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Span. In Spanish law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt. 4, tit. 21, 1. 1. … [Read more...] about SIERVO

Payments for which an employee is entitled during time off taken for days when the employee is ill or a family member is ill. See also sick leave which is without pay. … [Read more...] about SICK PAY

Span. Seven parts. See LAS PARTIDAS. … [Read more...] about SIETE PARTIDAS

By sickness is understood any affection of the body which deprives it temporarily of the power to fulfill is usual functions. 2. Sickness is either such as affects the body generally, or only some parts of it. Of the former class, a fever is an example; of the latter, blindness. When a process has been issued against an individual for his arrest, the sheriff or other officer is … [Read more...] about SICKNESS

contracts. Bills of exchange are frequently made payable at sight, that is, on presentment, which might be taken naturally to mean that the bill should then be paid without further delay; but although the point be not clearly settled, it seems the drawee is entitled to the days of grace. 2. The holder of a bill payable at sight, is required to use due diligence to put it into … [Read more...] about SIGHT