Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W. 383; Chase v. Whitlock, 3 Hill (N. Y.) 140; Stevenson v. Hayden, 2 Mass. 408. By the statute, "swindling" is defined to be the acquisition of personal or movable property, money, or instrument of writing … [Read more...] about SWINDLING
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SYNALLAGMATIC CONTRACT
civil law. A synallagmatic or bilateral contract is one by which each of the contracting parties binds himself to the other; such are the contracts of sale, hiring Poth. Ob. n. 9. Vide Contract. … [Read more...] about SYNALLAGMATIC CONTRACT
SWOLING OF LAND
So much land as one's plow can till in a year; a hide of land. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SWOLING OF LAND
SYNCOPARE
To cut short, or pronounce things so as not to be understood. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SYNCOPARE
SWORN
Having taken an oath, such as an oath to tell the truth under the penalty of perjury. … [Read more...] about SWORN