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Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bracton, lib. 4, c. 1. SAGES DE LA LEY (Law Fr.) Sages of the law; persons learned in the law. A term applied to the chancellor and justices of the king's bench. SAGIBARO (Law Lat. from soc, or aagr, a cause, and baro, a man).
In old European law. A judge or justice; literally, a man of causes (vir causa/rum), or having charge or supervision of eauses (causis et litibus praepo situs), Spelman. One who administered justice and decided causes in the malhim, or public assembly. Id.; L. Salic, tit. 56, §§ 2-4; LL. Inae, c. 6.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A surety given that a man shall appear upon a certain day. Bracton, 1. 4, c. 1.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. A
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A sufficient surety, salvus plegius.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A surety given for a man's appearance at a day assigned. Cowel.