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
SISTER
A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister. Vide Brother; Children; Descent; Father; Mother. The word is the correlative of "brother." … [Read more...] about SISTER
SINGLE ENTRY
A term used among merchants signifying that the entry is made to charge or to credit an individual or thing, without, at the same time, presenting any other part of the operation; it is used in contradistinction to double entry. For example, a single entry is made, A B debtor, or A B creditor, without designating what are the connexions between the entry and the objects which … [Read more...] about SINGLE ENTRY
SITIO GANADO MAYOR
Sp. In Spanish and Mexican land Law, … [Read more...] about SITIO GANADO MAYOR
SIST
(verb) - In Scotch practice. To stay proceedings. Bell.(noun) - In Scotch practice. A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. BelL … [Read more...] about SIST