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In Saxon law. An officer having the civil government of a shirer or county; an earl. 1 Bl. Comm. 398. … [Read more...] about SCHIREMAN

The name of a writ which is sued out after the plaintiff in error has assigned his errors. … [Read more...] about SCIRE FACIAS AD AUDIENDUM ERRORES

In Saxon law. A tax paid to sheriffs for keeping the shire or county court Cowell. … [Read more...] about SCHIRRENS-GELD

The name of a writ in use in Pennsylvania, which lies by a defendant in foreign attachment against the plaintiff, in order to enable him, within a year and a day next ensuing the time of payment to the plaintiff in the attachment, to disprove or avoid the debt recovered against him. … [Read more...] about SCIRE FACIAS AD DISPROBANDUM DEBTTUM

In ecclesiastical law. A division or separation in a church or denomination of Christians, .occasioned by a diversity of faith, creed, or religious opinions. Nelson v. Benson, 69 lit 29; McKlnney v. Griggs, 6 Bush (Ky.) 407, 96 Am. Dec 360. In English law. The name of an act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, whicb restrained Protestant dissenters from educating their own … [Read more...] about SCHISM