Shrievalty

The office of sheriff; the period of that office.

See Sheriffalty.

The office or jurisdiction of sheriff, q. v. SI. If. The Latin conjunction expressing condition. The apt word to introduce a condition in a conveyance. See Quod. Also, the initial word of several Latin phrases and maxims. Si aliquid sapit. If he knows any thing; if he is not altogether devoid of reason. Si antecedit ictum licet non congressum. If it precedes the blow, although not actually joined or connected with it. In treating of the malice necmalice should be conceived at the moment the fatal blow is struck, but it is sufficient to constitute the capital offence if it has been entertained at any time prior to the blow. (1 Hume, 254.) Trayn. Max. Si constat de persona. If it be certain who is the person meant. Si ingratum dixeris, omnia dizeris. If you affirm that one is ungrateful, in that you include every charge. A Roman maxim. Trayn. Max. Si fecerit te securum. If he makes you secure. This writ was in use, where nothing was specifically demanded, but only a satisfaction by way of damages to be assessed by a jury. The security had become a mere matter of form when Blackstone wrote; John Doe and Richard Koe being always returned as the standing pledges for this purpose. (3 BL Com. 274.) Modey #■ W. Si ita est. If it is so. This phrase characterized the Latin form of a writ, in the nature of a mandamus, used to compel a judge to seal a bill of exceptions; it directed him, if the facts were as alleged, to affix his seal to the bill. Si non omnes. If not all. The characteristic words, and hence the name, of a writ of association of justices, in English practice, by which, if all in commission cannot meet at the day assigned, two or more of them may finish the business. Cowel. Si recognoscat. If he should acknowledge. The characteristic words, and so the name, of an old English writ, issued for a debt which had been judicially acknowledged. Cowel.