Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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SI MELIORES, ETC.

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Si meliores sunt quos dueit amor, plures sunt quos corrigit timor. If those are better who are led by love, those are the greater number who are corrected by fear. Co. Litt. 892. Si non appareat quid actum est, erit consequens ut id sequamur quod in re gione in qua actum est frequentatur. If it does not appear what was agreed up on, the consequence will be that we must fol low that which is the usage of the place where the agreement was made. Dig. 50, 17, 34. SI NON OMNES. In English practice. A writ of association of justices whereby, if all in commission cannot meet at the day as signed, it is allowed that two or more may proceed with the business. Cowell; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. Ill C. Si nulla sit conjectura quee ducat alio, verba intelligenda sunt ex proprietate, non grammatica sed populari ex usu. If there be no inference which leads to a different result, words are to be understood according to their proper meaning, not in a grammatical, but in a popular and ordinary, Bense. 2 Kent, Comm. 555. SI PARET. If it appears. In Roman law. Words used in the formula by which the prsetor appointed a judge, and instructed him how to decide the cause. Si plures sint fldejussores, quotquot erunt numero, singuli in solidum tenen tur. If there are moie sureties than one, how many soever they shall be, they shall each be held for the whole. Inst. 3, 20, 4. SI PRIUS. In old practice. If before. Formal words in the old writs for summon ing juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65, § 12. Si quid universitati debetur singulis non debetur, nee quod debet universi tas singuli debent. If anything be owing to an entire body, it is not owing to the indi vidual members; nor do the individuals owe that which is owing by the entire body. Dig. 3, 4, 7, 1. Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, prsenomine legatarii testator erraverit, cum de persona constat, nihilominus va let legatum. Although a testator may nave mistaken the women, cognomen, or prce nomen of a legatee, yet, if it be certain who is the person meant, the legacy is valid. Inst. 2, 20, 29; Broom, Max. 645. SI QUIS. In the civil law. If any one Formal words in the praetorian edicts. The

word "quis," though masculine in form, was held to include women. Dig. 50, 16, 1. Si quis custos fraudem pupillo feee rit, a tutela removendus est. Jenk. Cent. 39. If a guardian do fraud to his ward, he shall be removed from his guardian, ship. Si quis prsegnantem uxorem reliquit, non videtur sine liberis decessisse. If a man leave his wife pregnant, he shall not be considered to have died without children. A rule of the civil law. Si quis unum percusserit, cum alium percutere vellet, in felonia tenetur. 3 Inst. 51. If a man kill one, meaning to kill another, he is held guilty of felony. SI RECOGNOSCAT. If he acknowl edge. In old practice. A writ which lay for a creditor against his debtor for money numbered (pecunia numerata) or counted; that is, a specific sum of money, which the debtor had acknowledged in the county court, to owe him, as received in pecuniis numero us. Co well. Si suggestio non sit vera, liters© pa tentes vacuse sunt. 10 Coke, 113. If the suggestion be not true, the letters patent are void. SIB. Sax. A relative or kinsman. Used in the Scotch tongue, but not now in En glish. SIC. Lat. Thus; so; in such manner. Sic enim debere quern meliorem agrum suum facere ne vicini deteriorem faciat. Every one ought so to improve his land as not to injure nis neighbor's. 3 Kent, Comm. 441. A rule of the Roman law. Sic interpretandum est ut verba ac cipiantur cum eflfeetu. 3 Inst. 80. [A statute] is to be so interpreted that the words may be taken with effect. SIC SUBSCRIBITUR. In Scotch prac tice. So it is subscribed. Formal words at the end of depositions, immediately preceding the signature. 1 How. State Tr. 1379. Sic utere tuo ut alienum non lsedas. Use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another. 9 Coke, 59; .1 Bl. Comm. 306; Broom, Max. 365. SICH. A little current of water, which is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. Cowell.

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