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To annul; to make void; as to set aside an award. 2. When proceedings are irregular they may be set aside on, motion of the party whom they injuriously affect. To set aside a judgment, decree, award, or any proceedings is to cancel, annul, or revoke them at the instance of a party unjustly or Irregularly affected by them. … [Read more...] about SET ASIDE

Latin: In feudal and old English law. The duty of obedience and performance which a tenant was bound to render to his lord, by reason of his fee. Spelman. Servitium feodale et prodiale. A personal service, but due only by reason of lands which were held in fee. Bract. 1. 2, c. 16. Servitium forinseeum. Forinsec, foreign, or extra service; a kind of service that was due to the … [Read more...] about SERVITIUM

To set down a cause for trial or hearing at a given term is to enter ita title in the calendar, list or docket of causes which are to be brought on at that term. … [Read more...] about SET DOWN

A serving-man; particularly applied to students at Oxford, upon the foundation, who are similar to sizars at Cambridge. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SERVITOR

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively "flrst of exchange," "second of exchange," etc., and these parts together constitute a "set of exchange." Any one of them being paid, the others become void. … [Read more...] about SET OF EXCHANGE