SIMPLE ASSAULT

An assault that was either unprovoked or that did not result in physical bodily harm. … [Read more...] about SIMPLE ASSAULT

Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract. As to simple "Assault," "Average," "Battery," "Blockade," "Bond." "Confession." "Contract," "Contract Debt," "Deposit," "Interest," "Larceny," "Obligation," "Trust," and "Warrandice," see those titles. … [Read more...] about SIMPLE

Latin: In the civil law. The single value of a thing. Dig. 21, 2, 37, 2. … [Read more...] about SIMPLA

eccl. law. The selling and buying of holy orders, or an ecclesiastical benefice. Bac. Ab. h. t.; 1 Harr. Dig. 556. By simony is also understood an unlawful agreement to receive a temporal reward for something holy or spiritual. … [Read more...] about SIMONY

pleading. When the defendant's plea contains a direct contradiction of the declaration, and concludes with referring the matter to be tried by a jury of the country, the plaintiff must do so too; that is, he must also submit the matter to be tried by a jury, without offering any new answer to it, and must stand or fall by his declaration. Co. Litt. 126 a. In such case, he … [Read more...] about SIMILITER