Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

BED NON ALLOCATUR

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SEIGNIORAGE

against legitimate authority. Ersk. Inst. 4, 4,14. In English law. Sedition is the offense of publishing, verbally or otherwise, any words or document with the intention of ex citing disaffection, hatred, or contempt against the soveieign, or the government and constitution of the kingdom, or either house of parliament, or the administration of jus tice, or of exciting her majesty's subjects to attempt, otherwise than by lawful means, the alteration of any matter in church or state, or of exciting feelings of ill will and hostil ity between different classes of her majesty's subjects. Sweet. SEDUCE. To entice a woman to the commission of fornication or adultery, by persuasion, solicitation, promises, bribes, or otherwise; to corrupt; to debauch. The word "seduce," when used with reference to the conduct of a man towards a woman, has a precise and determinate signification, and u ex vi termini 9 implies the commission of fornication. An information for the crime of seduction need not charge the offense in any other words. 27 Conn. 319. SEDUCING TO LEAVE SERVICE. An injury for which a master may have an action on the case. SEDUCTION. The act of a man in en ticing a woman to commit unlawful sexual intercourse with him, by means of persua sion, solicitation, promises, bribes, or other means without the employment of force. In order to constitute seduction, the defendant must use insinuating arts to overcome the opposi tion of the seduced, and must by his wiles and per suasions, without force, debauch her. This is th« ordinary meaning and acceptation of the word "se duce. " 6 Rob. (N. Y.) 150. SEE. The circuit of a bishop's jurisdic tion ; or his office or dignity, as being bishop of a given diocese. SEIGNIOR, in its general signification, means "lord," but in law it is particularly ap plied to the lord of a fee or of a manor; and the fee, dominions, or manor of a seignior is thence termed a "seigniory," i. e., a lord ship. He who is a lord, but of no manor, and therefore unable to keep a court, is termed a "seignior in gross." Kitch. 206; Co well. SEIGNIOR IN GROSS. A lord with out a manor, simply enjoying superiority and services. Cowell. SEIGNIORAGE. A royalty or preroga tive of the sovereign, whereby an allowance of

tion, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an exception to a rale before stated. SED NON ALLOCATUR. Lat. But it Is not allowed. A phrase used in the old re ports, to signify that the court disagreed with the arguments of counsel. SED PER CURIAM. Lat. But by the court . This phrase is used in the re ports to introduce a statement made by the court, on the argument, at variance with the propositions advanced by counsel, or the opinion of the whole court, where that is dif ferent from the opinion of a single judge immediately before quoted. SED QU2ERE. Lat. But inquire; exam ine this further. A remark indicating, brief ly, that the particular statement or rule laid down is doubted or challenged in respect to its correctness. SED VIDE. Lat. But see. This remark, followed by a citation, directs the reader's at tention to an authority or a statement which conflicts with or contradicts the statement or principle laid down. SEDATO ANIMO. Lat. With settled purpose. 5 Mod. 291. SEDE PLENA. The see being filled. A phrase used when a bishop's see is not vacant. SEDENTE CURIA. The court sitting; during the sitting of the court. SEDERUNT, ACTS OF. In Scotch law. Certain ancient ordinances of the court of session, conferring upon the courts power to establish general rules of practice. Bell. SEDES. Lat. A see; the dignity of a bishop. '6 Steph. Comm. 65. SEDGE FLAT, like "sea-shore," im ports a tract of land below high-water mark. 34 Conn. 421. SEDITION. An insurrectionary move ment tending towards treason, but wanting an overt act; attempts made by meetings or speeches, or by publications, to disturb the tranquillity of the state. The distinction between "sedition" and "trea son " consists in this: that though the ultimate ob ject of sedition is a violation of the public peace, or at least such a course of measures as evidently engenders it, yet it does not aim at direct and open violence against the laws or the subversion of the constitution. Alis. Crim. Law, 580. In Scotch, law. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state. It is a revolt

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