STACK

To place on top of another, such as applying several insurance policies to one accident to cover a loss. … [Read more...] about STACK

In old records. A dam or head made to stop a water-course. Cowell. … [Read more...] about STACHIA

Lat. In the civil law. A stable-keeper. Dig. 4, 9, 4, 1. … [Read more...] about STABULARIUS

In forest law. One of the four evidences or presumptlops whereby a man was convicted of an intent to steal the king's deer in the forest. This was when a man was found at his standing in the forest with a cross-bow or long-bow bent, ready to shoot at any deer, or else standing close by a tree with grey-hounds in a leash, ready to slip. Cowell; Manwood. … [Read more...] about STABLE-STAND

A writ called by that name, founded on a custom in Normandy, that where a man in power claimed lands in the possession of an inferior, he petitioned the prince that it might be put into his hands till the right was decided, whereupon he had this writ Wharton. Stabit prsesumptio doneo probetnr in contrarinm. A presumption will stand good till the contrary is proved. Hob. 297; … [Read more...] about STABILIA