In ecclesiastical law . The third Sunday before Quadragesima Sun- day, being about the seventieth day before Easter.
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SEPTUM
Lat In Roman law. An inclosure; tin inclosed place where the people voted;’ otherwise called “ovile.” In old English law . An inclosure or close. Cowell.
SEPTUNX
Lat. In Roman law. A division of tbe us, containing seven undue, or duodecimal parts; the proportion of seven- twelfths. Tayl. Civil Law, 492.
SEPULCHRE
A grave or tomb. The place of interment of a dead human body. The violation of sepulchres is a misdemeanor at common law .
SEPULTURA
Lat. An offering to the priest for the burial of a dead body. Sequamur vestigia patrum nostrorum. Jenk. Cent. Let us follow the footsteps of our fathers.
SEQUATUR SUB SUO PERICULO
In old English practice. A writ which issued where a sheriff had returned nihil, upon a summoneas ail warrantizandum, and after an alias and pluries had been issued. So called […]
SEQUELA L
Lat. In old English law . Suit; process or prosecution . Sequela causa, the process of a cause. Cowell.
SEQUELS
Small allowances of meal, or manufactured victual, made to the servants at a mill where corn was ground, by tenure, in Scotland. Wharton.
SEQUENTIAL
An alphabetical order of transactions of incomes and liabilities recorded down in a ledger.
SEQUENTIAL COMPARISON
The comparison of a set of data to one that precedes or follows it.
SEQUENTIAL INTERDEPENDENCE
The dependence a subdivision or subunit has on materials, resources, information and products that are generated by those that precede them.
SEQUENTIAL PAY BOND
A mortgage that pays according to seniority. Refer to planned amoritization class bond and targetd amoritization class bond.
SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING
A list of transactions in an order alphabetically are measured in order to see if the income minus the expenses is equal to total profit.
SEQUENTIAL TRAINING
A manner of training where new skills and knowledge are built upon the skills and knowledge that has already been learnt.
SEQUESTER
tiers, to the exclusion of the rest. In re Lowe, 11 Nat. P.ankr. Rep. 221, Fed. Cas. No. 8.564. The separate estate of a married woman is that which belongs […]
SEQUESTER, n
Lat. In the Civil law . A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of Q the controversy .
SEQUESTER, v
In the civil law . To renounce or disclaim, etc. As when a widow came into court and disclaimed having anything to do with her deceased husband’s estate, she was […]
SEQUESTERED ACCOUNT
A bank account that has been impounded by court orders that will deny tha account holder access to the balance without a courts’ approval.
SEQUESTRARI FACIAS
In English ecclesiastical practice. A process in the ua- ture of a levari facias , commanding the bish- _op to euter into the rectory and parish fl church, and to […]
SEQUESTRATIO
Lat. In the civil law . The separating or setting aside of a thing in controversy , from the possession of both parties that contend for it. It is two-fold,
SEQUESTRATION
In equity practice . A writ authorizing the taking into the custody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, issues, and profits ) of a defendant […]
SEQUESTRATOR
One to whom a sequestration is made. One appointed or chosen to perform a sequestration, or execute a writ of sequestration.
SEQUESTRO HABENDO
In English ecclesiastical law . A judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign’s command, thereby to […]
SERF
In the feudal polity, the serfs were a class of persons whose social condition was servile, and who were bound to labor and onerous duties at the will of their […]
SERGEANT
Nin the custody of the court, until he purges himself of a contempt. In English ecclesiastical practice. To gather aud take care of the fruits and profits of a vacaut […]