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Definition of Scrip A certificate issued by a newly-formed company or the issuers of a loan, acknowledging that the person named or the holder is entitled to certain shares, bonds, etc. Scrip certificates are negotiable instruments Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Scintilla Juris A spark or fragment of a right. The doctrine that a fragment of a right or possibility of seisin remained in a feoffee to uses where there was a shifting use. It was formally abolished by the Law of Property Amendment Act, 1867, s. 7 Browse You might be interested […]

Definition of Scire Facias A writ founded upon some record, such as a judgment or letters patent, etc., directing the sheriff to make known to the person against whom it is brought to show cause why the person bringing it should not have advantage of the record, etc., or where it is used to […]

Definition of Scott V. Morley ((1887), 20 Q. B. D. 120). Held, that a mairied woman is only liable on a contract in respect of her separate estate, and, being under no personal liability, she cannot be imprisoned for debt Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Scribere Est Agere To write is to act Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Scribere Est Agere in the Dictionaries, Scribere Est Agere in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse […]

Definition of Scrip A certificate issued by a newly-formed company or the issuers of a loan, acknowledging that the person named or the holder is entitled to certain shares, bonds, etc. Scrip certificates are negotiable instruments Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Script A draft of a will or codicil, or written instructions for the same. If the will is destroyed a copy of its contents becomes a script. See Affidavit of Script Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Script in the Dictionaries, Script […]

Definition of Scrutiny An inquiry into the validity of votes recorded at an election Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Scrutiny in the Dictionaries, Scrutiny in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]

Definition of Scutage Escuage (g.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Scutage in the Dictionaries, Scutage in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find synonyms […]

Definition of Scaccarium The exchequer Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Scaccarium in the Dictionaries, Scaccarium in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]