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Sergeanty, or Seargeanty, or Searjeanty, or Serjeanty

Sergeanty, or Seargeanty, or Searjeanty, or Serjeanty, a service anciently due to the Crown for lands held of it and which could not be due to any other lord.

Natural allegiance

Natural allegiance, that perpetual attachment which is due from all natural-born subject to their sovereign; local allegiance is temporary only, being due from an alien or

Noting

of bills of exchange, for London bankers, after six o'clock on the day upon which the bills fall due, to cause inland bills to be noted. The duty of a notary in protesting a bill consists in

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Perils of the sea

neglect or default on the part of the shipowners or their servants, the damage was held to be due to a peril of the sea (as the proximate cause) and within the exception. The word peril, like

Petition of Right

so to do; that freemen be imprisoned or detained only by the law of the land, or by due process of law, and not by the king's special command, without any charge; that persons be not compelled

Poundage

sheriff's poundage by sub-s. 1 of s. 20 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887, in case of debts due to the Crown, is 1s. for the first hundred pounds recovered, and 6d. for every pound exceeding the

Procedure established by law

Procedure established by law, does not mean due process of law, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1980 SC 27. In India as in UK,

Restraining Order

the transfer of stock in the name of any person or body politic or from paying any dividends due or to become due; but this procedure is superseded by the procedure under (English) R.S.C. Ord. XLVI., rr.

Secured creditor

holding securities on behalf of a bank or financial institution, in whose favour security interest is created for due repayment by any borrower of any financial assistance. [Securitisation and Recon-struction of Financial Assets and Enforcements of Security

Set-off

under the former practice was a cross debt or claim, on which a separate action might be sustained, due to the party defendant from the party plaintiff. It was a defence crated by 2 Geo.2, c. 22,

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