A serving-man; particularly applied to students at Oxford, upon the foundation, who are similar to sizars at Cambridge. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SERVITOR
SET OUT
In pleading. To recite or narrate facts or circumstances; to allege or aver; to describe or to incorporate; as, to set out a deed or contract First Nat Bank v. Engelbercht 58 Neb. 639, 79 N. W. 556; U. S. v. Watkins, 28 Fed. Cas. 436. … [Read more...] about SET OUT
SET
contracts. Foreign bills of exchange are generally drawn in parts; as, pay this my first bill of exchange, second and third of the same tenor and date not paid; the whole of these parts, which make but one bill, are called a set. This word appears to be nearly synonymous with "lease." A lease of mines is frequently termed a "mining set" Brown. … [Read more...] about SET
SERVITUDE
civil law. A term which indicates the subjection of one person to another person, or of a person to a thing, or of a thing to a person, or of a thing to a thing. 2. Hence servitudes are divided into real, personal, and mixed. Lois des Bat. P. 1, c. 1. 3. A real or predial servitude is a charge laid on an estate for the use and utility of another estate belonging to another … [Read more...] about SERVITUDE
SET OF EXCHANGE
In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively "flrst of exchange," "second of exchange," etc., and these parts together constitute a "set of exchange." Any one of them being paid, the others become void. … [Read more...] about SET OF EXCHANGE