SEQUELS

Small allowances of meal, or manufactured victual, made to the servants at a mill where corn was ground, by tenure. In Scotland. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SEQUELS

L. Lat. In old English law. Suit; process or prosecution. Sequela causw, the process of a cause. Cowell. Sequela curiae. Suit of court Cowell. Sequela villanorum. The family retinue and appurtenances to the goods and chattels of villeins, which were at the absolute disposal of the lord. Par. Antiq. 216. … [Read more...] about SEQUELA

In old English practice. A writ which issued where a sheriff had returned nihil, upon a summoneas ad warrantizandum, and after an aUas and pluries had been issued. So called because the tenant lost his lands without any recovery in value, unless upon that writ he brought the vouchee into court Rose. Real Act. 268; Cowell. … [Read more...] about SEQUATUR SUB SUO PERICULO

Lat. An offering to the priest for the burial of a dead body. Sequamnr vestigia patrnm. nostrorum. Jenk. Cent. Let us follow the footsteps of our fathers. … [Read more...] about SEPULTURA

A grave or tomb. The place of interment of a dead human body. The violation of sepulchres is a misdemeanor at common law. … [Read more...] about SEPULCHRE