A small duty which was paid by servile tenants in Wy legh to the abbot of Colchester. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SNOTTERING SILVER
SLOUGH SILVER
A rent paid to the castle of Wigmore, in lieu of certain days' work in harvest, heretofore reserved to the lord from his tenants. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SLOUGH SILVER
SO
This term is sometimes the equivalent of "hence," or "therefore," and it is thus understood whenever what follows is an illustration of, or conclusion from, what has gone before. Clem v. State, 33 Ind. 431. … [Read more...] about SO
SMUGGLE
The act with intent to defraud, of bringing into the United States, or with like intent attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable articles, without passing the same, or the package containing the same, through the custom-house, or submitting them to the officers of the revenue for examination. 18 U. S. St at Large, 186 (U. 8. Comp. St 1901, p. 2018). "The word is a … [Read more...] about SMUGGLE
SMOKING GUN
A slang term to mean clear and obvious evidence that absolutely proves a case. … [Read more...] about SMOKING GUN