Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SEQUELA VILLANORUM

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SEPARATE ESTATE

by the husband to the wife and for the custody of the children. Sweet. SEPARATISTS. Seceders from the Church of England. They, like Quakers, solemnly affirm, instead of taking the usual oath, before they give evidence. SEPES. Lat. In old English law. A hedge or inclosure. The inclosure of a trench or canal. Dig. 43, 21, 4. SEPTENNIAL ACT. In English law. The statute 1 Geo. I. St. 2, c. 38. The act by which a parliament has continuance for seven years, and no longer, unless sooner dissolved; as it always has, in fact, been since the passing of the act. Wharton. SEPTUAGESIMA. The third Sunday before Quadragesima Sunday in Lent, being about the seventieth day before Easter. SEPTUM. Lat. In Roman law. An in closure; an inclosed place where the people voted; otherwise called "ovile." In old English law. An inclosure or close. Cowell. SEPTUNX. In Roman law. A division of the as, containing seven uncice, or duodec imal parts; the proportion of seven-twelfths. Tayl. Civil Law, 492. SEPULCHRE. A grave or tomb. The place of interment of a dead human body. The violation of sepulchres is a misdemeanor at common law. SEPULTURA. An offering to the priest for the burial of a dead body. Sequamur vestigia patrum nostrorum. Jenk. Cent. Let us follow the footsteps of our fathers. SEQUATUR SUB SUO PERICULO. In old English practice. A writ which issued where a sheriff had returned nihil, upon a summoneas ad warrantizandum, and after an alias and pluries had been issued. So called because the tenant lost his lands with out any iecovery in value, unless upon that writ he brought the vouchee into court. Eosc. Heal Act. 268; Cowell. SEQUELA. L. Lat. In old English law. Suit; process or prosecution. Sequela causce, the process of a cause. Cowell. SEQUELA CUROS. Suit of court Cowell. SEQUELA VILLANORUM. The family retinue and appuitenances to the

The separate estate of a married woman is that which belongs to her, and over which her husband has no right in equity. It may consist of lands or chattels. 4 Barb. 407. SEPARATE EXAMINATION. The interrogation of a married woman, who ap pears before an officer for the purpose of ac knowledging a deed or other instrument, conducted by such officer in private or out of the hearing of her husband, in order to as certain if she acts of her own will and with out compulsion or constraint of the husband. Also the examination of a witness in pri vate or apart from, and out of the hearing of, the other witnesses in the same cause. SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. An allowance made to a woman by her husband on their agreement to live separately. This must not be confused with "alimony," which is judicially awarded upon granting a divorce. SEPARATE TRIAL. Theseparate and individual trial of each of several persons jointly accused of a crime. SEPARATIM. In old conveyancing. Severally. A word which made a several covenant. 5 Coke, 23a. SEPARATION. A cessation of cohabita tion of husband and wife by mutual agree ment. SEPARATION A MENSA ET THORO. A partial dissolution of the mar riage relation. SEPARATION OP PATRIMONY. In Louisiana probate law. The creditors of the succession may demand, in every case and against every creditor of the heir, a sep aration of the property of the succession from that of the heir. This is what is called the "separation of patrimony." The object of a separation of patrimony is to prevent prop erty out of which a particular class of cred itors have a right to be paid from being con founded with other property, and by that means made liable to the debts of another class of creditors. Civil Code La. art. 1444. SEPARATION ORDER. In England, where a husband is convicted of an aggravat ed assault upon his wife, the court or magis trate may order that the wife shall be no longer bound to cohabit with him. Such an order has the same effect as a judicial decree of separation on the ground of cruelty. It may also provide for the payment of a weekly sum

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