In practice. The holding of a court with full form, and before all the judges; as a sitting in banc. 3 Steph. Comm. 423. The holding of a court of nisi prius by one or more of the judges of a superior court. Instead of the ordinary nisi prius judge. 3 Steph. Comm. 422. Sittings after term. Sittings in bono after term were held by authority of the St. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 32. The … [Read more...] about SITTINGS
SIPESSOCUA
In old English law. A franchise, liberty, or hundred. … [Read more...] about SIPESSOCUA
SIX ACTS, THE
The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect prohibited the training of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited meetings of more than fifty persons for the discussion of public grievances; repressed with heavy penalties and confiscations seditious and blasphemous libels; and checked pamphleteering … [Read more...] about SIX ACTS, THE
SITUS
Latin: Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it. Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem. The purchaser who has been evicted in whole or in part has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21, 2, 1; Broom, Max. 768. … [Read more...] about SITUS
SIT IN CAMERA
To hold court in a private hearing or within the confines of the judge's chambers. … [Read more...] about SIT IN CAMERA