Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SUITOR

SUGGESTION

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not, is suggestio falsi; and to conceal from the heir that the will was not duly executed is suppressio veri. 1 P. Wins. 240. SUGGESTION. In practice. A state ment, formally entered on the record, of some fact or circumstance which will mate rially affect the further proceedings in the jause, or which is necessary to be brought to the knowledge of the court in order to its right disposition of the action, but which, for some reason, cannot be pleaded. Thus, if one of the parties dies after issue and be fore trial, his death may be suggested on the record. SUGGESTIVE INTERROGATION. A phrase which has been used by some writ ers to signify the same thing as "leading question." 2 Benth. Jud. Ev. b. 3, c. 3. It is used in the French law. SUI GENERIS. Lat. Of its own kind or class; i. «., the only one of its own kind; peculiar. SUI HiEREDES. Lat. In the civil law. One's own heirs; proper heirs. Inst. 2, 19, 2. SUI JURIS. Lat. Of his own right; possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one's own af fairs; not under legal disability to act for one's self. Story, Ag. § 2. SUICIDE. Suicide is the willful and vol antary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. 10 Amer. Law Eeg. (N. S.) 101. Suicide is the deliberate termination of one's ex istence, while in the possession and enjoyment of his mental faculties. Self-killing by an insane person is not suicide. 4 Hill, 73; 8N. Y. 299. SUING AND LABORING CLAUSE is a clause in an English policy of marine in surance, generally in the following form: "In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, serv ants and assigns, to sue, labor, and travel for, in, and about the defense, safeguard, and recovery of the" property insured, " with out prejudice to this insuiance; to the charges whereof we, the assurers, will con tribute." The object of the clause is to en courage the assured to exert themselves in preserving the property from loss. Sweet.

SUIT. In old English law. The wit nesses or followers of the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Conam. 295. See SECTA. Old books mention the word in many con nections which are now disused,—at least, in the United States. Thus, "suit" was used of following any one, or in the sense of pur suit; as in the phrase "making fresh suit." It was also used of a petition to the king or lord. "Suit of court" was the attendance which a tenant owed at the court of his lord. "Suit covenant" and "suit custom" seem to have signified a right to one's attendance, or one's obligation to attend, at the lord's court, founded upon a known covenant, or an im memorial usage or practice of ancestors. "Suit regal" was attendance at the sheriff's tourn or leet, (his court.) "Suit of the king's peace" was pursuing an offender, — one charged with breach of the peace. Abbott. In modern law. "Suit" is a generic term, of comprehensive signification, and ap plies to any proceeding in a court of justice in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him for the redress of an injury or the recovery of a right. 10 111. App. 333; 2 Pet. 449; Co. Litt. 291a. It is, however, seldom applied to a criminal prosecution. And it is sometimes restricted to the designation of a proceeding in equity, to distinguish such proceeding from an ac tion at law. SUIT OF COURT. This phrase denoted the duty of attending the lord's court, and, in common with fealty, was one of the in cidents of a feudal holding. Brown. SUIT OP THE KING'S PEACE. The pursuing a man for breach of the king's peace by treasons, insurrections, or tres passes. Cowell. SUIT SILVER. A small sum of money paid in lieu of attendance at the court-baron. Cowell. SUITAS. Lat. In the civil law. The condition or quality of a suns hares, or proper heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no. 11; Calvin. SUITE. Those persons who by his authority follow or attend an ambassador or other public minister. SUITOR. A party to a suit or action in court. In its ancient sense, "suitor" meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta.

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