U. S. 286, 33 Sup. Ct. 83, 57 L. Ed. 226, it was held that

services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, deliv

Stolen' as used in 18 U.S.C. § 2312 includes all felonious takings of motor vehicles with intent to deprive the owner of the rights and benefits of ownership, regardless of whether

See Recent Possession of Stolen Goods; Receiver of Stolen Goods.

sc In Scots law. Robbery; a violent taking.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “stop date” means the determination effective date or, if later, the earlier of— (i) the day on which the payor received notification from