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STALE DEMAND

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A stale demand is a claim which has been for a long time undemanded; as, for example, where there his been a delay of twelve years, unexplained. 3 Mason, 161. … [Read more...]

STAND WITNESS

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To give testimony in the place where witnesses testify in court. … [Read more...]

STAB

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To make a wound with a pointed instrument; a stab differs from a cut, or a wound. … [Read more...]

STABILIA

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A writ called by that name, founded on a custom in Normandy, that where a man in power claimed lands in the possession of an inferior, he petitioned the prince that it might be put into his hands till the right was decided, whereupon he had this writ Wharton. Stabit prsesumptio doneo probetnr in contrarinm. A presumption will stand good till the contrary is proved. Hob. 297; … [Read more...]

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