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To take an oath administered by some officer duly empowered. See "Affirmation;" "Oath." To use such profane language as is forbidden by law. This is generally punished by statutory

Showing to a magistrate that one has just cause to be afraid of another in consequence of his menaces, in order to have him bound over to keej) the peace. See "Surety of the

The questioning of a percerning his connection with crime or knowledge thereof, after he has been arrested and in custody, by plying him with questions or by threats or other wrong

The exploiting of workers at wages so low as to be insufficient to meet the bare cost of living, thus making their very helplessness the occasion of a most injurious competition.

A limited monarchy, the constitution resting primarily on the law of June 6, 1809. The king is irresponsible; the executive power is vested in him alone; all his resolutions, howev

Comprehensive; including In its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection.

The sum of the stakes for which the subscribers agree to pay for each horse nominated. Stone v. Clay, 61 Fed. 889, 10 C. C. A. 147..A free handicap sweepstake is not a stake race;

In old English law. A freeman or freeholder within the forest.

In forest law. A court holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the sweinmote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury

Forest courts held three times a year. See 3 Bl. Comm. 72.

To enlarge or increase. In an action of tort, circumstances of aggravation may "swell" the damages.

A term colloquially applied to a witness who is unduly zcalous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readiness to answer questions or vol

The term “swimming pool” or “spa” means any outdoor or indoor structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing, including in-ground and above-ground structures, and includes

Does not, with any degree of certainty, import the commission of an indictable offense. The word was imported into England from Germany, and implies no more than to " cheat," ^ q.

A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. 1 Term E. 748; -2 H. Bl. 531; Starkie, Sland. & L. 135. See 10 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 128. Swindling is usually applied to a transaction

The word has no legal or technical meaning. See 104 Ala. 160, 53 Am. St. Rep. 27, 16 South. 68.

The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter. / The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pi

The term “swine contractor” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining swine under a swine production contract for the purpose of slaughtering the swine or selling the s

The term “swine or pork market formula purchase” means a purchase of swine by a packer in which the pricing mechanism is a formula price based on a market for swine, pork, or a por

The term “swine production contract” means any growout contract or other arrangement under which a swine production contract grower raises and cares for the swine in accordance wit

The term “swine production contract grower” means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.

The term “switchblade knife” means any knife having a blade which opens automatically— (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) b

The term "switching" means the routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction electronically recorded throu

A moving locomotive with cars attached is without the provision of the act only when it is not a train; as where the operation is that of switching, classifying and assembling cars

A republic of Europe. It is a confederation of 22 cantons, which are sovereign states, except so far as they have tions are vested in a federal assembly of two chambers, a state co

So much land as one's plow can till in a year; a hide of land. Cowell.

Persons who, by mutual oaths, covenant to share in each other's fortunes. See Sedg. Edw. Conf. c. 35.

Officers who had charge of records, and performed other duties in connection with the court of chancery. Abolished in 1842.

Peace and security.

A headnote of a reported decision, briefly stating a conclusion on a point of law presented in the case. SYLVA CAEDUA (Lat.) In ecclesiastical law. Wood of any kind which was kept

In login. The full logical form of a single argument. It consists of three propositions, (two premises and the conclusion,) and these contain three terms, of which the two occurrin

The art of drawing written instruments.

A wood.

Same as Silva caedua.

Lat In ecclesiastical law. Wood of any kind which was kept on purpose to be cut, and which, being cht, grew again from the stump or root. Lynd. Prov. 190; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 90.

In the law of trade-marks, see Trade-mark. Symbolic delivery. Delivering one thing ia evidence of the transfer of some other more important thing: as, of a bill of lading in place

While floating in the water, they were only in the constructive possession of the owner; and, under such circumstances, a symbolical delivery is all that can, in general, be expect

This mode of transfer and delivery has been sanctioned in analogous cases by the courts of justice in England and this country, and is absolutely necessary for the purposes of comm

See Soul Scot. tracting parties binds himself to the other; such are the contracts of sale, hiring, etc Pothter, Obi. 9.

The art or cunning rightly to form and make written instruments. It is either judicial or extrajudicial; the latter being wholly occupied with puch instruments as concern matters n

A mortuary, or soul scot.

Formerly an inn of chancery.

In the tual engagements, each binding himself to the other. Such are the contracts of sale, hiring, etc. Pothier Obi. part 1, c. 1, sect. 1, art 2. Civil Code of Lotiis. Art. 1758.

To cut short, or pronounce things so as not to be understood. Cowell.

In French law. The assignee of a bankrupt. One who is chosen to conduct the affairs and attend to the concerns of a body corporate or community. In this sense, the word corresponds

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “syndicate” means any partnership or other entity (other than a corporation which is not an S corporation) if more than 35 percent of the

One chosen by a college, municipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calvin.

gr.-t In the civil law. A defender; one who was chosen to prosecute or defend a certain cause.

Same as Chirograph.

An ecclesiastical assembly. SYR (Law Fr.) Sir. A word used by counsel in addressing a court; Keilw. 170b. T. An abbreviation of Termino, or Term, in the old reports. An abbreviatio

A tribute or payment in money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by the inferior clergy, at the Easter visitation.

L. Lat. Syn-ods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens.

synod. A national council of the Saxons.

The term “synthetic” means a substance that is formulated or manufactured by a chemical process or by a process that chemically changes a substance extracted from naturally occurri

The term “synthetic DNA or RNA” means any nucleic acid sequence that is produced de novo through chemical or enzymatic synthesis.

The term “synthetic equity” means any stock option, warrant, restricted stock, deferred issuance stock right, or similar interest or right that gives the holder the right to acquir

In medical jurisprudence. A loathseme venereal disease (vulgarly called "the pox") of pechliar virulence, infectious by direct contact, capable of hereditary transmission, and the

paresis or progressive imbecility resulting from the infection of syphilis. It is sometimes calied fas being a sequence or result of that disease) "metasyphilis" or "parasyphilis."

The term "Syria" has the meaning given such term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).

the term “System” means the Federal Employees’ Retirement System described in section 8402(a); / System Defined.—In this section, the term "system"— (1) means— (A) the or

One based on a false premise, pursued by a logical process of reasoning to an insane conclusion; there being one central delusion around which other aberrations of the mind converg

those, from time to time on the line, which are being kept available for use at any mine for any shipper

The term “system cost” means all direct and quantifiable net costs for an energy resource over its available life, including the cost of production, distribution, transportation, u

The terms “systemically important” and “systemic importance” mean a situation where the failure of or a disruption to the functioning of a financial market utility or the conduct o

The terms “systemically important” and “systemic importance” mean a situation where the failure of or a disruption to the functioning of a financial market utility or the conduct o

The term “systemic safety improvement” means an improvement that is widely implemented based on high-risk roadway features that are correlated with particular crash types, rather t

The term “system implementation plan” means the plan for a comprehensive mental health system for the District of Columbia to be developed pursuant to this subchapter.

the terms “institution in the System”, “System institution”, and “institution” mean all institutions enumerated in section 2002 of this title , any service organization chartered u

The term "System member" means an individual who is not a full-time employee of the Federal Government and who serves on a task force or on a System management or other t

The term “system of public telecommunications entities” means any combination of public telecommunications entities acting cooperatively to produce, acquire, or distribute programs

the term “system of records” means a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying n

The term “System Plan” means the plan contained in the document entitled “Ocean. US Publication No. 9, The First Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Development Plan”, as upda

For the purposes of section 7712(e) of this title, the term “systems approach” means a defined set of phytosanitary procedures, at least two of which have an independent effect in

The term “systems change activities” means efforts that result in laws, regulations, policies, practices, or organizational structures— (A) that are family-centered and family-dire

Subordinate plan.—The term “subordinate plan”, also referred to as a “system security plan”, means a plan that defines the security controls that are either planned or implemented

The term “systems research” means an integrated, coordinated, and iterative investigative process that involves— (A) the multiple interacting components and aspects of precision ag

The term "System unit" means any undeveloped coastal barrier, or combination of closely-related undeveloped coastal barriers, included within the John H. Chafee Coastal B

The term “System unit resource” means any living or non-living resource that is located within the boundaries of a System unit.