The name of a code of laws so called from the Salians, a people of Germany, who settled in Gaul under their king Phararaond. 2. The most remarkable law of this code is that which regards succession. De terra vero salica nulla portio haereditatis transit in mulierem, sed hoc virile sextus acquirit, hoc est filii in ipsa haereditate succedunt; no part of the salique land passes … [Read more...] about SALIQUE LAW
SALVAGE CHARGES
The expenses incurred to remunerate services rendered to a ship and cargo, which have prevented its being a total loss. … [Read more...] about SALVAGE CHARGES
SALVAGE
In maritime law. A compensation allowed to persons by whose assistance a ship or its cargo has been saved, in whole or In part from impending danger, or recovered from actual loss, in cases of shipwreck, derelict, or recapture. In the older books of the law, (and sometimes in modern writings,) the term ia also used to denote the goods or property saved. Equitable salvage. By … [Read more...] about SALVAGE
SALFORD HUNDRED COURT OF RECORD
An inferior and local court of record having jurisdiction in personal actions where the debt or damage sought to be recovered does not exceed £50, if the cause of action arise within the hundred of Sal ford. St. 31 & 32 Vict c. 130; 2 Exch. Div. 346. … [Read more...] about SALFORD HUNDRED COURT OF RECORD
SALUS POPULI EST SUPREMA LEX
Latin, meaning The safety of the people is the supreme law. … [Read more...] about SALUS POPULI EST SUPREMA LEX