Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SATISFACTION, ETC.

SCACCAEIUM

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accrued, he will be in time to save the statute. Brown. SAVINGS BANK. An institution in the nature of a bank, formed or established for the purpose of receiving deposits of mon ey, for the benefit of the persons depositing, to accumulate the produce of so much there of as shall not be required by the depositors, their executors or administiators, at com pound interest, and to return the whole or any pait of such deposit, and the produce thereof, to the depositors, their executors or administrators, deducting out of such prod uce so much as shall be required for the nec essary expenses attending the management of such institution, but deriving no benefit what ever from any such deposit or the produce thereof. Grant, Banks, 546. SAVOUR. To partake the nature of; to bear affinity to. SAVOY. One of the old privileged places, or sanctuaries. 4 Steph. Comm. 227n. SAXON LAGE. The laws of the West Saxons. Cowell. SAY ABOUT. This phrase, like "more or less," is frequently introduced into con veyances or contracts of sale, to indicate that the quantity of the subject-matter is uncer tain, and is only estimated, and to guard the vendor against the implication of having war ranted the quantity. SAYER. In Hindu law. Variable im posts distinct from land, rents, or revenues; consisting of customs, tolls, licenses, duties on goods; also taxes on houses, shops, bazaars, etc. Wharton. SC. An abbreviation for "scilicet," that is to say. SCABINI. In old European law. The judges or assessors of the judges in the court held by the count. Assistants or associates of the count; officers under the count. The permanent selected judges of the Franks. Judges among the Germans, Franks, and Lombards, who were held in peculiar esteem. Spelman. SCACCARIUM. A chequered cloth re sembling a chess-board which covered the table in the exchequer, and on which, when certain of the king's accounts were made up, the sums were marked and scored with coun ters. Hence the court of exchequer, or curia scaccarii, derived its name. 3 Bl. Comm. 44.

Satisfaction should be made to that fond which has sustained the loss. 4 Bouv. Inst. no. 3731. SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE. That which is sufficient to induce a belief that the thing is true; in other words, it is credible evidence. 3 Bouv. Inst. no. 3049. SATISFIED TERM. A term of years in land is thus called when the purpose for which it was created has been satisfied or ex ecuted before the expiration of the set period. SATISFIED TERMS ACT. The stat ute 8 & 9 Viet. c. 112, passed to abolish sat isfied outstanding terms of years in land. By this act, terms which shall henceforth become attendant upon the inheritance, either by ex press declaration or construction of law, are to cease and determine. This, in effect, abol ishes outstanding terms. 1 Steph. Comm. 380-382; Williams, Real Prop. pt. 4, c. 1. SATISFY, in technical use, generally means to comply actually and fully with a demand; to extinguish, by payment or per formance. Satius est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos. Loff t, 606. It is better to seek the source than to follow the streamlets. SATURDAY'S STOP. In old English law. A space of time from even-song on Saturday till sun-rising on Monday, in which it was not lawful to take salmon in Scotland and the northern parts of England. Cowell. SAUNKEFIN. L. Fr. End of blood; failure of the direct line in successions. Spelman; Co well. SAUVAGINE. L. Fr. Wild animals. SAUVEMENT. L. Fr. Safely. Sauve tnent gardes, safely kept. Britt. c. 87. SAVE. To except, reserve, or exempt; as where a statute "saves" vested rights. To toll, or suspend the running or operation of; as to "save" the statute of limitations. SAVER DEFAULT. L. Fr. In old En glish practice. To excuse a default. Termes de la Ley. SAVING THE STATUTE OF LIM ITATIONS. A creditor is said to "save the statute of limitations" when he saves or pre serves his debt from being barred by the op eration of the statute. Thus, in the case of a simple contract debt, if a creditor com mence an action for its recovery within six years from the time when the cause of action

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