Lat. If [he] make you secure. In practice . The initial and emphatic words of that description of original writ which directs the sheriff to cause the defendant to appear […]
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SI ITA EST
Lat. If it be so. Emphatic words in the old writ of mandamus to a judge, commanding him, if the fact alleged be truly stated, (si ita est,) to affix […]
SI NON OMNES
Lat In English practice. A writ of association of justices whereby, if all in commission cannot meet at the day assigned, it is allowed that two or more may proceed […]
SI PARET
Lat. If It appears. In Roman law. Words used In the formula by which the praetor appointed a judge, and instructed him how to decide the cause. Si plures sint […]
SI PRIUS
Lat. In old practice. If before. Formal words in the old writs for summoning juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65,
SI QUIS
Lat In the civil law . If any one. Formal words in the pnetorian edicts. The words “guis,” though masculine in form was held to include women. Dig. 50, 16, […]
SI RECOGNOSCAT
Lat. If he acknowledge . In old practice. A writ which lay for a creditor against his debtor for money numbered (pecunia numerata) or counted; that is, a specific sum […]
SIB
Sax. A relative or kinsman. Used In the Scotch tongue, but not now In English.
SIC
Lat Thus ; so ; in such manner. Sic enim debere quem meliorem agrum suum facere ne vicini deteriorem faciat. Every one ought so to improve his land as not […]
SIC SUBSCRIBITUR
Lat. In Scotch practice. So it is subscribed. Formal words at the end of depositions, immediately preceding the signature. 1 How. State Tr. 1379. Sic utere tno nt alienum non […]
SICAV
A European investment fund where investor numbers determines the amount of capital in a fund.
SICH
A little current of water, which is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. Cowell.
SICIUS
A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d.
SICK BENEFITS
money that is paid to an employee while he is away from work due to an illness.
SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
Acute effects of discomfort or ill health that can be traced back to time spent in a certain place or building for a period of time. Usually occurs in new […]
SICK LEAVE
The number a days an emplyee has each year when he can stay off work and still be paid when he is too ill to go to work.
SICKNESS
Disease; malady; any morbid condition of the body (including insanity) which, for the time being, hinders or prevents the organs from normally discharging their several functions. L. R. 8 Q. […]
SICKNESS INSURANCE
A form of health insurance that covers only illness and disease and not any accidents.
SICUT ALIAS
Lat As at another time, or heretofore. This was a second writ sent out when the first was not executed. Cowell.
SICUT ME DEUS ADJUVET
Lat So help me God . Fleta, 1. 1, c. 18,
SIDE
The same court is sometimes said to have different sides; that Is, different provinces or fields of jurisdiction . Thus, an admiralty court may have an “instance side,” distinct from […]
SIDE EINES
In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the […]
SIDE REPORTS
A term sometimes applied to unofficial volumes or series of reports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court, or to collections of cases omitted from […]
SIDE-BAR
the term that is used for a conference between a presiding judge and the 2 attorneys while a court is in session to discuss some matter that has arisen.
SIDE-BAR RULES
grammatical, but In a popular and ordinary, sense. 2 Kent, Comm. 555.