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The office of sheriff; the period of that office.

A road used to evade a toll-gate. See 36 S. W. (Tenn.) 979.

Within the meaning of an insurance policy, a saw mill which has stopped running for the winter, is shut down, though men are employed aboiut the premises and the machinery has not

A lawyer who conducts business in a knavish or dishonest way. SI. In Latin phrases. If.

Same as Ci. Also, If; although.

The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant demands judgment, if the plaintiff ought to have his action, etc. Obsolete.

ET erunt omnia omnibus incerta. If you depart from the law, you will wander without a guide, and everything will be in a state of uncertainty to every one. Co. Litt. 227.

If you depart from the law, you will go astray, and all things will be uncertain to everybody. Co. Litt 227b.

If you depart from the law, you will be a wanderer and everything will be uncertain to everyone.

ET finis negotio impositus est, finltur societas. If there is a partnership in any matter, and the business is ended, the partnership ceases. 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 438, 489. SI ALIQUID

If a matter is a partnership affair, when the business is concluded, the partnership is at an end. See 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 438.

If anything is lacking from formal requisites, when equity requires it, it will be supplied.

Lat. If he knows anything; lf he is not altogether devoid of reason.

If you can be relieved by accustomed remedies, new ones should not be tried. 10 Coke, 142b. If an old wall can be repaired, a new one should not be made. Id.

If you can be cured by customary means, new remedies should not be tried.

When a sherilf to a common ji. fa. returns awila bea, and that the defendant is a benefiecd clerk, not having any lay fee, a plainii ff may issuea fi. fa. de bonis ecclesiasticés,

Sax. A relative or kinsman. Used in the Scotch tongue, but not now in English.

By this awkward, but perhaps necessary paraphrasis, justified by Sir William Blackstone, 2 Com. 124, is meant the estate which 1s thus described by Littleton, § 82: “ when tenement

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "sibling" means an individual who bears a relationship to the designated beneficiary which is described in section 152(d)(2)(B).

So; thus.

I. In the civil law. An assassin; one who carried a dagger or other weapon, with intent to kill.

The term “SIC codes” refers to the 2-digit code numbers used for classification of economic activity in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.

Every one ought so to improve his land as not to injure his neighbor's. 3 Kent, Conun. 441. A rule of the Roman law.

Each one ought so to improve his own land that he does no injury to his neighbor.

A little current of water, which Is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. • Cowell.

So here.

3 Inst. 80. [A statute] is to be so interpreted that the words may be token with effect.

An expression should be so construed that the words may have an effect.

A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d.

I so order.

a "[d]iseased condition; illness; [or] ill health," Webster's New International Dictionary 2329-2330 (2d ed. 1950), and I think that its companion must similarly be read to connote

For purposes of this subsection, the term “sick pay” means any amount which— (i) is paid to an employee pursuant to a plan to which the employer is a party, and (ii) constitutes re

sc. In old Scots law. A sure pledge.

I. fr.' So; as. Sicome son several: as his several. Slcome moy ayde Dieu: so help me God.

If It be certain who is the person meant. SI CONTINGAT (Lat. if it happen). Words of condition in old conveyances. 10 Coke, 42a.

If it happens.

It is so subscribed.

As at another time, or heretofore. This was a second writ sent out when the first was not executed.

As we have formerly commanded you. 70 111. App. 179; 172 111. 196. SICUT ME DEUS ADJUVET (Lat.) So help me God. Pleta, lib. 1, c. 18, § 4. SICUT NATURA NIL FACIT PER SALtum, Ita ne

The maxim, Sic utere tuo ut alienum non loedas, is as fully recognized in the jurisprudence of Arizona as it is elsewhere, and that was the maxim which governed the decision of thi

Use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another. 9 Coke, 59; 1 BL Comm. 306; Broom, Max. 365.

So help me God.

Co. Litt. 238. In the same way as nature does nothing by a bound, so neither does the law.

Just as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law.

I so will it.

See "Plea Side."

In English practice. Rules which were formerly moved for by attorneys on the side bar of the court, but now may be had of the clerk of the rules, upon a praecipe. These rules are,

2; CONTRACTOR; CONTRACTUS; COVENANT; CoNVENTio; Custom; Damages; Description, 4; Disa- Bi LiTYi Duress; Duty, 1; Earnest; Exception, 1; Fraud; Grant; Implied; Influence; Insanity,

AFFECTUS (Lat). Movement of the mind; disposition; intention. See Challenge.

An associate judge.

“Sidelights” mean a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side each showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 112.5 degrees and so fixed as to

In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. They are not necessarily the

The boundary lines of the claim which do not cross the lode. See 58 Am. St. Rep. 267, note.

A term sometimes applied to unofficial volumes or series of reports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court or to collections of cases omitted from

In ecclesiastical law. These were originally persons whom, in the ancient episcopal synods, the bishops were wont to summon out of each parish to give information of the disorders

A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road. See Kohlhof v. Chicago, 192 111. 249, 61 N. E. 446, 85 Am. St Rep. 335 ; Challiss v. Parker, 11 Kan. 391; State v. Berde

If in a will two repugnant clauses are found, the last is regarded.

An obsolete form of the word "scion," meaning offspring or descendant. Co. Litt 123a.

Scions or descendants. SIERVO (Spanish). In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt. 4, tit. 21, lib. 1.

I. Often. Si Bpius requisitusi

Span. In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt 4, tit. 21, I. 1.

Span. Seven parts. See Las Partidas.

if he make you secure. These words occur in the form of writs, which originally required, or sfill require, that the plaintiff should give security to the sheriff that he will pros

If he shall have given you security.

Presentment. Bills of exchange are frequently drawn payable at sight, or a certain number of days or months after sight. SIGILLUM (Lat.) A seal.

the term "sight or sound contact" means any physical, clear visual, or verbal contact that is not brief and inadvertent;

In old English law, a seal or a contracted or abbreviated signature used as a seal.

To seal.

I. In English law. A seal. Sigillnm adnlterinnm: a spurious or counterfeit seal. Sigillum est cera impressa: a seal is wax impressed

A seal.

QUIA cera sine Impressione non est siglllum. A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal. 3 Inst. 169. But see "Seal." SIGLA (Lat.) In Roman

A seal is a pieco of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seaL 3 Inst. 169.

A seal is an impressed wax wafer, for the wax without the impression is not a seal.

(Roman Law) Abbreviations.

To make a mark. The signature Is the sign thus made. 140 Iowa 80. Signing does not necessarily mean a written signature, as distinguished from a signature by mark, by print, by sta

(Civil Law) Evidence addressed to the senses, as by exhibits.

A means of communication between vessels at sea or between a vessel and the shore. The international code of signals for the use of all nations assigns arbitrary meanings to differ

“signal employee” means an individual who is engaged in installing, repairing, or maintaining signal systems.

It was her duty, therefore, to show at night the usual signal light of a vessel at anchor — that is, a globe lamp, or one without any dark side to it, which could be seen from any

Signal lights are required by the act of Congress, in order that they may be seen by an approaching vessel in season to enable those in charge of her to ascertain and adopt the nec

The term “signal of a serious risk” means information related to a serious adverse drug experience associated with use of a drug and derived from— (A) a clinical trial; (B) adverse

In this chapter, “signal system” means a block signal system, an interlocking, automatic train stop, train control, or cab-signal device, or a similar appliance, method, device, or

To sign; to seal.

The term “signatories”— (A) in the case of INTELSAT, or INTELSAT successors or separated entities, means a Party, or the telecommunications entity designated by a Party, that has s

A seal ring.

the term “signatory” means a party to the Agreement; and

The term “signatory jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction of a signatory to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

a person which is or was a signatory to a coal wage agreement.

In Ecclesiastical Law. The name of a sort of rescript, without seal, containing the supplication, the signature of the pope or his delegate, and the grant of a pardon. Diet. Dr. Ca

The force and effect to be given to instruments, which have for signatures only the ordinary marks of the parties to them, depend more upon rules of evidence, than the dicta of law

Executed. See 35 W. Va. 15, 29 Am. St. Rep. 774, 12 S. E. 1078.

application for the Reserves, then the enlistment requirement of Rule 1622.13(f) 6 would not be satisfied and E. S. should have been called before petitioner.

A seal commonly used for the sign manual of the sovereign. Wharton. The signet is also used for the purpose of civil justice in Scotland. Bell, Diet. SIGNIFICATION (Lat. signum, a

"Significant 1 thermal features within units of the National Park System" shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Thermal features within units of the Na

The term “significant activities undermining cybersecurity” includes— (A) significant efforts to— (i) deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy an information and communicatio

The term “significant aggravation” means any change for the worse in a preexisting condition which results in markedly greater disability, pain, or illness accompanied by substanti

In this section, the term “significant atomic energy defense intelligence loss” means any national security or counterintelligence failure or compromise of classified information a

The terms “significant nonbank financial company” and “significant bank holding company” have the meanings given those terms by rule of the Board of Governors, but in no instance s

the term “significant bodily injury” means bodily injury which involves a risk of death, significant physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or a protracted loss or im

For the purpose of this section, an eligible agency providing notice and an opportunity for consultation to an air carrier or foreign air carrier is deemed to have satisfied the re