In old English law. An annual rent paid to cathedral churches; another name for the pentecostals or customary oblations offered by the dispersed inhabitants within a diocese, when they made their processions to the mother cathedral church. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SMOKE-FARTHINGS
SLEDGE
A hurdle to draw traitors to execution. 1 Hale, P. C 82. … [Read more...] about SLEDGE
SLANDERER
One who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another of which he is innocent See SLANDER. … [Read more...] about SLANDERER
SLAVE
A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. Webster. One who is under the power of a master, and who belongs to him; so that the master may sell and dispose of his person, of his industry, and of his labor, without his being able to do anything, have anything, or … [Read more...] about SLAVE
SLAPP SUIT
A Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. A corporation or developer files a lawsuit against an organization in an attempt to intimidate the organization and its people in dropping their protests or actions that are against the corporate interests. SLAPP lawsuits frequently involve the environment and most states have anti-SLAPP suit laws that protect a citizen's rights … [Read more...] about SLAPP SUIT