Latin: In the civil law. Espousal; betrothal; a reciprocal promise of future marriage. … [Read more...] about SPONSALIA, STIPULATIO SPONSA-LITIA
SPOLIATOR
Lat. A spoiler or destroyer. It is a maxim of law, bearing chiefly on evidence, but also upon the value generally of the thing destroyed, that everything most to his disadvantage is to be presumed against the destroyer, (spoliator,) contra spoliatorem omnia prcesumuntur. 1 Smith, Lead. Cas. 315. Spoliatns debet ante omnia restitni. A party despoiled [forcibly deprived of … [Read more...] about SPOLIATOR
SPONSIO
Latin: In the civil law. An engagement or undertaking; particularly such as was made in the form of an answer to a formal interrogatory by the other party. Calvin. An engagement to pay a certain sum of money to the successful party in a cause. Calvin. Sponsio judicialis. In Roman law. A judicial wager corresponding; in some respects to the "feigned issue" of modern practice. … [Read more...] about SPONSIO
SPOLIUM
Lat. In the civil and common law. A thing violently or unlawfully taken from another. … [Read more...] about SPOLIUM
SPONSIONS
In international law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers (as generals or admirals In time of war) in behalf of their governments, either without authority or in excess of the authority under which they purport to be made, and which therefore require an express or tacit ratification. … [Read more...] about SPONSIONS