SET OUT

In pleading. To recite or narrate facts or circumstances; to allege or aver; to describe or to incorporate; as, to set out a deed or contract First Nat Bank v. Engelbercht 58 Neb. 639, 79 N. W. 556; U. S. v. Watkins, 28 Fed. Cas. 436. … [Read more...] about SET OUT

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively "flrst of exchange," "second of exchange," etc., and these parts together constitute a "set of exchange." Any one of them being paid, the others become void. … [Read more...] about SET OF EXCHANGE

To set down a cause for trial or hearing at a given term is to enter ita title in the calendar, list or docket of causes which are to be brought on at that term. … [Read more...] about SET DOWN

To annul; to make void; as to set aside an award. 2. When proceedings are irregular they may be set aside on, motion of the party whom they injuriously affect. To set aside a judgment, decree, award, or any proceedings is to cancel, annul, or revoke them at the instance of a party unjustly or Irregularly affected by them. … [Read more...] about SET ASIDE

contracts. Foreign bills of exchange are generally drawn in parts; as, pay this my first bill of exchange, second and third of the same tenor and date not paid; the whole of these parts, which make but one bill, are called a set. This word appears to be nearly synonymous with "lease." A lease of mines is frequently termed a "mining set" Brown. … [Read more...] about SET