L. Latin: In old English law. A service or tenure of finding a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the sovereign for the use of the army. Bract L 2, c 16. … [Read more...] about SACCUS CUM BROCHIA
SACRAMENT ACTIO
Lat. In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM. … [Read more...] about SACRAMENT ACTIO
SAC
In old English law. A liberty of holding pleas; the jurisdiction of a manor court; the privilege claimed by a lord of trying actions of trespass between his tenants; In his manor court, and imposing fines and amerciaments in the same. … [Read more...] about SAC
SAILING
When a vessel quits her moorings, in complete readiness for sea, and it is the actual and real intention of the master to proceed on the voyage, and she is afterwards stopped by head winds and comes to anchor, still Intending to proceed as soon as wind and weather will permit, this is a sailing on the voyage within the terms of a policy of insurance. Bowen v. Hope Ins. Co., 20 … [Read more...] about SAILING
SAILORS
Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. … [Read more...] about SAILORS