Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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SCRUET-EOLL

SCOTAL. In old English law. An ex tortionate practice by officers of the forest who kept ale-houses, and compelled the peo ple to drink at their houses for fear of their displeasure. Prohibited by the charter of the forest, c. 7. Wharton. SCOTCH MARRIAGES. GREEN. See GBBTNA SCOTCH PEEKS. Peers of the king dom of Scotland; of these sixteen are elected to parliament by the rest and represent the whole body. They are elected for one par liament only. SCOTTARE. To pay scot, tax, or cus tomary dues. Cowell. SCOUNDREL. An opprobious epithet, implying rascality, villainy, or a want of honor or integrity. In slander, this word is not actionable per se. 2 BOUT. Inst. 2250. SCRAMBLING POSSESSION. By this term is meant a struggle for possession on the land itself, not such a contest as is waged in the courts. 54 Cal. 176. SCRAWL. A word used in some of the United States for scrowl or scroll. "The word • seal,' written in a scrawl attached to the name of an obligor, makes the instrument a specialty." 2 Fla. 418. SCRIBA. Ascribe; a secretary. Scriba regis, a king's secretary; a chancellor. Spel man. Scribere est agere. To write is to act. Treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of treason. 2 Rolle, 89; 4 Bl. Comm. 80; Broom, Max. 312, 967. SCRIP. Certificates of ownership, either absolute or conditional, of shares in a public company, corporate profits, etc. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1295. A scrip certificate (or shortly "scrip") is an acknowledgment by the projectors of a company or the issuers of a loan that the person named therein (or more commonly the bolder for the time being of the certifi cate) is entitled to a certain specified num ber of shares, debentures, bonds, etc. It is usually given in exchange for the letter of allotment, and in its turn is given up for the shares, debentures, or bonds which it represents. Lindl. Partn. 127; Sweet. SCOTS. In English law. by commissioners of sewers. Assessments

SCRIPT. Where instruments are exe cuted in part and counterpart, the original or principal is so called. In English probate practice. A will, codicil, draft of will or codicil, or written in structions for the same. If the will is de stroyed, a copy or any paper embodying its contents becomes a script, even though not made under the direction of the testator. Browne, Prob. Pr. 280. Scriptse obligationes scriptis tollun tur, et nudi consensus obligatio con trario consensu dissolvitur. Written ob ligations are superseded by writings, and an obligation of naked assent is dissolved by as sent to the contrary. SCRIPTORIUM. In old records. A place in monasteries, where writing was done. Spelman. SCRIPTUM. A writing; something written. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 60, § 25. SCRIPTUM INDENTATUM. A writ ing indented; an indenture or deed. SCRIPTUM OBLIGATORIUM. A writing obligatory. The technical name of a bond in old pleadings. Any writing under seal. SCRIVENER. A writer; scribe; con veyancer. One whose occupation is to draw contracts, write deeds and mortgages, and prepare other species of written instru ments. Also an agent to whom property is in trusted by others for the purpose of lending it out at an interest payable to his principal, and for a commission or bonus for himself, whereby he gains his livelihood. These are called "money scriveneis." In order to make a man a money scrivener he must carry on the business of being intrusted with other people's money to lay out for them as occasion offers. 3 Camp. 534; 9 Dow, 882; Brown. SCROLL. A mark intended to supply the place of a seal, made with a pen or other instrument of writing. A paper or parchment containing some writing, and rolled up so as to conceal it. SCROOP'S INN. An obsolete law so ciety, also called "Serjeants' Place," oppo site to St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, Lon don. SCRUET-ROLL. In old practice. A species of roll or record, on which the bail on habeas corpus was entered.

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