TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(A) contracts, evidence. A token of anything; a note or token given without words. 2. Contracts are express or implied. The express are manifested viva voce, or by writing; the implied are shown by silence, by acts, or by signs. (B) measures. In angular measures, a sign is equal to thirty degrees. Vide Measure. (C) mer. law. A board, tin or other substance, on which is painted … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The state of a person who does not speak, or of one who refrains from speaking. 2. Pure and simple silence cannot be considered as a consent to a contract, except in cases when the silent person is bound in good faith to explain himself, in which case, silence gives consent. But no assent will be inferred from a man's silence, unless, 1st. He knows his rights and knows what he … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
civil law. Those species of indicia which come more immediately under the cognizance of the senses, such as stains of blood on the person of one accused of murder, indications of terror at being charged with the offence, and the like. 2. Signa, although not to be rejected as instruments of evidence, cannot always be relied upon as conclusive evidence, for they are frequently … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Without speaking. That which may be known and understood but without any spoken word being uttered. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: In the civil law. A signet-ring; a seal-ring … [Read more...]