Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SALE WITH ALL FAULTS 1060

SALVAGE LOSS

only in case the buyer, on trial, approves or is satisfied with the article sold. The ap proval, however, need not be express; it may be inferred from his keeping the goods be yond a reasonable time. Benj. Sales, § 911. SALE WITH ALL FAULTS. On what is called a "sale with all faults," unless the seller fraudulently and inconsistently represents the article sold to be faultless, or contrives to conceal any fault trom the pur chaser, the latter must take the article for better or worse. 3 Camp. 154; Brown. SALET. In old English law. A head piece; a steel cap or morion. Cowell. SALFORD HUNDRED COURT OF RECORD. An inferior and local court of record having jurisdiction in personal actions where the debt or damage sought to be re covered does not exceed £50, if the cause of action arise within the hundred of Salford. St. 31 & 32 Viet. c. 130; 2 Exch. Div. 346. SALIC LAW. A body of law framed by the Salian Franks, after their settlement in Gaul under their king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the barbarian codes, and is considered one of the most important com pilations of law in use among the feudal na tions of Europe. See LEX SALICA. In French, jurisprudence. The name is frequently applied to that fundamental law of France which excluded females from suc cession to the crown. Supposed to have been derived from the sixty-second title of the Salic Law, "De Alode." Brande. SALOON does not necessarily import a place to sell liquois. It may mean a place for the sale of general refreshments. 26 Mich. 325. "Saloon" has not acquired the legal signifi cation of a house kept for retailing intoxi cating liquor. It may mean a room for the reception of company, for exhibition of works of art, etc. 36 Tex. 364. SALOON-KEEPER. This expression has a definite meaning, namely, a retailer of cigars, liquors, etc. 105 Mass. 40. SALT DUTY IN LONDON. A cus tom in the city of London called "granage," formerly payable to the lord mayor, etc., for salt brought to the port of London, being the twentieth part. Wharton. SALT SILVER. One penny paid at the feast day of St. Martin, by the tenants of

some manors, as a commutation for the serv ice of carrying their lord's salt from market to his larder. Paroch. Antiq. 496. SALUS. Lat. Health;prosperity;safety. Salus populi suprema lex. The welfare of the people is the supreme law. Bac. Max. reg. 12; Broom, Max. 1-10; Montesq. Esprit des Lois, lib. 26, c. 23; 13 Coke, 139. Salus reipublicse suprema lex. The welfare of the state is the supreme law. 4 Cush. 71; 1 Gray, 386; Broom, Max. 366. Salus ubi multi consiliarii. 4 Inst. 1. "Where there are many counselors, there is safety. SALUTE. A gold coin stamped by Henry V. in France, after his conquests there, whereon the arms of England and France were stamped quarterly. Cowell. SALVA GARDIA. L. Lat. Safeguard. Reg. Orig. 26. SALVAGE. In maritime law. A com pensation allowed to persons by whose as sistance a ship or its cargo has been saved, in whole or in part, from impending danger, or recovered from actual loss, in cases of shipwreck, derelict, or recapture. 3 Kent, Comm. 245. In the older books of the law, (and some times in modern writings,) the term is aiso used to denote the goods or property saved. EQUITABLE SALVAGE. By analogy, the term " sal vage " is sometimes also used in cases which have nothing to do with maritime perils, but in wbich property has been preserved from loss by the last of several advances by different persons. In such a case, the person making the last advance is fre quently entitled to priority over the others, on the ground that, without his advance, the property would have been lost altogether. This right, which is sometimes called that of "equitable sal vage, " and is in the nature of a lien, is chiefly of importance with reference to payments made to prevent leases or policies of insurance from being forfeited, or to prevent mines and similar under takings from being stopped or injured. See 1 Pish. Mortg. 149; 3 Ch. Div. 411; L. R. 14 Eq. 4; 7 Ch. Div. 825. SALVAGE CHARGES. This term in cludes all the expenses and costs incurred in the work of saving and preserving the prop erty which wa3 in danger. The salvage charges ultimately fall upon the insurers. SALVAGE LOSS. In the language of marine underwriters, this term means the difference between the amount of salvage, after deducting the charges, and the original value of the property insured.

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