In Latin privigna, is the daughter of one's wife, or of one's husband. … [Read more...] about STEP-DAUGHTER
STEP-FATHER
In Latin vitricus, is the husband of one's mother who is not the father of the person spoken of. The man who marries a widow, she having a child by her former marriage, is step-father to such child. … [Read more...] about STEP-FATHER
STEP-SON
The son of one's wife by a former husband, or of one's husband by a former wife. … [Read more...] about STEP-SON
STATUTUM DE JUDAISMO
The name of a statute passed in the reign of Edw. I., which enacted severe and absurd penalties against the Jews. Barr. on Stat. 197. 2. The Jews were exceedingly oppressed during the middle ages throughout Christendom, and, are so still in some countries. In France, a Jew was a serf, and his person and goods belonged to the baron on whose demesnes he lived. He could not change … [Read more...] about STATUTUM DE JUDAISMO
STAURUM
In old records. A store, or stock of cattle. A term of common occurrence in the accounts of monastic establishments. Spelman; Cowell. … [Read more...] about STAURUM