SILENTIARIUS

In English law. One of the privy council; also an usher, who sees good rule and silence kept in court Wharton. … [Read more...] about SILENTIARIUS

An investor in a business who receives a share of profits but takes no part in the management of the business and may be unknown other than internally as an interested owner of the business. A silent partner may be liable for business debts up to a certain amount as a limited partner. … [Read more...] about SILENT PARTNER

Without speaking. That which may be known and understood but without any spoken word being uttered. … [Read more...] about SILENT

The state of a person who does not speak, or of one who refrains from speaking. 2. Pure and simple silence cannot be considered as a consent to a contract, except in cases when the silent person is bound in good faith to explain himself, in which case, silence gives consent. But no assent will be inferred from a man's silence, unless, 1st. He knows his rights and knows what he … [Read more...] about SILENCE

Latin: In old English law. A seal; originally and properly a seal impressed upon wax. Sigillum est oera impressa, quia oera sine impressione non est sigillnm. A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seaL 3 Inst. 169. … [Read more...] about SIGULLUM