In American land law. A division or parcel of land, on the government survey, comprising one square mile or 640 acres. Each "township" (six miles square) is divided by straight lines into thirty-six sections, and these are again divided into half-sections and quarter-flections. The general and proper acceptation of the terms … [Read more...] about SECTION OF LAND
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SECTIS NON FACIENDIS
A Writ which lay for a dowress, or one in wardship, to be free from suit of court Cowell. … [Read more...] about SECTIS NON FACIENDIS
SECTORES
Latin: In Roman law. Purchasers at auction, or public sales. … [Read more...] about SECTORES
SECRETARY
The secretary of a corporation or association is an officer charged with the direction and management of that part of the business of the company which is concerned with keeping the records, the official correspondence, with giving and receiving notices, countersigning documents, etc. The name "secretary" is also given to several of the heads of executive departments" in the … [Read more...] about SECRETARY
SECULAR
Not spiritual; not ecclesiastical; relating to affairs of the present world. Secular business. As used in Sunday laws; this term includes all forme of activity in the business affairs of life, the prosecution of a trade or employment and commercial dealings; such as the making of promissory notes,lending money, and the like. Secular clergy. In ecclesiastical law, this term la … [Read more...] about SECULAR