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Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in ocontroversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it It is two-fold, voluntary, done by consent of all parties; and necessary, when a judge orders it Brown. … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATIO

in feudal law, was where a tenant, besides payment of a certain rent, found one or more workmen for his lord's service. Tomlins. Servanda est eonsnetndo loei nbi eansa agitur. The custom of the place where the action hi brought is to be observed. 0e> couche v. Savetier, 3 Johns. Ch, (N. Y.) 190, 210, 8 Am. Dec. 478. … [Read more...] about SERVAGE

(I) Jury Sequestration: A jury may be kept isolated from the public and outside influences during a trial (forbidding most people to communicate with the jurors) and to prevent the jurors from hearing news reports concerning the case. The cost is high and situation is rare and occurs usually when counsel for a criminal defendant shows a judge that there is significant prejudice … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATION

A servant is one who is employed to render personal services to his employer, otherwise than in the pursuit of an Independent calling, and who in such service remains entirely under the control and direction of the latter, who hi called his master. Civ. Code Cal. … [Read more...] about SERVANT

One to whom a sequestration is made. 2. A depositary of this kind cannot exonerate himself from the care of the thing sequestered in his hands, unless for some cause rendering it indispensable that he should resign his trust. Sequestrators are also officers appointed by a court of chancery, and named in a writ of sequestration. … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATOR