In old English Law, a seal, or a contracted or abbreviated signature used aa a seal. … [Read more...] about SIGIL
SIENS
An obsolete word, formerly used for scion, which figuratively signified a person who descended from another. The sien, says Lord Coke, takes all his nourishment from the stocke, and yet it produceth his own fruit. … [Read more...] about SIENS
SIDE LUTES
In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. They are not necessarily the side lines as laid down on the ground or on a map or plat; for if the claim, in its longer dimension, crosses the vein, instead of following it, the platted side lines will be treated in law as the … [Read more...] about SIDE LUTES
SIDE BAR RULES
Eng practice. Rules which were formerly moved for by attorneys on the side bar of the court; but now may be had of the clerk of the rules, upon a praecipe. These rules are, that the sheriff return his writ; that he bring in the body; for special imparlance; to be present at the taxing of costs, and the like. … [Read more...] about SIDE BAR RULES
SIDE REPORTS
A term sometimes applied to unofficial volumes or series of reports, as contrasted with those prepared by the official reporter of the court, or to collections of cases omitted from the official reports. … [Read more...] about SIDE REPORTS