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Usury. Cowell

A sheet of paper or parchment annexed to a statute, deed, answer ln equity, deposition, or other instrument, ex-hibiting in detail the matters mentioned or referred to in the principal document

An ancient measure of salt, the quantity of which is now not known, wharton

SCHARN-PENNY, or SGHORN-PENNY. A small duty or com-pensation. CowelL

A Saxon coin of lees denom-inatlon than a shilling. Spelman

The ofiicer who collected the scavage money. CowelL

Lat In Roman law. A boat; a lighter. A ship’s boat

SCHEVAGE, SOHEWAGE, or SHEW AGE. A kind of toll or custom, exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant strangers, for wares showed or offered for sale within their liberties. Prohibited by 19 Hen. VII. c. 7. CowelL

In old European law. To chop; to chip or haggle. Spelman

In equity pleading. See Scandal

In Eng-lish law. Scandal or slander of great men or nobles, words* spoken ln derogation of a peer, a Judge, or other great oflicer of the realm, for which an action lies, though it is uow rarely resorted to. 3 Bi. Comm. 123; 3 Steph. Comm. 473. This ofTense has not existed in America since […]

Defamatory reports or ru-mors; aspersion or slanderous talk, uttered recklessly or maliciously

In ,old recr

At the scale; the old way of paying money into the exchequer. Cowell

In early American law. To ad-just, graduate, or value according to a scale, walden v. Payne, 2 wash. (Va.) 5, 6

A chequered cloth resembling a chess-board which covered the table , in the exchequer, and on which, when, certain of the king’s accounts were mnde up, the sums were marked and scored with coun-ters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia seaccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44

In old European law. Tiie, judges or assessors of the judges in the court, held by the count Assistants or associates! of the count; officers under the count The permanent selected judges of the Franks. Judges among the Germans, Franks, and, Lombards, who were held in peculiar esteem. Spelman

In lllndu law. Variable lm-posts dlstlnct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, bazaars, etc. wharton.

The laws of the west Saxons. Cowell

To partake the nature of ; tq bear affinity to

one of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n

See Bank

A saving clause in a statute ls an exception of a special thlng out of the general things mentioned in the stat-ute; it ls ordlnarily a restriction in a repeal-lng act, which is lntended to save rlghts, pendlng proceedings, penalties, etc., from the annlhllation whlch would result from an unrestricted repeal. State v. St. Louls, […]

L. Fr. In old Eng- * lish practice. To excuse a default. Termes de la Ley

L. Fr. End of blood; fail-ure of the direct line in successions. Spel-man; Cowell

L. Fr. wild auimals

In old English law. A space of time from even-song on Saturday till sun-rising on Monday, in which it was not lawful to take salmon in Scotland and the northern parts of England. CowelL

A term of years in land is thus called when the purpose for which it was created has been satisfied or executed before the expiration of the set pe-rlod

The act of satisfying a party by paylng what is due to him, (as on a mortgage, lien, or contract,) or what Is awarded to him, by the judgment of a conrt or otherwise. Thus, a judgment is satisfied by the payment of the amount due to the party who has recovered such Judgment, or […]

Lat., In the civU law. Secnrity given hy a party to an action, as by a defendant, to pay what might be adjudged against him. Inst 4, 11; 3 Bl. Comm. 291

Lat In the clvil law. To guaranty the obligatlon of a principal

In Scotch law. The symbol-ical dellvery of land, answering to the liv-ery of selsln of the old English law. 4 Kent, Comm. 459

In old records. The city of Salisbury in England. Spelman

RT. In old English law. A piece of woodland, turned into arable. Cowell

Fr. without re-course. See Indorsement

Fr. without day; sine die

L. Fr. without this. See Absque Hoc

Fr. without expense. See Retoub Sans ProtEt

Sound understanding; the re-verse of insanity, (q. v

A kind of punishment among the Greeks; inflicted by binding the male-factor fast to a piece of wood. Enc. LendJ

In Eng

Lat In the dvil and old Engllsh law. Blood; consanguinity

Lat In feudal law. A redemption by villeins, of tlieir blood or tenure, ln order to become freemen

or SANC. In old French. Blood

In old English law. A consecrated place which had certain privi-leges annexed to it, and to which offenders were accustomed to resort for refuge, because they could not be arrested there, nor the laws be executed

In old English law. A. payment due to the lord of the manor of Rodley, tn the county of Gloucester, for lib-erty granted to the tenants to dig sand for their common use. Cowell

A specimen; a small quantity of any commodity, presented for Inspection or examination as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat

A person who, without any particular relation to a ship ln distress, prof-fers useful service, and gives it as a volun-teer adventurer, withont any pre-existing covenant that connected him with the duty of employing himself for the preservation of that ship. The Clara, 23 wall. 16. 23 L. Ed. 150; The Dumper, 129 Fed. 99, […]

See Inteb-blCTUM Salvianum

Lat Saving; excepting; without prejudice to. Salvo me et Karedibus meia, except me and my heirs. Salvo jure eufuslibet, withont prejudice to the rights of any one