SUR CUI ANTE DIVORTIUM

The name of a writ issued in favor of the heir of the wife, where the husband alienated the wife's lands, during the coverture, and afterwards they were divorced and she died, to recover the lands from the alienee. Vide Cui ante divortium. … [Read more...] about SUR CUI ANTE DIVORTIUM

Fr. On; upon; over. In the titles of real actions "sur" was used to point out what the writ was founded upon. Thna, a real action brought by the owner of a reversion or seigniory, in certain cases where his tenant repudiated his tenure, was called "a writ of right sur disclaimer." So, a writ of entry sur disseisin was a real action to recover the possession of land from a … [Read more...] about SUR

Lat. Last; the last. Supremus est quem nemo sequitar. He is last whom no one follows. Dig. 50,16, 92. … [Read more...] about SUPREMUS

The highest authority in a state, all other powers in it being inferior thereto. … [Read more...] about SUPREME POWER

The court of the highest jurisdiction in the United States, having appellate jurisdiction over all the other courts of the United. States, is so called. Its powers are examined under the article Courts of the United States. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and such number of Associate Justices as may be fixed by Congress. The number of … [Read more...] about SUPREME COURT OF THE US