"When the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, tak eth an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail, the 'heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase." 1 Coke, 104. Intimately connected with the quantity of estate which a tenant may hold in realty is … [Read more...] about SHELLEY’S CASE, RULE OF
SHERRERIE
A word used by the authorities of the Roman Church, to specify contemptuously the technical parts of the law, as administered by non-clerical lawyers. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SHERRERIE
SHERIFFS SALE
The sale of property by the sheriff after being seized, pursuant to court judgment, so that a judgment creditor's judgment shall be satisfied against the debtor whose property was seized. … [Read more...] about SHERIFFS SALE
SHERIFFALTY
The office of sheriff, the time during which a sheriff is to remain in office. … [Read more...] about SHERIFFALTY
SHEPARDIZE
The act of using Shepard's Citations to locate a case history and determine the outcome of cases so as to see whether they can act as authority (e.g. some cases are overruled and thus do not stand for authority.) … [Read more...] about SHEPARDIZE