Tag: SL

  • Slave Grace, Case Of

    Definition of Slave Grace, Case Of ((1827), 2 Hagg. Adm. R. 94). Held, that a slave who accompanied her mistress into England and there took no steps to establish her freedom, upon returning voluntarily to a country where slavery was legal, reverted to the condition of a slave ; her stay in […]

  • Slip

    Definition of Slip A memorandum containing the agreed terms of a proposed policy of marine insurance, and initialled by the underwriters. See the Marine Insurance Act, 1906, ss. 21, 22 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Slip in the Dictionaries, Slip […]

  • Sloman V. Walter

    Definition of Sloman V. Walter ((1784), 1 Bro. C. C. 417). The plaintiff and defendant were partners in the Chapter Coffee House, and it had been agreed that defendant should have the use of a particular room when he wanted it, and the plaintiff gave a bond to secure this. Upon breach of the […]

  • Slip

    Definition of Slip A memorandum containing the agreed terms of a proposed policy of marine insurance, and initialled by the underwriters. See the Marine Insurance Act, 1906, ss. 21, 22 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Slip in the Dictionaries, Slip […]

  • Sloman V. Walter

    Definition of Sloman V. Walter ((1784), 1 Bro. C. C. 417). The plaintiff and defendant were partners in the Chapter Coffee House, and it had been agreed that defendant should have the use of a particular room when he wanted it, and the plaintiff gave a bond to secure this. Upon breach of the […]

  • Slander

    Definition of Slander Defamation (q.v.) by means of spoken words or gesture. It is a tort and not a crime and is not actionable without proof of special damage, except in four cases when the words are said to be actionable per se, i. e. : (1) Imputing a crime punishable with imprisonment. (2) […]