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Definition of Sittings The sittings of the Supreme Court are four in number : the Hilary Sittings, commencing on January 11, and ending on the Thursday before Easter ; the Easter Sittings, commencing on the Tuesday after Easter Week and ending on the Friday before Whit Sunday ; the Trinity […]

Definition of Six Carpenters’ Case ((1610), 8 Coke, 146 a). Six carpenters entered a tavern and were served with wine for which they paid. They were afterwards., at their request, served with bread and more wine which they refused to pay for. Trespass was brought against the six carpenters and […]

Definition of Six Clerks Officials of the Court of Chancery who acted as intermediaries between solicitors and the Court. They were abolished in 1842 and their duties were transferred to the Clerk of Enrolments and to the Clerks of Records and Writs (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in […]

Definition of Signet A seal with which certain documents are sealed by the principal Secretary of State on behalf of the King. Formerly, every Bill for letters patent, after being signed with the Sign Manual (q.v.), was sealed with the Signet, as a warrant or authority to the proper officer to […]

Definition of Simpson V. Hartop ((1744), Willes, 512). Held, that the implements of trade are privileged from distress for rent if they be in actual use at the time, or if there be any other sufficient distress on the premises Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Sic Utere Tuo Ut Alienum Non Laedas So use your own property as not to injure your neighbour’s. See Rylands v. Fletcher Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sic Utere Tuo Ut Alienum Non Laedas in the Dictionaries, Sic Utere Tuo Ut Alienum […]

Definition of Sign Manual The signature or royal hand of the King, as distinguished from the operation of signing documents by the Signet (fl..) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sign Manual in the Dictionaries, Sign Manual in our legal […]

Definition of Signet A seal with which certain documents are sealed by the principal Secretary of State on behalf of the King. Formerly, every Bill for letters patent, after being signed with the Sign Manual (q.v.), was sealed with the Signet, as a warrant or authority to the proper officer to […]

Definition of Signing Judgment After judgment in an action in the King’s Bench Division, the successful party draws up two forms of judgment in accordance with the certificate of the associate and takes them to the proper officer, who signs one form of judgment and files it; after stamping the […]

Definition of Similiter In like manner : that set form of words used by the plaintiff or defendant in an action by which he signified his acceptance of the issue tendered by his opponent Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Similiter in the […]