Sententia
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Maxim. that the defendants are charged separately with offences which without the addition of this word would seem, from the form of the indictment, to he charged jointly; as, for example, when two persons are indicted together for perjury, and the indictment states that A and B came before a commissioner, etc., this is alleging that they were both guilty of the same crime, when by law their crimes are distinct, and the indictment is vicious; but if the word separaliter is used, then the affirmation is that each was guilty of a separate offence. 2 Hale, PI. Cr. 174.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
(1) Sense; import; as distinguished from mere words.
(2) The deliberate expression of one's will or intention.
(3) The sentence of a judge or court.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Sense; meaning; sentence; judice lata nemini debet noccre: a sentence not a'judge [has not jurisdiction] ought to facii jus, et legls interpretatio legis vim ion makes law, and the interpretation of law. Sententia interlocutoria revocari sentence or order of a judge may be revoked not]. Sententia non fertur de rebus non given upon matters that are not clear. old law. By the safest condition [most openly made against law. sequimur: in cases of obleast. Semper in stipusequimur quod actum we follow that which was of facts]. Semper qui creditur: he who does his behalf is supposed to etiam t'eminiiium sexum female. Semper speciincluded in generals. pf the king's council, or sunt partes corporis body. council of the Roman senate met. Senatus connecessitatis: a decree r^ame given to the decree a dictator. law. A steward; a stewhousehold. Sensus verbornm: the sense of the words accipiendus est; et sersubjectam materiam: the occasion of speaking interpreted according to the pronounced after the heardecree. Sententia a non passed by one who is harm no one. Sententia obtinet: judicial opiu law obtains the force of potest: an interlocutory [but a judgment canliquidis: sentence is not sentence.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Sense, meaning; sentence, decree.