Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SIVE TOTA RES EVINCATUR, ETC. 1101

SLEEPING RENT

Sive tota res evlncatur, sive pars, tiabet regressum emptor in venditorem. The purchaser who has been evicted in whole or in part has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21, 2, 1; Broom, Max. 768. SIX ACTS, THE. The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect, prohibited the train ing of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited meetings of more than fifty persons for the dis cussion of public grievances; repressed with heavy penalties and confiscations seditious and blasphemous libels; and checked pam phleteering by extending the newspaper stamp duty to political pamphlets. Brown. SIX ARTICLES, LAWS OF. A cele brated act entitled "An act for abolishing di versity of opinion," (31 Hen. VIII. c. 14,) enforcing conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Catholic religion, under the severest penalties; repealed by St. 1 Eliz. c. 1. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 378. SIX CLERKS. In English practice. Officers of the couit of chancery, who re ceived and filed all bills, answers, replica tions, and other papers, signed office copies of pleadings, examined and signed dockets of decrees, etc., and had the care of all rec ords in their office. Holthouse: 3 Bl. Comm. 443. They were abolished by St. 5 Viet. c. 5. SIX-DAY LICENSE. In English law. A liquor license, containing a condition that the premises in respect of which the license is granted shall be closed during the whole of Sunday, granted under section 49 of the licensing act, 1872, (35 & 36 Viet. c. 94.) SIXHINDI. Servants of the same nat ure as rod knights, (q. v.) Anc. Inst. Eng. SKELETON BILL. One drawn, in dorsed, or accepted in blank. SKILLED WITNESSES. Witnesses who are allowed to give evidence on matters of opinion and abstract fact. SLADE. In old records. A long, flat, and narrow piece or strip of ground. Paroch. Antiq. 465. SLAINS. See LETTERS OF SLAINS. SLANDER, In torts. Oral defamation; the speaking- of false and malicious words concerning another, whereby injury results to his reputation.

SLANDER OF TITLE. This is astate ment of something tending to cut down the extent of title to some estate vested in the plaintiff. Such statement, in order to be actionable, must be false and malicious; i. e., both untrue and done on purpose to injure the plaintiff. Damage must also have result ed from the statement. Brown. SLANDERER. One who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another of which he is innocent. See SLANDER. SLAVE. A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no free dom of action, but whose person and serv ices are wholly under the control of another. Webster. One who is under the power of a master, and who belongs to him; so that the master may sell and dispose of his person, of his in dustry, and of his labor, without his being able to do anything, have anything, or ac quire anything, but what must belong to his master. Civil Code La. art. 35. SLAVE-TRADE. The traffic in slaves, or the buying and selling of slaves for profit. SLAVERY. The condition of a slave; that civil relation m which one man has ab solute power over the life, fortune, and lib erty of another. SLAY. This word, in an indictment, adds nothing to the force and effect of the word "kill," when used with reference to the tak ing of human life. It is particularly appli cable to the taking of human life in battle; and, when it is not used in this sense, it is synonymous with "kill." 32 La. Ann. 351. SLEDGE. A hurdle to draw traitors to execution. 1 Hale, P. C. 82. SLEEPING PARTNER. A dormant partner; one whose name does not appear in the firm, and who takes no active part in the business, but who has an interest in the con cern, and shares the profits, and thereby be comes a partner, either absolutely, or as re spects third persons. SLEEPING RENT. In English law. An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same. It sig nifies a fixed or dead, i. e., certain, rent, as distinguished from a rent or royalty varying with the amount of coals gotten, and is pay able although the mine should not be worked at all, but should be sleeping or dead, whence the name. Brown.

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