SINE

Latin: Withou. Sine animo revertendi. Without the intention of returning. 1 Kent, Comm. 78. Sine assensu capital!. Without the consent of the chapter. In old English practice. A Writ which lay where a dean, bishop, prebendary, abbot, prior, or master of a hospital aliened the lands holden In the right of his house, abbey, or priory, without the consent of the chapter; in which … [Read more...] about SINE

"A natural power of the soul, set in the highest part thereof, moving and stirring it to good, and adhorring evil And therefore sinderesis never slnneth nor erreth. And this sinderesis our Lord put in man, to the Intent that the order of things should he observed. And therefore sinderesis is called by some men the 'law of reason,' for it mlnlstereth the principles of the law of … [Read more...] about SINDERESIS

Where two beneficiaries to an estate die at the same time or it cannot be determined who died first, the statute provides that it is to be treated in each instance as if the deceased person died before the other. … [Read more...] about SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT

Happening at the same time. … [Read more...] about SIMULTANEOUS

In the civil law. Misrepresentation or concealment of the truth; as where parties pretend to perform a transaction different from that in which they really are engaged. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about SIMULATION