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Rules of Court

Order of Court. At Common Law, rules on the plea side of the Courts were common, being obtained from the master,

Satisfaction

Satisfaction, legal compensation; the recompense for an injury done, or the payment of money due and owing. See ACCORD. The...

Significavit

Significavit, a writ issuing out of the Chancery upon certificate given by the ordinary of a man's standing excommunicate by...

Solicitor

Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ...

Spinning-house

Spinning-house, a place of confinement in Cambridge to which the University authorities might, by virtue of the University Charter (confirmed...

Sufficient cause

Sufficient cause, for non-appearance refers to the date on which the absence was made a ground for proceeding ex parte...

Sunday

Sunday [fr. sunnan daeg, Sax., the day of the sun], the first day of the week, the Lord's Day, termed...

Unilateral

Unilateral, one-sided. An organisation formed to negotiate with employers, on behalf of workers collectively, about job-related issues such as salary,...

War

War. The sovereign has the sole prerogative of making war or peace. Where war actually prevails, the ordinary courts have...

Indecent prints or books

Indecent prints or books. The sale, or obtaining, or procuring of such prints, with intent to sell, is a misdemeanor....

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