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SPONTE OBLATA

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Latin: A free gift or present to the crown. Sponte virum mnlier fugiens et adul tera facta, dote sua careat, nisi sponsi sponte retraota. Co. Litt 32o. Let a woman leaving her husband of her own accord, and committing adultery, lose her dower, unless taken back by her husband of his own accord. … [Read more...]

SPURIOUS

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Not proceeding from the otrue source; not genuine; counterfeited. "A spurious bank-bill may be a legitimate impression from the genuine plate, but it must have the signatures of persons not the officers of the bank whence it purports to have issued, or else the names of fictitious persons. A spurious bill, also, may be an illegitimate impression from a genuine plate, or an … [Read more...]

SPURIUS

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Lat. In the civil law. A bastard; the offspring of promiscuous cohabitation. … [Read more...]

SPORTULA

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Latin: In Roman law. A largess, dole, or present; a pecuniary donation; an official perquisite;, something over and above the ordinary fee allowed by law. Inst 4, 6, 24. … [Read more...]

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