SAND-GAVEL

In old English law. A payment due to the lord of the manor of Rodley, in the county of Gloucester, for liberty granted to the tenants to dig sand for their common use. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SAND-GAVEL

A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civil. The former were very common in Europe; religious houses affording protection from arrest to all persons, whether accused of crime, or pursued for debt. This kind was never known in the United States. 3. Civil sanctuary, or that protection which is afforded … [Read more...] about SANCTUARY

That part of a law which inflicts a penalty for its violation, or bestows a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which redress civil injuries, called civil sanctions; and those which punish crimes, called penal sanctions. In the original sense of the word, a "sanction" is a penalty or punishment provided aa a means of enforcing obedience to a law. In … [Read more...] about SANCTION

Lat. In the civil law. That part of a law by which a penalty was ordained against those who should violate it Inst 2 1, 10. … [Read more...] about SANCTIO

Latin: In old English law. Of sound mind. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7, 1. … [Read more...] about SANAE MENTIS