Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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STRICTI JURIS

eight is prepared by the proper officer, and the parties, in turn, strike off a certain num ber of names, until the list is reduced te twelve. A jury thus chosen is called a "struck jury." STRIKING OFF THE ROLL. Thedis barring of an attorney or solicitor. STRIP. The act of spoiling or unlawful ly taking away anything from the land, by the tenant for life or years, or by one holding an estate in the land less than the entire fee. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1295. STRONG HAND. The words "with strong hand" imply a degree of criminal force, wheieas the words vi et armis ("with force and arms") are mere formal words in the action of trespass, and the plaintiff is not bound to prove any force. The statutes re lating to forcible entries use the words "with a strong hand" as describing that degree of force which makes an entry or detainer of lands criminal. Brown. STRUCK. In pleading. A word essen tial in an indictment for murder, when the death arises from any wounding, beating, oi bruising. 1 Bulst 184; 5 Coke, 122; 3 Mod. 202. STRUCK JURY. In practice. A spe cial jury. So called because constituted by striking out a certain number of names from a prepared list. See STRIKING A JURY. STRUMPET. A whore, harlot, or court esan. This word was anciently used for an addition. It occurs as an addition to the name of a woman in a return made by a jury in the sixth year of Henry V. Wharton. STUFF GOWN. The professional robe worn by barristers of the outer bar; viz., those who have not been admitted to the rank of queen's counsel. Brown. STULTIFY. To make one out mentally incapacitated tor the performance of an act. STULTILOQUIUM. In old English law. Vicious pleading, for which a fine waa imposed by King John, supposed to be the origin of the fines for beau-pleader, Crabb, Eng. Law, 135. STUMPAGE. The sum agreed to be paid to an owner of land for trees standing (or lying) upon his land, the purchaser being permitted to enter upon the land and to cut down and remove the trees; in other words.

sons or children in tail, with trustees inter posed to preserve contingent remainders. 1 Steph. Coram. 332, 333. STRICTI JURIS. Lat. Of strict right or law; according to strict law. "A license is a thing stricti juris; a privilege which a man does not possess by his own right, but it is conceded to him as an indulgence, and therefore it is to be strictly observed." 2 Rob. Adm. 117. STRICTISSIMI JURIS. Lat. Of the strictest right or law. "Licenses being matter of special indulgence, the application of them was formerly strictissimi juris. " 1 Edw. Adm. 328. STRICTO JURE. Lat. In strict law. 1 Kent, Comm. 65. STRICTUM JUS. Lat. Strict right or law; the rigor of the law as distinguished from equity. STRIKE. The act of a body of workmen employed by the same master, in stopping work all together at a prearranged time, and refusing to continue until higher wages, or shorter time, or some other concession is granted to them by the employer. STRIKE OFF. In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, property is understood to be "struck off" or "knocked down," when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement, signifies to the bidder that he is entitled to the propeity on paying the amount of his bid, according to the terms of the sale. 7 Hill, 439. In practice. A court is said to "strike off" a case when it directs the removal of the case from the record or docket, as being one over which it has no jurisdiction and no power to hear and determine it. STRIKING A DOCKET. In English practice. The first step in the proceedings in bankruptcy, which consists in making affidavit of the debt, and giving a bond to fol low up the proceedings with effect. 2 Steph. •Comm. 199. When the affidavit and bond are delivered at the bankrupt office, an entry is made in what is called the "docket-book," upon which the petitioning creditor is said to have struck a docket. Eden, Bankr. 51, 52. STRIKING A JURY. The selecting or nominating a jury of twelve men out of the whole number returned as jurors on the panel. It is especially used of the selection of a special jury, where a panel of forty

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