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SUPELLEX

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Lat. In Roman law. Household furniture. Dig. 33, 10. … [Read more...]

SUMMONITORES SCACCARII

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Officers who assisted in collecting the revenues by citing the defaulters therein into the court of exchequer. … [Read more...]

SUPER

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Lat. Upon; above; over. Super altum mare. On the high sea. Hob. 212; 2 Ld. Raym. 1453. Super praero-gativa regis. A writ which formerly lay against the king's tenant's widow for marrying without the royal license. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 174. Super statuto. A writ upon the statute 1 Edw. III. c. 12, that lay against the king's tenant holding in chief, who aliened the king's land … [Read more...]

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