Sus' Per Coll
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. In the English practice, a calendar is made out of attainted criminals, and the judge signs the calendar with their separate judgments in the margin. In the case of a capital felony, it is written opposite the prisoner's name, "Let him be hanged by the neck," which, when the proceedings were in Latin, was "suspendatur per eollum," or, in the abbreviated form, "Sms' per coll'." 4 Bl, Comm. 403.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. In the English practice, a calendar is made out of attainted criminals, and the judge signs the calendar with their separate judgments in the margin. In the case of a capital felony it is written opposite the prisoner’s name, “let him be hanged by the neck,” which, when the proceedings were in Latin, was “ suspendatur per collum” or, in the abbreviated form, “sus* per coll’.” 4 Bla. Com. 403.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
An abbreviation of the Latin suspendatur per collum, let him be hanged by the neck. These words were formerly written on the criminal calendar, opposite the name of a person convicted of a capital felony, and constituted the sheriff's warrant for executing him."