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...] about STALE DEMAND
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STAND WITNESS
To give testimony in the place where witnesses testify in court. … [Read more...] about STAND WITNESS
St. Thomas L. Rev.
St. Thomas Law Review … [Read more...] about St. Thomas L. Rev.
STAB
To make a wound with a pointed instrument; a stab differs from a cut, or a wound. … [Read more...] about STAB
STABILIA
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...] about STABILIA